Barton County, Missouri Biographies-W. W. Slinker

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages, 943, 944


W. W. Slinker, who has been a farmer of Newport Township since 1843, was born in 
Menard County, Ill., in 1832.  His parents, Joel and Elizabeth (Brug) Slinker, were 
born in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and died in Jasper County, Mo., in 1856, at the 
age of fifty-five years, and in 1852, aged forty-four years, respectively.  In 1830 
they moved to Menard County, Ill., where the father was engaged in farming and milling 
until 1849, then coming to Jasper County, Mo., where he and wife resided until their 
respective deaths.  He was of German descent, and a member of the Baptist Church.  
W. W. Slinker was reared on a farm and educated at a private school in Jasper County.  
In 1854 he was married to Miss Dorinda H. Bastin, a native of Kentucky, and, after his 
marriage, entered eighty acres in Jasper County, which he began improving.  He made that 
his home until 1862 (owning, at the time of his removal, 240 acres), then went to Kansas, 
and farmed on rented land one year.  In 1863 he enlisted in the Union Army, Company I, 
Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, and served until June 15, 1865, and took part in the engagements 
of Poison Springs, Saline River, and numerous minor engagements.  After the war Mr. Slinker 
returned to Kansas, where he lived a few months, then came back to Jasper County, Mo., to 
his old home.  This he afterward sold, however, and rented land there until 1874, then came 
to Barton County, and purchased a farm near Golden City, where he made his home two years.  
He purchased his present farm of 120 acres, and has changed it from a raw state to a finely
cultivated and improved farm.  In 1862 his wife died, at the age of twenty-five years, 
leaving four children: James W., a farmer of Barton County; Nancy A., wife of John Nixon; 
Oliver B., a farmer of Barton County; and Tilford P., who died  in childhood.  In 1867 Mr. 
Slinker wedded Mrs. Gilla (Williams) Carter, by whom he has two children: Ora G., who died 
when ten years of age; and Lon, who is still at home.  Mr. And Mrs. Slinker have been members 
of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for many years, and are honored citizens of the county.

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