| 2. | Lewis Adam Sliger was born on 26 Sep 1869 in Putnam Co, Tennessee (son of John W. Sliger and Rosa "Rozy" Bohannan); died on 30 Nov 1922 in Elizabethtown, Hardin Co, Kentucky; was buried in Cave Hill Cem, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co, Illinois; marshal
- Census: 1880, Putnam Co, Tennessee
- Other-Begin: 18 Apr 1907, Crittenden Co, Kentucky
- Other-Begin: 1 Jun 1922, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co, Kentucky
Notes:
Occupation:
from findagrave:
Lewis Adam was a farmer and for a time was the Marshal of Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. The writer's grandfather Ollie Sturgeon remembers attending a baseball game there, a couple of men were acting "rowdy," he said, "Mr. Sliger warned them to knock it off, so when they didn't , he threw them over a fence and told them not to come back."
Census:
1880 Putnam Co, Tennessee
residence 178
Sliger, Thomas 39
Sarah 34
Mills, Curtis 10
residence 191
Sliger, Solomon 45 1835 (prob 35 1845)
Eliza 28 1852
Henry 9
Amon 8
Martin 5
Elizabeth 55 1825 mother
Sallie 20 sister 1860
residence 192
Sligen, William 34 3826 Tennessee
Frances 32 Arkansas 1828
Solomon 11 Arkansas 1869
Elizabeth 10
Vance 7
James 6
Adam 4
Maccah 2
residence 194
Sliger, Adam 60 1820
Elizabeth 57 1823
Ellen 18
Addie 15
residence 195
Sliger, William 22 1858
Nancy 18 1862
Lewis 10 nephew <<<
Samuel 5 nephew
"The proof that Lewis Adam was the son of John W. Sliger (son of Adam Sliger and Elizabeth E. Miller) and Rosa Bohannon (daughter of Lewis Bohanon Sr. and Catherine Henry) is on the 1880 Putnam County Census on page 105. There Lewis is found in the household of William and Nancy Sliger, William is the son of Adam and Elizabeth Sliger, and the brother of John W., Lewis Adam is listed as a NEPHEW as is his half-brother Samuel (son of John W. and his second wife Sallie Hamilton)"
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Other-Begin:
The Crittenden Press April 18, 1907
CHAS. M'MICAN KILLED
Was Shot and Mortally Wounded by Louis Sliger, Saturday
A most distressing tragedy occurred at the home of James Kirk in the Colon vicinity last Saturday afternoon at five o'clock in which Louis Sliger shot and mortally wounded Charles McMican of the same vicinity.
The full particulars are not obtainable, but will be brought out at the examining trial next Friday , Apr. 26, and will be published in full. Some of the incidents immediately preceding and following the killing are as follows:
Sliger had gone to Kirk's house to see him about the purchase of some hogs, and as Kirk was in Tolu he awaited his return. When he did return McMican was with him and carried a shotgun, which he proceeded to empty at Sliger, who carrying a Colts revolver, emptied it at his antagonist. One of the bullets from Sliger's pistol struck Mc'Micans horse and another struck the rider in the abdomen penetrating to the backbone. He walked home three hundred yards but realized he had received his death wound and so informed his family. Dr. Clement was hastily summoned from Tolu, but gave the dying man's family no encouragement after examining the wound.
Sliger was struck in the head by one of the shots from McMican's gun but his wound while painful is not dangerous.
McMican leaves a wife and four children. He has been married three times, his first wife being Richard Gass' daughter. His second Jas. Cleghorn's daughter. His present wife was Miss Sallie Fry, before her marriage. McMican was only thirty years of age and was a brother of Henry McMican, a well known citizen of this county.
The unfortunate affair is deplored by every one as both men have many friends and stood well in their respective neighborhoods where known.
Mr. Sliger has employed Hon. A. C. Moore to defend him. He surrendered Sunday and was put under $1000 bond which was increased to $2500 after McMican's death which occurred Monday morning at ten o'clock.
The interment took place Tuesday at the family burying ground on the Fords Ferry Road near Crooked Creek and was attended by one of the largest crowds seen at a funeral in the country. Rev. E. B. Blackburn officiated.
(findagrave)
Other-Begin:
"Hardin County Independent (newspaper) 1 June 1922
Louis Sliger has purchased the ferry of Cave-In-Rock and his son-in-law John Kirk of Colon, Ky. is running it for him."
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Died:
s/o John W Sliger and Rosa Bohannan, drowned in Ohio River, Cave- in- Rock, Hardin Co, Ill. g/s/o Lewis Bohannon and Catherine Henry. Rosa died the day Lewis Adam was born.
The Crittenden Press Friday December 8, 1922
DROWNED NEAR CAVE IN ROCK Louis Sliger Meets Death While Crossing Ohio River Friday Louis Sliger, about 56 years old was drowned while crossing the Ohio River Friday morning. Mr. Sliger resided at Cave In Rock and ran a ferry boat from the Cave In Rock landing to the Kentucky side of the river. On the morning referred to the ferryman had crossed to the Kentucky side taking one or more passengers, and on his return when the boat was about in mid stream , some friends on the Illinois shore saw him fall overboard into the river and before a rescue party in skiffs could reach him he was dead. His body was brought ashore. The deceased formerly resided in this county. He was the son of the late John Sliger and was well known here. He leaves a wife and a number of children.
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"Lewis died 30 November 1922 of accidental drowning, in the Ohio River, he was working as a ferryman at the time and somehow ended up in the river, his hip boots filled with water and the current drug him under. There was some talk that this was no accident and was a result of an incident that occurred when he was the Marshal. Emma said that after Lewis died that every time she looked out at the river it looked black to her, this was related to the author by Mr. Walter Brown of Cave-In-Rock, who was a schoolmate of Robert L. Sliger son of Lewis and Mary."
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Buried:
Oddfellows Cem (Masonic)
Lewis married Mary Thomas Lucas on 28 Mar 1894 in Crittenden Co, Kentucky, and was divorced about 1915. Mary (daughter of Sidney Lucas and Louiza E. Cooper) was born on 16 Aug 1868 in Crittenden Co, Kentucky; died on 3 Jun 1949; was buried in Hurricane Cem, Crittenden Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1904 - 1907 (2 years)