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Absalom Slaven (son of Jefferson Slaven and Barzilla Phillips) was born 02 Sep 1869 in Parch Corn, Winfield Co, TN, and died 21 Jun 1931 in Stearns, McCreary Co, KY.He married Millie on 30 Jan 1891 in Scott Co, TN.
 Includes NotesNotes for Absalom Slaven:
Death Cert has YOB as 1868, Tombstone has 1869.
SLAVEN, AB "Killed by his own son st Stearns Early Tuesday Afternoon. Man Dies Instantly."
JEFF SLAVEN, 30, of Stearns, killed his father, AB SLAVEN, instantly last Tuesday afternoon about 2 o'clock on the Southern track south of the depot when he shot him once with a 12 gage shot gun on his left side just above his heart. The tragedy took place in front of the hom of Mrs. JIM LAXTON. The father was 65 years old and had been making his home in Stearns with his son, JEFF, and at Mr. EMBY DUNCAN'S for some years. It is said that there had been no serious trouble between the father and son. JEFF SLAVEN, who received a soldier's bonus check, is reported to have been drinking heavily since that time and some enmity had sprung up between he and his father, who had been trying to take care of him. It is alleged that JEFF, who was under the influence of liquor at the time of the killing, had gone to the home of Mr. JIM LAXTON and that his father followed him there to bring him home whren the trouble occurred. AB SLAVED was standing inside the LAXTONand JEFF was on the Southern track about fifteen feet away when he fired the fatal shot. Part of a pint of whiskey was found on the dead man's body. JEFF immediately gave himself up to Shefiff GEORGE P ANDERSON and is being held in the county jail. He will probably be given an examining trial within the next of three days.(Source McCreary County record, 30 Jun 1931 p1)
More About Absalom Slaven:
Burial: 22 Jun 1931, Stearns Cemetery, Stearns, McCreary Co,KY.
More About Absalom Slaven and Millie:
Marriage: 30 Jan 1891, Scott Co, TN.
Children of Absalom Slaven and Millie are:
  1. Florence Slaven, b. 04 Dec 1890, Scott Co, TN, d. 10 Sep 1977, Greenwood, McCreary Co,KY.
  2. Lucinda Slaven, b. Bet. 1892 - 1893, d. Aft. Jun 1931, Oxter,KY.
  3. Nannie Ethel Slaven, b. 1894, Scott Co, TN, d. Aft. Jun 1931, Williamsburg,KY.
  4. +Jefferson Slaven, b. 17 Sep 1898, Scott Co, TN, d. 02 Mar 1976, Marshes Siding, McCreary Co,KY.
  5. +Richard Ryce Slaven, b. 28 Sep 1903, Stearns, Whitley Co,KY, d. 30 Mar 1973, Scott Co Hospital, Oneida, Scott Co, TN.