US Slocum, Caroline A. Rice

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​

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Florence Elizabeth Slocum Kingsbury 1859 – 1939​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

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Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1862 – 1949​

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)​

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Clarence Rice Slocum 1871 – 1912​

(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)​

Life Events before War:

1832: Birth of her brother Leonard W. Rice​

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1833: Birth of her brother Fordyce Bernard Rice Sr.​

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1836: Birth of her sister Caroline Elizabeth "Carrie" Rice Deming​

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1851: Death of her mother Dorcas Jenkins Rice​

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1854: Married her husband Henry Warner Slocum Sr.​

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1855: Her Daughter Caroline A. Slocum was born.​

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1855: Became Sick in the summer in Charleston South Carolina​

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1856: Death of her daughter Caroline Slocum from same sickness.​

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1859: Birth of her daughter Florence Elizabeth Slocum​

Civil War Career:

1861: Her husband is wounded at First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia​

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1861: Her husband was on sick leave from Army in Syracuse, New York​

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1862: Birth of her son Henry Warner Slocum Jr.​

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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.​

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1871: Birth of her son Clarence Rice Slocum​

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1876 – 1886: Her husband was Commissioner of Brooklyn City Works.​

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1880 – 1887: Her husband was President of New York Soldiers Home.​

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1886: Death of her father Israel Rice in Aurora, Illinois​

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1894: her husband Major General Henry Warner Slocum died.​

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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

 

[Pollaco]

On July 4th, 1862 Mrs. Slocum was married to the second youngest major general in the army.

 

[gentlemanrob]

On July 4th, 1862 Mrs. Slocum was married to the second youngest major general in the army.

Where did this come from as she was having kids before the war?

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

Where did this come from as she was having kids before the war?

I believe that was his date of rank for MajGen US Vols. I may be wrong though.

 

[gentlemanrob]

I believe that was his date of rank for MajGen US Vols. I may be wrong though.

Oh ok my bad.

 

[JeffFromSyracuse]

I believe that was his date of rank for MajGen US Vols. I may be wrong though.

You're correct.

 

[JeffFromSyracuse]

She was born the next town over from her husband (New Woodstock and Delphi Falls are about 20 miles southeast of Syracuse). They married, it appears, during Slocum's last year at West Point. I wonder if they knew each other for their entire lives.

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

Understandable, you have a lot on your plate with this forum.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Understandable, you have a lot on your plate with this forum.

I went and photographed a staff officer grave just now in Atlanta. I hope to write a profile on him soon

 

[Pollaco]

She was born the next town over from her husband (New Woodstock and Delphi Falls are about 20 miles southeast of Syracuse). They married, it appears, during Slocum's last year at West Point. I wonder if they knew each other for their entire lives.

I thought Slocum was in the West Point class of 1852?

 

[JeffFromSyracuse]

I thought Slocum was in the West Point class of 1852?

He is 1852. I mid-read above. They got married in 1854.

 

[Pollaco]

Where did this come from as she was having kids before the war?

I stand by what I said, she was still married to him on that date wasn't she?I never said she got married in 1862. She already was, way back in 1854. But on that date, July 4, 1862, he became the second youngest major general and she was married to him.