Kerle Jacob Slinkard was my father b. 1908 Zalma MO. d. 1998 St. Louis, Leo Slinkard was my grandfather, b. 6/25/1873, Wayne Co., MO. d.10/8/1929, Berrong Cemetery, Jacob Van Buren Slinkard is my great grandfather, b 3/21/1839, Cape Girardeau Co., d. 9/9/1916. J.V. Slinkard as he was called served in the MO. State Guard (Ripley County Battalion which merged into the 3rd Regiment, Infantry) for the Confederacy under Lt. Co. M. Jeff Thompson during the Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Fredericktown. Daniel Slinkard b 1786, NC, d. 1838 was first married to Hannah Kinder, second marriage to Eva Helderman Morrison (my great, gr., gr. grandmother). Daniel died before seeing his son Jacob Van Buren.
Back to Leo Slinkard, he had a sister Leota. My Daniel Slinkard was the son of Jacob Slinkard b. 1765, Maryland d. <1810>, Cape Girardeau, Mo who was married to Catherine Crites. Jacob was the son of Freidrich Wilhelm Schlencker, b. <1717> Hamburg, Germany, d. <1772> Lincoln Co. NC.

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