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| HIRAM H. SLAWSON, furniture dealer at Big Rapids, was born in Orange Co., N. Y., March 30, 1810. He was reared on a farm, and at the age of 16 learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, and afterward that of cabinet-maker, and has since been engaged alternately in thei prosecution. Mr. Slawson came to Michigan in the fall of 1848, and worked in a furniture establishment at Grand Rapids about two years, going at the end of that time to Greenville, Montcalm Co., where he was engaged in the furniture business about 20 years. He next transferred his interest to Cedar Springs, Kent Co., and in April, 1882, he came to Big Rapids and purchased the stock and fixtures of E. A. Knight, and is now operating with a fair degree of success. Mr. Slawson was married in Seneca Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1835, to Eusebia, daughter of John and Mary Fleming, born in Seneca Co., Nov. 26, 1811. They have had the following named children: Henry, Charles and Morrison, farmers, near Greenville; William, who is deceased; Newell S., an attorney at Cedar Springs several years, and who died in Marshall, Texas, in March, 1882; Mary, wife of Joseph B. Hammond, a grocer, in Ionia Co., Will T., a reporter on the Pioneer Magnet, and a practical printer. Mr. Slawson owns a residence and lot on Henderson Street, two houses with lots at Cedar Springs; also five vacant lots at that place. The family are members of the Congregational Church. |