Hugh Ridley Slayden,proprietor of the substantial and important business conducted under the title of the H.R.Slayden Company at 237 West Colorado Street,Pasadena,is known and the Southern California Fuel & Feed Dealers Association,an office which he has held since 1918.He is also a mamber of the Board of Directors of the California Retail Coal Dealers Association,and he served one year,1920-1921,as president of the Pasadena Merchants Association.Mr.Slayden is always to be counted on for prompt and loyal support of measure and enterprises advanced for the civic and business progress of his home city and county, he is an influential member of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce,and since June,1921,he has been a member of the commission which was in charge of the development of a municipal zone system in Pasadena. He is aligned in the ranks of the Democratic party,is a life member of Pasadena Lodge N.672,B.P.O.E.,and holds membership in the local Lions Club.
Mr.Slayden was born in an unpretentious log house in Hickman County,Kentucky,and the date of his nativity was May 2,1867.He is a son of Wesley and Mary Catherine(Campbell)Slayden,both of whom were born and reared in Tennessee,where their marriage was solemnized and whence they removed to Kentucky about 1865.The father was engaged in mercantile enterprise in Tennessee until the outbreak of the Civil War,and later he was identified with farm enterprise in Kentucky.He finally removed with his family to Kansas,where he became a pioneer settler and where he passed the remainder of his life.He died at Wichita,that state,in 1915,his wife having there passed away in 1886.
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Hugh Douglas Ridley,was born May2,1867 in Hickman County,Kentucky,15 miles southwest of Mayfield,in a log cabin while a home was being built,with a church about one mile south.Ridley was past ten year old (1877) when the family moved to Kansas.He used to herd sheep.He helped his father drive the sheep and cattle on trips from the claim in Pawnee Wichita to market. The journey required six days.One had to sit up at night to keep their flock from wandering away,since it was seldom that they found a corral.About midnight,the sheep became restless.One would arise from the group lying on the ground,stretch itself and step out very easily to begin grazing on the grass.Soon another and then others followed,until the whole flock began to move.At this point,the watcher,with the help of a dog held them in check.Ridley has a scar in his left cheek which recalls a story of a the favorite cow,Old Bess,bought in Kansas.She was the best cow that any of the family ever knew and so gentle that the smallest child could pat her.Ridley had been milking her and had just finished and rising to his feet when Old bess suddenly swung her head around toward her body to scare off flies which were bothering her,but her sharp horn pierced Ridley directly in the cheek.The accident seemed to be understood by the cow as she stood astonished at having struck him.Ridley had the scar all of his life.
He worked for his brother-in-law,Charlie Green in his store in Colorado Springs from October 1887 to August 1888,returned to his father's home for a while and then left for California. Ridley went to Tacoma about 1889-90 after Jim,and about the same time Wallie died.
He worked as a clerk in a company general store in Kamilchie for four years.It was during this time that he courted his future wife.He would take the Olympia boat to Tacoma (it would probably put a Kamilchie or someone would take him out ina row boat)and when the boat was near the Lemono ranch,the captain would whistle a given signal and Charlie Lemon (Alice's brother)would row out and get him.
Ridley always carried a revolver at Kamilchie on account of the number of rough men with which he dealt.Kamilchie was the settlement and living quarters for the men working in logging.Ridley was sometimes placed in charge of the gangs of men engaged in unloading supplies from the boats.At one time while unloading hay on a wharf,a Swede made some disparaging remark in his hearing about his sister Nettie. Ridley immediately drew his gun and pointed it directly at the man and demanded an instant apology,or be shot on the spot. The man retracted, but threatened to cause Ridley's arrest for drawing the gun on him,but his threat never amounted to anything.Whatever the remark was,Ridley said that it wouldn't bear repeating and immediately after the occurrence he told the constable in whose house Nettie had her rooms,and who knew that their conduct was perfectly becoming.
He returned to Pasadena in 1893.Wallie had returned in September or October 1892 and established the business in 1893. Ridley left for Tacoma to marry Alice Fanny Lemon ono November 24,1893, and they left immediately for Pasadena. The home,which Ridley built with Wallie's help was on South Vernon Street,and in 1901 was moved to 30 North Vernon.The business yard was in the same location with the office being at 30 North FairOaks until they moved to 237 W. Colorado for the duration of the business (41 years).It was known as Slayden Brothers. Ridley bought Wallie's share in 1910 and from then on conducted the business in the name of H.R.Slayden Co. until he lost it all through bankruptcy in 1934 during the depression.
