Alonzo William SLAYBACK

1838 - 1882  (44 years)

• Name	Alonzo William SLAYBACK
  Birth	4 Jul 1838	Marion County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	38209BD31953406DBEFA9B1F77E9432A1EED
  Death	13 Oct 1882	Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Burial	Machpelah Cemetery, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Notes	1880 US Federal Census: in Saint Louis, Missouri (all SLAYBACK, born Missouri) A W (42, lawyer), Alice A (41, wife), Susie A (20, daughter, at home), Minnette (12, daughter, at school), Kate A (11, daughter, at school), Mable O (7, daughter, at school), J Grace (5, daughter, at school) and A W Jr. (1, son). From findagrave.com: Colonel Alonzo Slayback was a teacher, lawyer, and Confederate Soldier. Served under General Sterling Price, General John Marmaduke, formed The Slayback Lancers. He married his childhood sweetheart, Alice Amelia Waddell, daughter of William B. Waddell, who was one of the 3 Pony Express founders/operators, and member of the firm Russell, Majors, & Waddell. Alonzo Slayback is mentioned many times in the book written by John Newman Edwards, Shelby and his Men. Slayback went with General Joseph Shelby to Mexico after the surrender. Wrote a poem The Burial of Shelby's Flag. Slayback eventually setup a law practice in St. Louis, Missouri. There he had an ongoing feud with the editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch John Cockerill, (who was a Union Army veteran). Slayback and fellow attorney, William Clopton, stormed into Cockerill's office with the intention of slapping the editor and demanding an apology. Cockerill picked up a revolver and shot Slayback in the heart, stating later he had acted in self defense. In spite of the witness William Clopton, the grand jury refused to indict Cockerill. Decades later (July 1, 1920), the truth concerning the pistol found on Slayback's body was finally disclosed by an ex-Post- Dispatch employee that was near death. Bio by: Bill Walker
  Person ID	I8674	America
  Last Modified	30 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Alexander Lambdin SLAYBACK,   b. 12 Dec 1817, Butler County, Ohio, USA d. 19 Aug 1848, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria Minter,   b. 30 Dec 1820, Columbus, Ohio d. 3 Apr 1897, Missouri, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1837	Marion County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F3480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Amelia WADDELL,   b. 24 Jan 1838, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA d. 26 Dec 1920, Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA (Age 82 years)
  Children	1. Katharine Alice SLAYBACK,   b. Nov 1869, Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mabel Olive SLAYBACK,   b. Abt 1873, Missouri, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 May 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.