Judge Aylmer Leake Slack
Birth: Apr. 7, 1841
Germantown
Shelby County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Sep. 11, 1914
Tallulah
Madison Parish
Louisiana, USA
Judge Aylmer Leake Slack - Madison Parish, Louisiana
From The Madison Journal October 3, 1914
JUDGE A. L. SLACK.
The following is to be presented to the Supreme Court on October 5, 1914, by the undersigned committee
of the Bar Association:
To the Honorable Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Louisiana:
Your committee, appointed by the Louisiana Bar Association to prepare resolutions on the death of
Aylmer Leake Slack, a member of this Association, who died at his home at Tallulah, Louisiana, on
September 11th, 1914, respectfully report the following:
Aylmer Leake Slack was born at Germantown, some ten miles east of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee,
on the 7th of April, 1841. On his father's side his ancestors were Dutch, who originally settled in
New York, New Jersey, or Delaware. His early days were spent in Memphis, where his father was President
of the University of Memphis. From there the family moved to Washington, Arkansas, where his father
again engaged in teaching. About the year 1852 they moved to Minden where they built the Minden Female
College. At Minden Aylmer attended the male academy where he received his primary education.
In 1856 his father concluded to abandon teaching, moved to New Orleans where he begun the practice of
law. From there young Slack was sent to Central College, Danville, Ky., where he remained one year.
He came in 1857 to Monroe, La., to which place his father had moved.
After this he was trained at home under the supervision of his father and became his assistant in his
law office. Later he was appointed deputy clerk of the district court.
He continued in that office until the Civil War came on and in 1861 enlisted as a private in the Pelican
Grays. On the 23rd or April of that year the company started to New Orleans where it was attached to the
Second Louisiana Regiment. Shortly the regiment left for Richmond; from there it was ordered to the
Virginia peninsular and remained one year.
From this time young Slack saw continuous active service. He participated in many bloody battles and was
badly wounded in the Second Battle of Manassas.
Prior to Chancellorsville he received the appointment of Second Lieutenant in the First Artillery then
stationed at Vicksburg, where he went through the fateful siege, suffering all the privations that fall
to a soldiers lot. He later surrendered at Meridian, from thence he returned to his home in Minden where
he engaged in teaching until, September 1865 when they again moved to Monroe.
In 1867 he was elected clerk of the district court of Ouachita and administered that office until the
Constitution of 1878(?) turned him out.
In the meantime he had been admitted to the bar and was appointed District Attorney protem. He was elected
parish judge in 1879 and moved to Tallulah, where he has since resided.
He was enthusiastic K. of P. and was Grand Chancellor of Louisiana during 1884-5.
Judge Slack had been married three times. The children of his first wife have died; but there are seven living
of the second and three of the last.
Like most old people, Judge Slack lived the last few years with dreams of the past. He often wished he could
travel the ground again that he walked over during the War.
He was a good christian man. One that lived his religion every day. He slipped easily across the line over the
great divide without any fear for the hereafter, for he had faith and knew at any time he could "wrap the drapery
of his couch about him and lie down to pleasant dreams."
Whereas, it has pleased the Divine Ruler of the Universe to remove from our midst Judge Alymer Leake Slack after
a long and useful life; Therefore Be It Resolved:
That, in the death of Judge Slack, this Association has suffered the loss of an able and worthy member, and the
community has lost an honored and useful citizen, who, in all the walks of life, acted well his part. Beginning
the Battle of Life, before he had arrived at Man's Estate, as a soldier under Lee, he gave the first four years
to his country and won promotion from the rank to Lieutenant of Artillery. Afterwards as Clerk of the District Court of Ouachita Parish, as prosecuting attorney, as Judge and for many years as practicing Attorney at this Bar and as a citizen, he proved worthy of his trust and after finishing the work allotted to him here, has passed to Wider Fields.
Resolved that, these Resolutions be presented to the Supreme Court of the State, be spread upon the minutes of the Bar Association and that a copy be furnished to the family and to the Madison Journal.
Respectfully submitted,
JEFF B. SNYDER, Chairman,
JOHN B. STONE,
JAMES H. GILFOIL, JR. Committee.
From "Confederate Military History: A Library Of Confederate States History, Volume 10"
Edited by Clement Anselm Evans
1899
Aylmer Leake Slack, of Tallulah, a Confederate veteran who has had an honorable career in civil life as a lawyer, was born in Tennessee, April 7, 1841. When a child he accompanied his parents to a new home in Arkansas, and thence to Louisiana in 1853. He completed his literaty education at Center college, Danville, Ky. On April 23, 1861, he enlisted at Monroe, La., in the Pelican Grays, a company of the second Louisiana infantry, commanded by Col. L. G. DeRussy. Going with this command to the Peninsula of Virginia he served there under General Magruder until the spring of 1862, and subsequently participated in all the battles of his regiment and Nicholls' brigade until promoted and assigned to other duty. While with the army in Virginia and Maryland his principal battles were the Seven Days' before Richmond, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg and Cedar Run. Just before the battle of Chancellorsville, in the spring of 1863, he was promoted to second lieutenant of artillery in the provisional army of the Confederate States, and assigned to the First Louisiana regiment of regular artillery. He served with this company under Col. Daniel Beltzhoover, in the batteries at Vicksburg during the siege of 1863, and at the capitulation was paroled, remaining thereafter for several months in the parole camp at Enterprise and Demopolis until exchanged. Subsequently he was on duty in the defenses of Mobile, Ala., until sent out with his comrades to the support of General Forrest, as infantry. His service ended with the surrender of the army of the Gulf at Meridian. On returning to his home in Monroe, La., Lieutenant Slack was elected clerk of the court, and in 1868 was admitted to the practice of law, in which he has since continued, except while upon the bench two terms as judge of the parish court. In 1879 he made his home in Madison parish, where he now resides.
Family links:
Parents:
Samuel Leake Slack (1821 - 1867)
Elizabeth Jane Busteed Slack (1823 - 1896)
Spouses:
Anna Marie Stewart Slack (1857 - 1935)
Angeline E Prothro Slack (1845 - 1870)*
Leanora Locke Slack (1853 - 1884)*
Siblings:
Aylmer Leake Slack (1841 - 1914)
Emma Slack (1843 - 1868)*
Willie Fauntleroy Slack (1846 - 1861)*
Clara Sophia Slack (1853 - 1868)*
Octavia C Slack (1863 - 1891)*
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