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      Wendel Noyes Slayton was born on 6 May 1898 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.^1,2

Wendle appeared in the census of 1900 in the household of his father Henry Howard Slayton at 1st Ward, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. He was2, born in Iowa.³ In the census of 1910 he appeared in the household of his father Henry Howard Slayton in Chicago, Illinois. He was 11, born in Iowa.⁴
Wendel registered for the draft for World War I on 12 September 1918 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He was 20, currently living at home at 6053 Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, and a student at the University of Chicago.⁵

Wendel appeared in the census of 1920 in the household of his father Henry Howard Slayton at Chicago Ward 7, Cook County, Illinois. He was 21, born in Iowa.⁶
Wendel married Marjorie Boyden on 31 May 1924 at Chicago. They were married by Rev. L. Ward Brigham at St. Pauls on the Midway in Chicago. Wendel and Marge had two children: Nancy and Wendel Noyes Slayton..⁷
Wendel died in March 1973 in Chicago, Illinois, at age 74.^1,2 He was buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery at Chicago.^8,2

     Lillian Gertrude Mitchell was born on 13 January 1902 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. She was the youngest of 5 children born to James Percival Mitchell and Mary Veal, originally from Phillock Parish in Cornwall, England. The 4 older siblings; Louise, John, William, and Percival; were born in England.

Louise Mitchell married Addis Richards, a farmer, and settled in Winamac, Indiana. Their only child, Frances, also married a farmer, Herman Roth, and settled near Star City, south of Winamac.¹

Lillian appeared in the census of 1910 in the household of her father, James Mitchell, at Chicago, Ward 7, Cook County, Illinois. She was 8, born in Illinois.²

Lillian appeared in the census of 1920 in the household of her father, James Mitchell, at Chicago, Ward 31, Cook County, Illinois. She was 17, born in Illinois.³

Lillian married Earle Leland Slayton on 2 September 1922 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The marriage took place at 6152 Stewart Ave. in Chicago. Earle and Lillian had two children; Robert Earle Slayton (1926-2001) and Maribel Slayton..^4,5

Lillian appeared in the census of 1930 in the household of her husband Earle Leland Slayton at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. She was 28, born in Illinois.⁶

Lillian died on 6 December 1939 at 621 Maple Ave., Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois, at age 37.^7,8 She was buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.⁹

     Florence Cook was born on 27 October 1902 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. She was the daughter of William Champion Cook and Matilda Miller.^1,2

Florence appeared in the census of 1910 in the household of her father, W C Cook, at Chicago, Ward 7, Cook County, Illinois. She was 7, born in Illinois.³

Florence appeared in the census of 1920 in the household of her father, William C Cook, at Chicago, Ward 7, Cook County, Illinois. She was 17, born in Illinois.⁴

Florence appeared in the census of 1930 in the household of her husband, William F. Gleason, at 10635 Hamilton Ave., Chicago, Illinois. She was 27, born in Illinois, and had been married 4 years. Included in the household were her two sons; William, age 3; and Charles, age 2 months.⁵

Florence was listed as the head of household in the 1940 Census in 10635 Hamilton, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. She was 32, born in Illinois, and listed as a private school teacher. Included in the household were her two sons, William (13, IL ) and Charles (11, IL ) Gleason and Agnes Smith (73, IL), a housekeeper.⁶

Florence married Earle Leland Slayton on 29 June 1942 in Chicago. Florence had previously married William F. Gleason about 1926. He died in 1936 from a malignant melanoma, leaving Florence with two children; William, born about 1927; and Charles, born in 1930..⁷

Florence died on 12 December 1992 in La Grange Park, Cook County, Illinois, at age 90.⁸

     Marjorie Boyden was born on 17 July 1898.^1,2

Marjorie appeared in the census of 1900 in the household of her father Frank Boyden at Hyde Park Township, Ward 33, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; .³

[Marjorie] appeared in the census of 1910 in the household of her father, Frank Boyden at Ward 7, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.⁴  

[Marjorie] appeared in the census of 1920 in the household of her father, Frank Boyden, at Ward 6, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.⁵

Marjorie married Wendel Noyes Slayton on 31 May 1924 in Chicago. They were married by Rev. L. Ward Brigham at St. Pauls on the Midway in Chicago. Wendel and Marge had two children: Nancy and Wendel Noyes Slayton..⁶

Marjorie died in April 1972 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, at age 73.^7,2 She was buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.^8,2

     Clyde Gordon Ball was born on 12 June 1936 in Smith Township, Greene County, Indiana.² He married Christina Ruth Reynolds.

Butch was a truck driver for Bryan Wilson Trucking and was a farmer.³

Clyde died in the Bloomington Hospital, Indiana of metastatic esophageal cancer on 21 September 2009 in Bloomington, Monroe Couty, Indiana, at age 73. He was survived by one daughter, Debbie (Larry) Swan, Cape Canaveral, Fla; one son, Randy (Betty) Ball, Worthington; and three sisters, Barbara (Jeff) Rollison, Linton; Alverta Frost; Indianapolis; Jane Jett, Plainfield.^3,1 He was buried at Stanley Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Greene County, Indiana.³

     Christina Ruth Reynolds was born on 16 March 1938 in Sullivan, Greene County, Indiana. Her parents were Homer and Ruby (Kirkpatrick) Reynolds..¹ She married Clyde Gordon Ball, son of Clyde George Ball and Evelyn Alverta Burkhart.

Chris worked at Ball-Spencer Photography for over 20 years, and was a member of Tri Kappa, in Worthington.

Christina died on 23 April 2007 in Indiana at age 69.² She was buried at Stanley Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Greene County, Indiana.³