George Mancel Sliger

George Mancel Sliger was born on January 12, 1897 in Crittenden County, Kentucky. He was born to parents, Lewis Adam Sliger and Mary Thomas Lucas. He was their second child and my granduncle, brother to my grandmother, Katherine Sliger. According to the 1900 - 1930 United States Census records, George grew up in Fords Ferry.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

George enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 5, 1918 and served in WWI. He married his wife, Gladys Estelle Kirk on June 1, 1919. They were married in Elizabethtown, Illinois. Gladys was the child of Marion Arthur Kirk and Lilia Belle Fritts and she was born on October 25, 1903.

Together, George and Gladys, had the following children:

• Mildred Charline Sliger (1920 - 2004)
• Mary Frances Sliger (1923 - 1998)
• Georgia Estelle Sliger (1924 - 2003)
• Marion Louis Sliger (1926 - 2011)
• Betty Jean Sliger (1931 - 2006)
• Robert Neal Sliger (1933 - 2002)
• Alfred Ray Sliger (1935 - 2012)
• Roberta Lee Sliger (1939 - 2016)
• Daughter Sliger (1942 - )
• Son Sliger (1945 - )
• Daughter Sliger (1951 - )

Back Row: Mary (Sliger) Myrick, Eva Lee Kirk, Gertie Barger, Gladys Estelle (Kirk) Sliger, George Mancel Sliger, and Mary Tom (Lucas) Sliger; Front Row: Marion Louis Sliger, ? Barger (boy), Mildred Charline Sliger, Mary Francis Sliger, Georgia Estelle (Sliger) Hodge, and ? Barger (girl). 

This picture was found in Grandma Belt's photo album. Another copy was also included in Volume II of History and Families of Crittenden County, Kentucky. It was published in 1999. According to that book, this picture was taken on the Sliger farm, around the year 1929.

George Mancel Sliger died on November 19, 1955. He was 58 years old. His obituary was printed on page 14 of The Paducah Sun on Tuesday, November 22, 1955.

George Mancel Sliger Obituary

According to George's memorial page at Find a Grave, after his death, Gladys sold the family farm and moved to Marion in Crittenden County, Kentucky. She lived to be 75 years of age, passing on June 3, 1979. They are buried together at Mapleview Cemetery in Marion, Kentucky.