SLAVENS
The remains of Mr. John Slavens, a son of the late Dr. John Slavens and a brother of Rev. Duke Slavens, a prominent minister of the M. E. church, of Lincoln, Neb., was brought here, Monday, from Versailles and quietly interred in Spring Hill cemetery. The deceased was about 65 years of age, and had been an invalid for forty years. He graduated at Ashberry college, now Greencastle, Ind., in 1856 and canvassed the state of Indiana in the interest of Filmore. He was a scholar and an orator. He was admitted to the Mercer county bar with bright prospects of success that were destroyed by disease. He abandoned the law and, for years, taught school. Some years, since, he went to live with his brother in Lincoln, Neb., but becoming dissatisfied, returned to his native state, where he died "unwept, unhonored and unsung."
(Semi Weekly Sayings, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Wed May 3, 1899)
The remains of Mr. John Slavens, a son of the late Dr. John Slavens and a brother of Rev. Duke Slavens, a prominent minister of the M. E. church, of Lincoln, Neb., was brought here, Monday, from Versailles and quietly interred in Spring Hill cemetery. The deceased was about 65 years of age, and had been an invalid for forty years. He graduated at Ashberry college, now Greencastle, Ind., in 1856 and canvassed the state of Indiana in the interest of Filmore. He was a scholar and an orator. He was admitted to the Mercer county bar with bright prospects of success that were destroyed by disease. He abandoned the law and, for years, taught school. Some years, since, he went to live with his brother in Lincoln, Neb., but becoming dissatisfied, returned to his native state, where he died "unwept, unhonored and unsung."
(Semi Weekly Sayings, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Wed May 3, 1899)
SLAVENS
The remains of Mr. John Slavens, a son of the late Dr. John Slavens and a brother of Rev. Duke Slavens, a prominent minister of the M. E. church, of Lincoln, Neb., was brought here, Monday, from Versailles and quietly interred in Spring Hill cemetery. The deceased was about 65 years of age, and had been an invalid for forty years. He graduated at Ashberry college, now Greencastle, Ind., in 1856 and canvassed the state of Indiana in the interest of Filmore. He was a scholar and an orator. He was admitted to the Mercer county bar with bright prospects of success that were destroyed by disease. He abandoned the law and, for years, taught school. Some years, since, he went to live with his brother in Lincoln, Neb., but becoming dissatisfied, returned to his native state, where he died "unwept, unhonored and unsung."
(Semi Weekly Sayings, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Wed May 3, 1899)
The remains of Mr. John Slavens, a son of the late Dr. John Slavens and a brother of Rev. Duke Slavens, a prominent minister of the M. E. church, of Lincoln, Neb., was brought here, Monday, from Versailles and quietly interred in Spring Hill cemetery. The deceased was about 65 years of age, and had been an invalid for forty years. He graduated at Ashberry college, now Greencastle, Ind., in 1856 and canvassed the state of Indiana in the interest of Filmore. He was a scholar and an orator. He was admitted to the Mercer county bar with bright prospects of success that were destroyed by disease. He abandoned the law and, for years, taught school. Some years, since, he went to live with his brother in Lincoln, Neb., but becoming dissatisfied, returned to his native state, where he died "unwept, unhonored and unsung."
(Semi Weekly Sayings, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Wed May 3, 1899)
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