Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Owen Co.

J. L. WALKER SLAUGHTER, attorney at law, was born in Owen County, Ky.,
February 5, 1863, and is a son of Charles Slaughter, Jr., and Mary (Sharp)
Slaughter.  The latter was the widow of Austin Thomas.  Charles Slaughter,
Jr., was born in Owen County, and is a farmer and stock raiser.  He has
a family of six children, viz: Matilda Thomas, daughter of his wife by her
first marriage; James W., Thomas., Mary S., Alva N. and J. L. Walker.  He
lives on his farm in Poplar Grove Precinct.  Charles Slaughter, Sr.,
paternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of Virginia, one of the
pioneer settlers of Owen County, and a solider in the war of 1812.  J. L.
Walker Slaughter was reared in Owen County, and received his education at
Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky., where he graduated in 1884.  He
immediately entered the law department of Vanderbilt University, at
Nashville, Tenn., and graduated in 1885.  He located at Owenton, and
engaged in the practice of his profession, and in August, 1887, was elected
county attorney for Owen County by a large majority.

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Scott-KY TN VA

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