He loved dogs and used to train them as watchdogs,but he firmly believed the place for them was out doors.
Ridley lost his wife Alice,2/17/1910.She was in Tacoma visiting her parents,having taken Fredonia with her.She is buried in Tacoma Cemetery. He remarried in April of 1915 to Edith Thill who died in 1967.She had lived in the home that she and Ridley purchased in 1925 at 399 South Wilson street,Pasadena.
Ridley died 5/22/1939 after being hit by a car.He had been walking home from the grocery store near his home.He was seventy-two years old
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Mr.Slayden was born in an unpretentious log house in Hickman County,Kentucky,and the date of his nativity was May 2,1867.He is a son of Wesley and Mary Catherine(Campbell)Slayden,both of whom were born and reared in Tennessee,where their marriage was solemnized and whence they removed to Kentucky about 1865.The father was engaged in mercantile enterprise in Tennessee until the outbreak of the Civil War,and later he was identified with farm enterprise in Kentucky.He finally removed with his family to Kansas,where he became a pioneer settler and where he passed the remainder of his life.He died at Wichita,that state,in 1915,his wife having there passed away in 1886.
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Hugh Douglas Ridley,was born May2,1867 in Hickman County,Kentucky,15 miles southwest of Mayfield,in a log cabin while a home was being built,with a church about one mile south.Ridley was past ten year old (1877) when the family moved to Kansas.He used to herd sheep.He helped his father drive the sheep and cattle on trips from the claim in Pawnee Wichita to market. The journey required six days.One had to sit up at night to keep their flock from wandering away,since it was seldom that they found a corral.About midnight,the sheep became restless.One would arise from the group lying on the ground,stretch itself and step out very easily to begin grazing on the grass.Soon another and then others followed,until the whole flock began to move.At this point,the watcher,with the help of a dog held them in check.Ridley has a scar in his left cheek which recalls a story of a the favorite cow,Old Bess,bought in Kansas.She was the best cow that any of the family ever knew and so gentle that the smallest child could pat her.Ridley had been milking her and had just finished and rising to his feet when Old bess suddenly swung her head around toward her body to scare off flies which were bothering her,but her sharp horn pierced Ridley directly in the cheek.The accident seemed to be understood by the cow as she stood astonished at having struck him.Ridley had the scar all of his life.
He worked for his brother-in-law,Charlie Green in his store in Colorado Springs from October 1887 to August 1888,returned to his father's home for a while and then left for California. Ridley went to Tacoma about 1889-90 after Jim,and about the same time Wallie died.
He worked as a clerk in a company general store in Kamilchie for four years.It was during this time that he courted his future wife.He would take the Olympia boat to Tacoma (it would probably put a Kamilchie or someone would take him out ina row boat)and when the boat was near the Lemono ranch,the captain would whistle a given signal and Charlie Lemon (Alice's brother)would row out and get him.
Ridley always carried a revolver at Kamilchie on account of the number of rough men with which he dealt.Kamilchie was the settlement and living quarters for the men working in logging.Ridley was sometimes placed in charge of the gangs of men engaged in unloading supplies from the boats.At one time while unloading hay on a wharf,a Swede made some disparaging remark in his hearing about his sister Nettie. Ridley immediately drew his gun and pointed it directly at the man and demanded an instant apology,or be shot on the spot. The man retracted, but threatened to cause Ridley's arrest for drawing the gun on him,but his threat never amounted to anything.Whatever the remark was,Ridley said that it wouldn't bear repeating and immediately after the occurrence he told the constable in whose house Nettie had her rooms,and who knew that their conduct was perfectly becoming.
He returned to Pasadena in 1893.Wallie had returned in September or October 1892 and established the business in 1893. Ridley left for Tacoma to marry Alice Fanny Lemon ono November 24,1893, and they left immediately for Pasadena. The home,which Ridley built with Wallie's help was on South Vernon Street,and in 1901 was moved to 30 North Vernon.The business yard was in the same location with the office being at 30 North FairOaks until they moved to 237 W. Colorado for the duration of the business (41 years).It was known as Slayden Brothers. Ridley bought Wallie's share in 1910 and from then on conducted the business in the name of H.R.Slayden Co. until he lost it all through bankruptcy in 1934 during the depression.
