William Rufus Slade
William (George) Rufus Slade (1811-1872) was born 1 Jul. 1811 in Albany, Albany Co., New York. He was the son of John Slade and Phebe Slocum. He married Juliann Higgenbothem on 24 Oct. 1832 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; widowed after 10 Dec. 1850. He married Dorinda M. Moody on 21 Feb. 1853 in Grimes Co., Texas. He was baptized in Jul. 1851. He and his wife Juliann were sealed by proxy to Wilford Woodruff through an adoption sealing ordinance on 22 Jan. 1879. He died 28 Nov. 1872 in Panaca, Lincoln Co., Nevada.
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