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Born 1832
From Portrait and biographical record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola counties, Michigan .. (1892), Biographical history of Genesee County, Michigan (1908), History of Genesee county, Michigan, her people, industries and institutions, (1916)
NDREW SLAGHT, M. D. A followed of ((/Lj! Esculapius, Dr. Slaght is one of the most prominent and popular practitiom-rs in Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County, He is a native of Seneca County, N. Y., and was born December 1, 1832. He is a son of John and Phebe Slaght, natives of New Jersey. As his name would indicate, he is on the paternal side of Holland extraction, his material progenitors being Scotch. Dr. Slaght 's father served in the War of
When fourteen years old our subject with his parents emigrated to Genesee County, this State. The family first settled in Mundy Township, and there he of w4iom we write was reared to man's estate in the wholesome atmosphere of rural life. His mental training was received in the district schools of the vicinity, after which he attended the High School at Flint, and at different periods for some five years thereafter engaged in teaching school.
In the fall of 1865 Mr, Slaght entered the medical department of Ann Arbor IJniversityy and was graduated in 1868 when he took his degree. He located in the township of Mundy, and there practiced for one year, after which he removed to Grand Blanc, and has been in constant and active practice of his profession ever since. Our subject was married in 1857, to Miss AdeliaHuff,a daughter of Jonathan and Mary Huff, natives of New York State. The union of our subject and his estimable wife has been blessed by the advent of two children: William M., who has also become a physician; and Frances, the wife of Dr. J. McLaren of Saginaw, this State.
Our subject is a member of the Congregational Church. He is a Republican in his political preference. He is a generous supporter by word and means of every advancement that )premises to be for the good of the town. The Doctor is a graduate from the Regular School of medicine. Although he has enjoyed many advantages, he has attained them by his own perseverance and energy. The Doctor was formerly a member of the County Medical Association, and was also a member of the American Medical Association.
As printed in Portrait and biographical record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola counties, Michigan .. (1892). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
DR. ANDREW SLAGHT.
Dr. Andrew Slaght was born in Lodi township, Seneca county, New York, December i, 1832. His parents, John and Phoebe (Howell) Slaght, were natives of New Jersey, and came from Seneca comity, New York, to Genesee county, Michigan, in 1847, and settled on a farm in Mundy township. They were thrifty and energetic pioneers, and contributed much to the sterling tone that characterized the people of the state at that time, and that has contributed effectively to the subsequent standing of the citizenship of the "Lake state." They completed their days on the farm, the father dying there May 25, 1881, having reached the age of ninety-one years. The mother passed away July 8, 1871, aged seventy-nine years. They were the parents of eight children, of whom, Andrew, our subject, was the youngest.
The first fourteen years of his life were spent on his father's farm in Seneca county, New York. On coming west with his parents, he remained on the farm until twenty-one years of age, growing up to be a husky, muscular youth, well calculated to take up and push to completion any undertaking to which he might address himself. He was educated in the.Flint schools, including the high school course. After this he entered the medical department of the State University, in 1865, and graduated from that institution with the class of 1868. Preceding this time he had for four years taught school during the winter season, and worked out during the summer, in this way succeeding in laying up some funds for use when taking up his study of medicine. He was married in Grand Blanc township April 30, 1857, to Miss Adelia Huff, who was born in Hastings, Oswego county, New York, January 28, 1834. Her father, Jonathan Huff, was a native New Yorker, and died at Hastings in April, 1842, aged sixty years. Her mother's maiden name was Nancy Parks Stowits. She spent the closing years of her life in Genesee county, Michigan, and died at Grand Blanc at the age of eighty years. Their family numbered four children, of whom Mrs. Slaght was the youngest.
Dr. Slaght began the practice of medicine in Mundy township, continuing there for one year. In 1869 he came to Grand Blanc, and here he has since resided and carried on his profession.
He has seen an abundance of work in his day, and has earned a well deserved reputation for efficiency and skill. He places great emphasis on the need of attention to the rules of hygiene, and advocates that nature should be assisted by medicine to overcome the ravages of disease. He places a great deal of emphasis also on the importance of the diagnosis, realizing that a mistake there will be fatal to success in any circumstance.
Dr. Slaght has also given some attention to his one hundred-acre farm in Mundy township, and takes pride and pleasure in its well kept fields and improvements. As a branch of this work he has given time to the establishment of a dairy.
Dr. and Mrs. Slaght are the parents of three children — Lewis E., William M., and Frances A., who is the wife of Dr. J. McLaren, of Oakland, California.
He and his wife have shown a most commendable public spirit, and have taken an active part in the social, religious and educational life of the community. They are pillars in the Congregational church, and for about fifteen years Dr. Slaght was superintendent of the Sunday school. It is the hope of their many friends that peace and happy contentment may attend them to the end of their days.
As printed in Biographical history of Genesee County, Michigan (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Dr. Andrew Slaght, of Grand Blanc, was among the best known of the physicians practicing in this locality and was born in Simcoe county, Ontario, in 1832. Doctor Slaght was a graduate of the University of Michigan and took an active part in the affairs of Genesee county. His two sons followed in their father's steps and are practicing physicians in the same township.
Dr. L. E. Knapp was another of the well-known older physicians, being born in Salem, Michigan, in 1842, and practicing in Linden and Fenton for many years. He was a graduate of the Homeopathic Hospital College of Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. C. L. Howell was born in Hillsdale, Michigan, in 1841 and was a graduate of Rush Medical College, of Chicago. He enlisted in Company G, Second Michigan Cavalry, and saw a great deal of service during the Civil War. He was*engaged in the battles of New Madrid, Corinth, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Chattanooga and Chickamauga. At Franklin his horse was shot from beneath him, but he escaped injury. He took part in the Wilson raid and was promoted to second lieutenant. Before coming to Flint he practiced for a number of years at Goodrich, Genesee county. His death occurred in 1893.
As printed in History of Genesee county, Michigan, her people, industries and institutions, (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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