From collection Member List
73rd Illinois, quartermaster then commissary. Later first lieutenant ACF, staff of Major-General Thomas.
James W. Leander Slavens. DAR #182: "Public Official. A.B. 1859; A.M., 1862; L.L.B., 1860. Born, August 3, 1838, Putnam county, Indiana [to Hiram B. and Sarah Holland Slavens]. First lieutenant and A. C. L., staff of Major-General Thomas, three years; treasurer, collector, fund commissioner and Mayor of Kansas City; mayor of Westport, Mo., 1894. Brother of 159 [Luther C., and also L. Rodney]. Married, 1859, Miss Mattie McNutt [Martha, sister of Patterson McNutt (DePauw initiate)]. Died, February 10, 1905, Kansas City, Mo." Initiated October, 1857 while a sophomore. Interred Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri. |
