Wellington Slack
Wellington Slack, president of the Farmers' Savings Bank Company of Ashley, was born on the old home farm which he now owns, September 22, 1854. He is a son of Seth and Sarah (Dodd) Slack, and grandson of Ralph and Margaret (Riley) Slack.
Ralph Slack, the grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, February 17, 1777, and about 1895 moved west to Franklin County, Ohio. Some time after he located in Berkshire Township, Delaware County, and about 1815 came to Oxford Township, and obtained from the State a tract of land which now forms the southeast part of the village of Ashley. This he later sold off in small parcels. He lived here until his death in 1855. He married Margaret Riley, who was born in Virginia in 1783, and was brought to Ohio by her parents in 1800. She died in Ashley, September 1, 1846.
Seth Slack, father of Wellington, was born on the old home place in Oxford Township, June 6, 1819, and died December 25, 1880. He lived on his father's farm until 1854, when be moved to the farm which the subject of this sketch now owns, and in 1868 erected the first brick house built in this vicinity. He was a prosperous and successful man. He married Sarah Dodd, who was born in Milton, Delaware, August 7, 1822, and is a daughter of Thomas and Eunice (Lane) Dodd. She now makes her home with her son, Wellington. She is the mother of the following children: Albert L., of Greencamp, Marion County; Thomas C, who lives in Rushsylvania, Logan County, Ohio; Margaret (Hyatt), who died in 1900 in Iowa; Charles O., who lives south of Ashley; Mancy, wife of Monroe Marsh, who lives in North Oklahoma; Wellington, subject of this article; Elizabeth, who married T. W. Lee, of Oxford Township; and Eunice, who died in 1887 unmarried. Seth Slack was a Republican in politics and served as township trustee for some years
Wellington Slack was reared on the home place and in his youth attended the schools of that vicinity. He has farmed the property ever since old enough, and still does at the present time, although he has lived in Ashley since 1892. He was one of the organizers and incorporators of the Farmers' Savings Bank Company, and has served as director since its inception in February, 1905, and as president since January 1, 1907. He is one of Ashley's most successful business men and public spirited citizens.
February 7, 1900, Mr. Slack was united in marriage with Mary Lanius, who was born in Greencamp, Marion County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Henry and Mary Lanius. Politically, Mr. Slack is a Republican, and fraternally a charter member of the K. P. Lodge at Ashley.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908