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John W. Slankard (Hickman County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

b. 1838? d. 1882

Hickman County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier. Illinois native. Married to Susan Jane Johnson Slankard in 1859. Father of Sarah E. Slankard and Nancy B. Slankard. Laborer in Hickman County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 14th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from November 9, 1863, to September 8, 1864. Reported as deserted at Hickman County, Kentucky, on September 8, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Columbus, p. 463.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, District 8, p. 509B-510A.

"Mrs. Susan Jane Slankard Dies at Home in Campbell," Dunklin County News (Kennett, MO), April 9, 1926, p. 1.

Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion: Together with Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations, 1861-1866, vol. II (Des Moines: Emory H. English, 1908), 777.

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Slankard, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281078 (November 12, 2026).

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