Slusser-Prettyman Papers

Date: 1779 to about 1850
Location: Ohio, United States
Surnames/tags: Slusser_New York_Ohio Prettyman_Ohio Kintigh

This page holds the family bible record of Thomas Jefferson Prettyman, Jr. and letters between the numerous descendants of:

• Nicholas Schlosser
• Lewys Schlosser
• Alonzo V. Schlosser
• Jones Peter Slusser
• Arnold Bertram Slusser
• Mortimer Slusser
• Thomas Jefferson Prettyman Jr.

The letters trace the movement of the Slusser family from Chenango County, New York into Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and other locations. In many cases, these letters are the only documents that exist referencing certain family members.

Provenance of the Collection

Copies of the bible and the letters were handed down to Tani Nicolette Slusser Toussaint by her paternal aunt, Mary Eleanor Slusser Moxey (born 1910 in Downer's Grove Illinois, died 2011 in Sheridan, Wyoming).

Eleanor was the granddaughter of Judge Mazzini Slusser, and the great-granddaughter of Jones Peter Slusser, father of Mazzini. A retired secretary, Eleanor copied and annotated all the letters and the bible entries.

Along with Eleanor's Slusser-Prettyman package, Nicolette received from Eleanor a memoire written by Jean Paul Slusser, Eleanor's uncle. That story concerned Mazzini's adoption by his uncle, Lewis Wyatt Prettyman. (Most of that story will be found in Mazzini Slusser's profile.) Eleanor prefaced the Slusser-Prettyman package with this note:

"Copies of these Slusser-Prettyman letters were given to me by my father, Thomas Harry Slusser. I think he had obtained the letters, or copies of the letters, from his uncle, Dr. C.W. Prettyman, and had typed copies made. My father also gave me a copy of the two-page Bible record, which probably also was obtained from Dr. C.W. Prettyman. The notes in the margin I have added."

Eleanor distributed the Slusser-Prettyman package to Nicolette and other members of her family in October of 1973.