He loved dogs and used to train them as watchdogs,but he firmly believed the place for them was out doors.
Ridley lost his wife Alice,2/17/1910.She was in Tacoma visiting her parents,having taken Fredonia with her.She is buried in Tacoma Cemetery. He remarried in April of 1915 to Edith Thill who died in 1967.She had lived in the home that she and Ridley purchased in 1925 at 399 South Wilson street,Pasadena.
Ridley died 5/22/1939 after being hit by a car.He had been walking home from the grocery store near his home.He was seventy-two years old
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Hugh Ridley Slayden,proprietor of the substantial and important business conducted under the title of the H.R.Slayden Company at 237 West Colorado Street,Pasadena,is known and the Southern California Fuel & Feed Dealers Association,an office which he has held since 1918.He is also a mamber of the Board of Directors of the California Retail Coal Dealers Association,and he served one year,1920-1921,as president of the Pasadena Merchants Association.Mr.Slayden is always to be counted on for prompt and loyal support of measure and enterprises advanced for the civic and business progress of his home city and county, he is an influential member of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce,and since June,1921,he has been a member of the commission which was in charge of the development of a municipal zone system in Pasadena. He is aligned in the ranks of the Democratic party,is a life member of Pasadena Lodge N.672,B.P.O.E.,and holds membership in the local Lions Club.
Mr.Slayden was born in an unpretentious log house in Hickman County,Kentucky,and the date of his nativity was May 2,1867.He is a son of Wesley and Mary Catherine(Campbell)Slayden,both of whom were born and reared in Tennessee,where their marriage was solemnized and whence they removed to Kentucky about 1865.The father was engaged in mercantile enterprise in Tennessee until the outbreak of the Civil War,and later he was identified with farm enterprise in Kentucky.He finally removed with his family to Kansas,where he became a pioneer settler and where he passed the remainder of his life.He died at Wichita,that state,in 1915,his wife having there passed away in 1886.
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Hugh Douglas Ridley,was born May2,1867 in Hickman County,Kentucky,15 miles southwest of Mayfield,in a log cabin while a home was being built,with a church about one mile south.Ridley was past ten year old (1877) when the family moved to Kansas.He used to herd sheep.He helped his father drive the sheep and cattle on trips from the claim in Pawnee Wichita to market. The journey required six days.One had to sit up at night to keep their flock from wandering away,since it was seldom that they found a corral.About midnight,the sheep became restless.One would arise from the group lying on the ground,stretch itself and step out very easily to begin grazing on the grass.Soon another and then others followed,until the whole flock began to move.At this point,the watcher,with the help of a dog held them in check.Ridley has a scar in his left cheek which recalls a story of a the favorite cow,Old Bess,bought in Kansas.She was the best cow that any of the family ever knew and so gentle that the smallest child could pat her.Ridley had been milking her and had just finished and rising to his feet when Old bess suddenly swung her head around toward her body to scare off flies which were bothering her,but her sharp horn pierced Ridley directly in the cheek.The accident seemed to be understood by the cow as she stood astonished at having struck him.Ridley had the scar all of his life.
He worked for his brother-in-law,Charlie Green in his store in Colorado Springs from October 1887 to August 1888,returned to his father's home for a while and then left for California. Ridley went to Tacoma about 1889-90 after Jim,and about the same time Wallie died.
He worked as a clerk in a company general store in Kamilchie for four years.It was during this time that he courted his future wife.He would take the Olympia boat to Tacoma (it would probably put a Kamilchie or someone would take him out ina row boat)and when the boat was near the Lemono ranch,the captain would whistle a given signal and Charlie Lemon (Alice's brother)would row out and get him.
Ridley always carried a revolver at Kamilchie on account of the number of rough men with which he dealt.Kamilchie was the settlement and living quarters for the men working in logging.Ridley was sometimes placed in charge of the gangs of men engaged in unloading supplies from the boats.At one time while unloading hay on a wharf,a Swede made some disparaging remark in his hearing about his sister Nettie. Ridley immediately drew his gun and pointed it directly at the man and demanded an instant apology,or be shot on the spot. The man retracted, but threatened to cause Ridley's arrest for drawing the gun on him,but his threat never amounted to anything.Whatever the remark was,Ridley said that it wouldn't bear repeating and immediately after the occurrence he told the constable in whose house Nettie had her rooms,and who knew that their conduct was perfectly becoming.
