Slemons, William F
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 15, 1830, in Weakly county, Tenn. He entered the southern army in 1861, and remained in service until its close; and rose from lieutenant to brigadier-general, and commanded a division. After the war he was district attorney; and elected a representative from Arkansas to the forty-fourth, forty-fifth and fortysixth congresses as a democrat. was SLENKER, MRS. EMMA [DRAKE], author, was born Dec. 23, 1827, in La Grange, N. Y. She is a writer living at Snowville, Va.; and the author of Studying the Bible; John's Way; The Darwins; Mary Jones; and Little Lessons for Little Folks.