slayton, ben

Name variants

Ben Slayton

Record count

4

Sources

life_events

Places seen

Ernest

First event date

1913-07-02

Last event date

1913-07-02

Timeline — 1 event

• 1913-07-02 Ernest. Ben Slayton at Ernest sold ten giant white oak trees (36 to 45 inches in diameter) to an Indiana furniture manufacturer at the remarkable price of $100 each at the stump; trunks cut into saw lengths and hauled to the city Quote: "A high price was paid in Ripley county the past few days for t… agriculture · life_events|Dexter Statesman 1913-07-02 clip ds-1911-1930-20260924T125117.080692888Z + life_events|Dexter Statesman 1913-07-02 clip ds-1911-1930-20260924T125800 + life_events|Dexter Statesman 1913-07-02 clip ds-1911-1930-20260924T125141.806174611Z

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