Donie (Caldwell) Slaton (1873 - abt. 1910)

Born Jul 1873 in Fayetteville, Georgia, County of Fayette, United States

Wife of Usebious S. Slaton — married 7 Jul 1889 in Fayette, Georgia

Descendants

Died about 1910 at about age 36 in County of Smith, Texas, United States

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This is my great-grandmother. Her name was Donie, according to my grandfather. My aunt, her granddaughter, was named Dona. I remember my grandfather telling me that my aunt was not named after Donie, his mother, but was named 'Dona' because my grandparents liked the name. There is a marriage record indicating my great-grandmother's name was 'Donie.' I have appended the citation below. My grandfather said her maiden name was Caldwell, but it truly could have been Culdwell. There were Culdwells in the region of Fayette Co. Georgia, and there were Caldwells, I believe. Donie Culdwell Slayton died before my grandfather reached puberty, and his father married a woman who apparently lived on the farm nextdoor, if census records are anything to go by.

Source, her marriage license from Fayette Co., GA.

Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJJ-LFP : 18 July 2016), Eusibias Slaten and Donie Culdwell, 07 Jul 1889; citing Marriage, Fayette, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 209,386.