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Marilyn, from an email dated 27 April 2008
Yes we are members of the church, I have 7 children as of this writing, we may have an addition later this year depending on the adoption process. I have two children on mission, a daughter, Mickelle in Portland Oregon and a Son, Keil, serving in Naga Philippines, and then a third son who will be leaving at the end of the year.

The information that you provided is great information, I never really knew anything about my great grandfather, I will shat this with my mom as I do not know if she has ever heard this history. And thank you for sending the picture of William Wesly, now I know where I get my good looks from ;).

My address is Robert Myers,
1181 E. 1350 N.
Layton, Utah 84040

I would love to hear more from you concerning the Sly line, If you would be interested in helping start or restarting a Sly Family organization please let me know. I am looking for some help in getting this started.

Thanks again and looking forward to getting to know more about the Sly family.

Bob Myers

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Frank married Lorna Ellen STAY on 23 May 1933 in Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California, United States. Lorna was born on 10 Jul 1908 in Wilford, Salt Lake, Utah; was christened on 6 Aug 1908 in Wilford, Salt Lake, Utah; died on 6 Apr 1937 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birthdate he gave himself was 2 April 1858.

1880 United States Federal Census Record about George A. Sly
Name: George A. Sly
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Michigan
Occupation: Carpenter
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: Juniata, Adams, Nebraska
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Katie N. Sly
Father's birthplace: NY
Mother's birthplace: IRE
note: Lester Sly (brother) living next door

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Geo A Sly
Home in 1900: Pinon, Montrose, Colorado
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Michigan
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Katie W
Race: White
Occupation: carpenter
Household Members: Name Age
Geo A Sly 42
Katie W Sly 37
Ford C Sly 18
Clint C Sly 17
Clyde Sly 14
Mabel R Sly 11
Leafy H Sly 8
Taynel Sly 5



1910 United States Federal Census
Name: George A Sly
Age in 1910: 52
Estimated birth year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Michigan
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: New York
Mother's Birth Place: New York
Spouse's name: Kate N
Home in 1910: Nucla, Montrose, Colorado
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
George A Sly 52
Kate N Sly 48
Clint L Sly 25
Leafy E Sly 18
Tripell g Sly 14
Frank L Sly 7

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: George A Sly
Home in 1920: Nucla, Montrose, Colorado
Age: 61 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Michigan
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Kate N
Father's Birth Place: New York
Mother's Birth Place: Michigan
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 701
Household Members: Name Age
George A Sly 61
Kate N Sly 57
Frank L Sly 17

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: George H Sly
Home in 1930: Compton, Los Angeles, California
Age: 72
Estimated birth year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Michigan
Relation to Head of House: Head
Race: White
Occupation: builder/contracter Military Service: no, Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: 22, Parents' birthplace: NY, NY
Household Members: Name Age
George H Sly 72 widowed builder/contracter
Frank L Sly 24 single Mechanic/garage





LIFE STORY OF GEORGE ALBERT SLY
I, George A. Sly, have been asked by my children to write a history of my life as I remember it. As all of our family records have been lost, I will have to depend on my memory, When I was about five years old, we lived on a farm near St. Louis, Michigan and about that time father died leaving mother with six children and none of them old enough to take the responsibility of providing a living forthe family. After the funeral, the neighbors came in to see if they could help solve the problem for mother. The children were five boys and one girl, she being the baby and I was next to her. I went to live with a neighbor named Allen, and mother went to live with her brother near Pontiac. I was with Allens about a year when mother's brother died and again we were destitute when a man by the name of Exelby (or Axford) wanted me to live with him. I was then about 8 years old and able to do some work. Exelby lived on a farm in Clinton Co. (MI) and we stayed there about a year then moved to Saginaw Co. where his brother had a sawmill and he joined him in the mill. I helped around the mill. They had a young man as engineer and he had TB and got too weak to work, so I was to help him. He took all the pains to teach me how to fire the boiler and run the engine and pumps. Soon after he was taken much worse and died and then I was put in charge. After that time Exelby got the wandering blues and he made up a party and then went to Nebraska and filed a homestead and in the spring of 1872 Exelby and another man chartered a car and left for Lincoln, Nebraska and Hebron, and I went with the car as we had two teams of horses to look after when we arrived in Lincoln. We found the ........and we loaded the wagon and started for Hebron. The first thing was to build a place to live in which we did by digging a dugout and a sod house. This was April 1872 and that year the B&M railroad built the road from Lincoln to Kearney and the U.S. established a mail route to Red Cloud, 120 miles south, and Exelby took the contract to carry the mail two trips a week for a year and after a few trips I was put on to run the route. I had a pair of ponies anda spring wagon with........which was very good during the summer, but in the winter was tough and I had no winter woolen clothes on, overshoes, no overcoat but I got through and at the end of the contract, I had worked out a few dollars for myself. I paid extra both ways and a great many ..... of...... both ways. When I made the fast trip I got ready to go on my own as I lived with Exelby for several years and he had given me no schooling and lots of chores so one night I slipped out with a few dollars and hit east on the railroad and ................... I saw some men loading some wagons with machinery and I asked for the boss. He was pointed out to me and I told him I wanted a job. He called the foreman, Mr. George Carr, and said can you use this boy? Carr asked me if I could drive a team. I said, yes. All right, Carr said and I worked for him three years and I went to school winters and did chores for my board. Then there was a flouring mill being built a few miles from there and I got a job there and the millwright took a shine to me and took pains to see me put over the care of the tools. About a year after the mill was in operation, it changed hands which left us out and I drifted back to Juniata and put in the winter going to school. The next summer I went to work for a company, James & ...... who was running a general store, a grain elevator and a sawmill in Juniata and worked for them two years and during that time I met the finest girl, my future wife, and also where one of my brothers was in Michigan and in early winter went to visit them, coming back the next spring and at Christmas time we were married, December 14, 1879. I will remember the large one room log house where father died with a large fireplace in one end withthe drain crank hinged at one side where the meals were cooked, with the wide mantle above the fireplace on which was the family Bible with its well worn pages and at one side the old weight clock which always recorded the time. These were the happiest days of my childhood and the only happy house I ever knew until I moved and had a home of my own. The years I was with the Exelbys family, I was never happy as they were very cruel and brutal to me and as I write this for my children I must add that we have raised a family that I am proud of, Each and every one of them a respected citizen.

George married Catherine Helen HILDERBRAND on 24 Dec 1879 in Juniata, Adams, Nebraska, United States. Catherine (daughter of John HELDENBRAND and Rachel Ellen BUCK) was born on 27 Jun 1862 in Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, United States; died on 18 May 1928 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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father:John Heldenbrand mother:Rachel Ellen Buck