Caroline A. “Clara” Rice Slocum
Born: February 9, 1830
Birthplace: Woodstock, New York
Father: Israel Rice 1801 – 1886
(Buried: Spring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Illinois)
Mother: Dorcas Jenkins 1808 – 1851
(Buried: New Woodstock Cemetery, New Woodstock, New York)
Wife: Major General Henry Warner Slocum Sr. 1827 – 1894
(Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Married: February 9, 1854 in Woodstock, New York
Children:
Caroline A. Slocum 1855 – 1856
Florence Elizabeth Slocum Kingsbury 1859 – 1939
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1862 – 1949
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)
Clarence Rice Slocum 1871 – 1912
(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Life Events before War:
1832: Birth of her brother Leonard W. Rice
1833: Birth of her brother Fordyce Bernard Rice Sr.
1836: Birth of her sister Caroline Elizabeth “Carrie” Rice Deming
1851: Death of her mother Dorcas Jenkins Rice
1854: Married her husband Henry Warner Slocum Sr.
1855: Her Daughter Caroline A. Slocum was born.
1855: Became Sick in the summer in Charleston South Carolina
1856: Death of her daughter Caroline Slocum from same sickness.
1859: Birth of her daughter Florence Elizabeth Slocum
Civil War Career:
1861: Her husband is wounded at First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1861: Her husband was on sick leave from Army in Syracuse, New York
1862: Birth of her son Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
1862 – 1865: Her Husband served as Major General in Union Army
Life Events after War:
1869 – 1873: Her husband Served as United States Congressman in Washington, D.C.
1871: Birth of her son Clarence Rice Slocum
1876 – 1886: Her husband was Commissioner of Brooklyn City Works.
1880 – 1887: Her husband was President of New York Soldiers Home.
1886: Death of her father Israel Rice in Aurora, Illinois
1894: her husband Major General Henry Warner Slocum died.
1894 – 1899: Widow of Major General Henry Warner Slocum
Died: March 27, 1899
Place of Death: In her Home, Brooklyn, New York
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Age at time of Death: 69 years old
Burial Place: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
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