Individuals marked with a red dot are direct ancestors of Jacqueline Renee Milburn
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Lamp, Nelson {I1879} (b. UNKNOWN, d. UNKNOWN)

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Note: Alexander Calvin "Cal" Slonaker was born on either the 25th or 26th of October, 1865. Dr. James Rollin Slonaker has his birthday as the 25th, but the family Bible calligrapher recorded the date as the 26th. I have not resolved that conflict but settled on the family Bible's date of the 26th.

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Note: Isaac Slonaker was born on either the 23rd of June or July, 1865. Dr. James Rollin Slonaker has July as the month of birth, but the family Bible calligrapher recorded the month as June. The grave stone does not resolve the conflict because it just gives the year: 1865.

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Note: The date of birth information on Laura A. Slonaker is conflicting. Dr. James Rollin Slonaker in his Slonaker genealogy book (page 385) has this entry for Laura: "Laura May (Slonaker) Place (twin), born Feb. 9, 1879 (Feb. 25, 1871?), died October 27, 1891, married to Richard Place. No children."
The family Bible of Jeremiah Slonaker and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Dick Slonaker, has two entries for Laura A. Slonaker, February 25, 1871, presumably her date of birth, and the other, presumably her date of death, October 27, 1891.
Laura M. Slonaker's tombstone at Central Chapel Cemetery, Ganotown, Berkeley Co., West Virginia, has her date of birth as February 25, 1872 and says she was "Aged 19 yrs, 8 mos. 2 days."

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Note: COMMENTS OF GRANDSON JERRY PAUL SLONAKER Feb. 2001

Jeremiah Carl Slonaker, known as "Carl Slonaker," was an orchardist in the Ganotown area of Berkeley County, West Virginia. After he retired and sold his 100-plus acre orchard/farm, he alternately visited for long periods with several of his children. He lived for a substantial time with his eldest son, Rev. Paul J. Slonaker, and his family at the parsonage in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, and later at the parsonage in Winchester, Virginia.
Carl Slonaker was a charming grandfather. He enjoyed regaling his grandchildren with family stories almost as much as his grandchildren enjoyed hearing them--and there were many interesting stories. Here are just a few of them:

"THE MOUNTAIN LION"
As grandfather told it, he, his wife (Marianna Dunham Slonaker) and their children were walking home from church one evening. It was a long way through a wooded area. As they walked along, grandfather thought he heard someone or something following them in the darkness. One of the girls had been crying for some reason, when suddenly she stopped--apparently because she heard the sound of another child crying nearby in the dark woods. But it was no child. In moments the crying sound ended, but the noise of rustling leaves and brush continued behind them.
Grandfather knew that "mountain lions," which he called "panthers," were known to mimic human beings in just such a way. So he turned around and walked backwards, facing the menacing sound. The rest of the trip home was terrifying, because whatever was there kept stalking them and getting closer.
Eventually they were close enough to the farm that the family dog was within calling distance. That dog was loyal and fearless, and he would chase anything upon grandfather's command. As soon as the dog heard grandfather's call, he charged to their location. When grandfather ordered the dog to attack whatever was in the woods, the dog growled, barked and viciously snarled at the sound--but he would not attack. The dog remained between the family and whatever was stalking them until the family reached the safety of the farmhouse.
A few days later, grandfather heard that a mountain lion was shot and killed in the area. He felt certain it was the creature that had menaced them in the dark woods

"THE RARE STEAK"
For a period of time Carl Slonaker was working as a logger in West Virginia. On one occasion he and two fellow loggers decided to travel to a nearby city and get some dinner at a nice restaurant. Each of the three young men settled on getting a thick steak. The listed steak cooking options, of course, were "well done, medium well, medium or rare." One of the loggers, a particularly unsophisticated county boy, very much wanted to be a socially astute gentleman. When it came time to order, this man commanded that he wanted his steak "rare." Grandfather suspected he didn't know what "rare" meant but, not wanting to embarrass him, grandfather said nothing. When the steaks arrived, the man looked with dismay at the bloody steak on his plate. He then quietly remarked to the waiter, "You'd better take that back and rare it again."

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