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Samuel Watson “Watt” Slaton

Birth
Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Death
5 Oct 1924 (aged 72)
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Son of James & Mary Ann (Watson) Slaton.

B abt 1852. Birmingham AL entrepreneur and real estate agent, he was the grandfather of Dorothy Mary Leta Slaton, stage name Dorothy Lamour. His son John Wilson Slaton was her father.

Source: Dorothy Lamour's autobiography, My Side of the Road (copyright 1977, Prentice-Hall) bolsters research by the manager of this memorial.

There is no stone at the plot given in paper records at the office. Acc to those records, members of his extended family, McGlatherys, were disinterred and removed to Elmwood Cemetery (see the McGlatherys there). One sister Anna V and one brother Jos H each mar a McGlathery.
Son of James & Mary Ann (Watson) Slaton.

B abt 1852. Birmingham AL entrepreneur and real estate agent, he was the grandfather of Dorothy Mary Leta Slaton, stage name Dorothy Lamour. His son John Wilson Slaton was her father.

Source: Dorothy Lamour's autobiography, My Side of the Road (copyright 1977, Prentice-Hall) bolsters research by the manager of this memorial.

There is no stone at the plot given in paper records at the office. Acc to those records, members of his extended family, McGlatherys, were disinterred and removed to Elmwood Cemetery (see the McGlatherys there). One sister Anna V and one brother Jos H each mar a McGlathery.


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