Col Matthias Slough
BIRTH 16 Oct 1733
DEATH 13 Sep 1812 (aged 78)
BURIAL: Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Colonel of the Seventh Battalion of Pennsylvania Militia in Revolutionary War.
Member of General Assembly.
Coroner who presided at inquest of Paxton Massacre.
Proprietor of White Swan Tavern.
[Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., Saturday August 5, 1882, page 5]
SLOUGH.—Among our papers we find the following genealogical notes concerning a very prominent family of Central Pennsylvania, and place them on record for future use:
Mathias SLOUGH, b. 1733; d. September 15, 1812; m. April 23, 1757, Mary, daughter of George Gibson, of Lancaster; b. 1739, d. May 1814. They had issue:
i. Jacob, b. April 23, 1758; d. May, 1758.
ii. George, b. June 27, 1759; was a physician; d. October 25, 1840, at Harrisburg.
iii. Matthew, b. March 25, 1762; d.s.p.
iv. Jacob, b. December 15, 1764; was a captain under St. Clair and Wayne; d. in 1838 or 1839.
v. Elizabeth, b. September 3, 1767; d.s.p.
vi. Mary, b. March 11, 1769; d. October 8, 1823; m. 1st, Alexander Scott; 2d. October 16, 1814, Gov. Simon Snyder.
vii. Matthias, b. October 8, 1771; was lieutenant of cavalry U.S.A.; d. September 3, 1797, in Virginia.
viii. Henry Gibson, b. April 8, 1774; d. 1800.
ix. Robert C., b. October 1, 1776.
x. Elizabeth, b. August 12, 1779; d. March, 1855; m. in 1809, Joseph Clendenin, a clerk in the land department of the State who died at Harrisburg, November 14, 1818, in his 41st year.
xi. Frances, b. October 8, 1781; d. October 27, 1837; m. September 25, 1813, James Peacock, of Harrisburg.
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