Slaughter, Wm. B. (William Banks), 1797-1879

found: Reminiscences of distinguished men, 1878:title page (Wm. B. Slaughter) page 1 (born April 19, 1797 in Culpeper County, Virginia; son of Samuel and Frances Slaughter; educated at William and Mary College)

found: Wikipeda, via WWW, July 7, 2011(William B. Slaughter; United States politician; born William Banks Slaughter; moved to Bardstown, Kentucky in 1826 to read law and was admitted to the Kentucky bar; practiced law in Bedford, Indiana and was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives; appointed Register of the Land Office by President Andrew Jackson in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was transferred to Green Bay in Michigan Territory; elected to the Michigan Territorial Legislature and helped with the creation and organization of the Wisconsin Territory; served as secretary of the Wisconsin Territory, 1837-1841; appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to oversee the commissary and later was quartermaster at Jefferson Barracks Military Post, Missouri; died July 15, 1879 in Madison, Wisconsin)