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Martin Slough, son of Martin and Barbara Slough, who emigrated to America from Wirtemburg, Germany, in 1832,
and settled in Portage county, Ohio. Here, Sept. 28, 1832, the subject of this sketch was born, He came to Woodland,
this county, in 1850. In 1853 he removed to Union tp., where he ran a saw mill till 1868, when be removed to his
farm in sec. 18, this tp., where he still resides. His father died at the age of 75 years, in the spring of 1877;
his mother died in July, 1869, aged 63, both in this tp. Mr. Slough was married in October, 1868, to Jane Gibbens,
daughter of William and Ann Gibbens, of this county. They have 5 children: Alvira C., Melvina A., John W., Charles
H. and Etta M. Mr. Slough is a Republican. His business is farming, and he owns 80 acres in this tp., on sec. 18,
and 80 acres in Madison tp; P. O., South Bend.
FROM:
History of St. Joseph County, Indiana
Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Publisher
Chicago 1880.
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