Solomon Slaughter
Solomon Slaughter, farmer, P. O. Ravenna, was born August 31, 1805, in Kent County, Del. He started West at the age of twenty-three years and finally came to Ravenna December 10, 1828. He worked three years in the hotel for Salmon Carter. He then married Miss Ruth Burdick, August, 1831. Purchasing a small claim, which he has ever since occupied, and relying entirely upon his physical resources, he has acquired 100 acres of well-improved land through which the Cleveland & Pittsburgh, and New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroads pass. He still owns a flock of sheep, descendants of the first sheep brought to the place, over fifty years ago. Mrs. Slaughter died October, 1841, leaving four children: John B., of Goshen, Ind.; Andrew; Lucy; and Betsey (deceased). Mr. Slaughter afterward married his deceased wife's sister—Lucy Burdick, who died three years afterward. He then married Miss Elizabeth Smith, who bore him four children: Mrs. E. B. Caris, of Akron, Ohio; Charles W., of Pullman, Ill.; Martha D. (deceased) and Solomon E., of Ravenna. Mr. Slaughter is now living on the homestead, at the advanced age of eighty years. He still retains his faculties, and does his own work. He is the only pioneer now living in his part of the township, and one of the original Republicans of the county, and was deeply interested in the anti-slavery movements. He has led an active and a very useful life, and is respected by all who know him.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885