Bio: Slocomb, Otis, 1869
Contact: Stan, stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org on Sat, 17 Feb
2001
----Source: 1918 History of
Clark Co., WI, by Franklyn, Curtiss-Wedge
Surnames:
Otis Slocomb,
1869
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Slocomb (Parents of Otis Slocomb)
OTIS SLOCOMB, a prominent farmer of Grant Township, now serving as chairman
of the township board, was born June 26, 1869, in a log cabin on his present
farm, in section 22, which had been homesteaded by his father. His parents
were Charles and Mary (Duffy) Slocomb, the father, a native of Vermont, and
the mother of Ireland, their marriage taking place in Lynn, Mass. Charles was
the son of Otis and Sarah (Chiver) Slocomb, Otis being an attorney in
Woodstock, Vt., and of English descent. In the latter's family were ten
children: Harrison, Austin, Joseph (who died in the Civil War), Lydia, Sarah,
Ira, Eunice, Charles, Clara and William. Charles and Mary Slocomb came west to
Wisconsin, locating in Pewaukee, where Mr. Slocomb enlisted in the 18th
Wisconsin Regiment and served one year in the war. Two children were born
there--Austin and Mary.
At the close of the war the family came by stage to Black River Falls, from which place they walked to Neillsville. Mr. Slocomb and two other men had each purchased eighty acres of land in Grant Township without seeing it, and the three drew straws for the choice of tracts. That which Charles Slocomb drew was all wild land. The only stock he had was the driving horse he had brought with him, but soon afterwards he bought a cow. To begin with he built a two-room log house, 18 by 20 feet, which was the family residence for a number of years until prosperity came to them, when a seven-room modern house was erected. An ox team he had to procure in order to clear his land, a labor that took considerable time, but was finally accomplished. In later years his farm was well stocked with cattle, hogs And horses, having also good buildings, and he was numbered among the prosperous citizens of his township.
Charles Slocomb died in 1887, at the age of 67
years. His wife, who Survived him about twenty years, passed away in 1907,
when 76 years old. Otis, the subject of this sketch, was their only child born
in Clark County. Otis Slocomb acquired his education in the district school
and learned farming on his parents' homestead. When old enough he worked in
the woods driving a team, but continued to make his home with his parents. In
course of time he purchased the farm which he has increased in size by the
purchase of thirty more acres of improved land. He has erected a good basement
barn, 36 by 52 feet, and a silo, I 2 bv 30 feet, and raises good stock. Aside
from his direct farming interests Mr. Slocomb is a member of the Farmers'
Co-operative Elevator and Lumber Company of Neillsville, and the
Pleasant-Ridge Creamery and is a stockholder in the First National Bank of
Neillville. He served as township assessor for six years, has been a member of
the school board, and since 1910 has been chairman of the township board. He
is now a member of the Clark County Exemption Board.
Mr. Slocomb was married,
November, 1892, to Agnes
Munce, who'was born in Titisville, Pa., daughter
of Robert Munce, and was adopted by Willis Fuller, of New York. Their children
are: Ira, Isabella, Mary, Vera and Ruth.
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