Charles M. Slayback, M. D.

 

Charles M. Slayback, M. D., Folsom, was born July 19, 1854, at Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois. His parents, Crosier and Minerva Slayback, came to Folsom in 1875. His father died October 13, 1889. They have had seven children, namely: Mrs. S. E. Yarrick, at Dunnigan Station, Yolo County: Charles M., the subject of this sketch; Olive, in Folsom:

Mrs. Amelia A. Lillie, at Dunnigan Station; Byron A., who died in Illinois before the family came to this State; W. L., residing at Knight’s Landing, Yolo County; and Mrs. E. L. Wilkinson, living in Orange Vale, this county. Dr. Slayback was brought up in his native town; graduated at Hillsboro Academy in 1863; commenced the study of medicine in 1866, continuing two years in the office of Drs. Owen & Stratton at Hillsboro; and attended a medical lecture course at Cincinnati, 1869-‘71, graduating; the next two and a half years he practiced his profession at Butler, near Hillsboro; attended a winter term of the American Medical College at St. Louis, Missouri, and in the fall of 1874 came to California. The first year here he spent traveling throughout the State, and then located at Placerville, where he practiced over two years, and the remainder of the third year he was at the town of El Dorado. In February, 1882, he came to Folsom, where he has since resided; and since that date he has been a member of the order of Odd Fellows, holding his membership in Diamond Spring Lodge. January 1, 1882, the Doctor married Miss Ella M.  Donovan, daughter of Michael Donovan, and old Californian, and resident of Sacramento.