He returned to Pasadena in 1893.Wallie had returned in September or October 1892 and established the business in 1893. Ridley left for Tacoma to marry Alice Fanny Lemon ono November 24,1893, and they left immediately for Pasadena. The home,which Ridley built with Wallie's help was on South Vernon Street,and in 1901 was moved to 30 North Vernon.The business yard was in the same location with the office being at 30 North FairOaks until they moved to 237 W. Colorado for the duration of the business (41 years).It was known as Slayden Brothers. Ridley bought Wallie's share in 1910 and from then on conducted the business in the name of H.R.Slayden Co. until he lost it all through bankruptcy in 1934 during the depression.
He loved dogs and used to train them as watchdogs,but he firmly believed the place for them was out doors.
Ridley lost his wife Alice,2/17/1910.She was in Tacoma visiting her parents,having taken Fredonia with her.She is buried in Tacoma Cemetery. He remarried in April of 1915 to Edith Thill who died in 1967.She had lived in the home that she and Ridley purchased in 1925 at 399 South Wilson street,Pasadena.
Ridley died 5/22/1939 after being hit by a car.He had been walking home from the grocery store near his home.He was seventy-two years old
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Mr.Slayden was born in an unpretentious log house in Hickman County,Kentucky,and the date of his nativity was May 2,1867.He is a son of Wesley and Mary Catherine(Campbell)Slayden,both of whom were born and reared in Tennessee,where their marriage was solemnized and whence they removed to Kentucky about 1865.The father was engaged in mercantile enterprise in Tennessee until the outbreak of the Civil War,and later he was identified with farm enterprise in Kentucky.He finally removed with his family to Kansas,where he became a pioneer settler and where he passed the remainder of his life.He died at Wichita,that state,in 1915,his wife having there passed away in 1886.
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Hugh Douglas Ridley,was born May2,1867 in Hickman County,Kentucky,15 miles southwest of Mayfield,in a log cabin while a home was being built,with a church about one mile south.Ridley was past ten year old (1877) when the family moved to Kansas.He used to herd sheep.He helped his father drive the sheep and cattle on trips from the claim in Pawnee Wichita to market. The journey required six days.One had to sit up at night to keep their flock from wandering away,since it was seldom that they found a corral.About midnight,the sheep became restless.One would arise from the group lying on the ground,stretch itself and step out very easily to begin grazing on the grass.Soon another and then others followed,until the whole flock began to move.At this point,the watcher,with the help of a dog held them in check.Ridley has a scar in his left cheek which recalls a story of a the favorite cow,Old Bess,bought in Kansas.She was the best cow that any of the family ever knew and so gentle that the smallest child could pat her.Ridley had been milking her and had just finished and rising to his feet when Old bess suddenly swung her head around toward her body to scare off flies which were bothering her,but her sharp horn pierced Ridley directly in the cheek.The accident seemed to be understood by the cow as she stood astonished at having struck him.Ridley had the scar all of his life.
He worked for his brother-in-law,Charlie Green in his store in Colorado Springs from October 1887 to August 1888,returned to his father's home for a while and then left for California. Ridley went to Tacoma about 1889-90 after Jim,and about the same time Wallie died.
He worked as a clerk in a company general store in Kamilchie for four years.It was during this time that he courted his future wife.He would take the Olympia boat to Tacoma (it would probably put a Kamilchie or someone would take him out ina row boat)and when the boat was near the Lemono ranch,the captain would whistle a given signal and Charlie Lemon (Alice's brother)would row out and get him.
Ridley always carried a revolver at Kamilchie on account of the number of rough men with which he dealt.Kamilchie was the settlement and living quarters for the men working in logging.Ridley was sometimes placed in charge of the gangs of men engaged in unloading supplies from the boats.At one time while unloading hay on a wharf,a Swede made some disparaging remark in his hearing about his sister Nettie. Ridley immediately drew his gun and pointed it directly at the man and demanded an instant apology,or be shot on the spot. The man retracted, but threatened to cause Ridley's arrest for drawing the gun on him,but his threat never amounted to anything.Whatever the remark was,Ridley said that it wouldn't bear repeating and immediately after the occurrence he told the constable in whose house Nettie had her rooms,and who knew that their conduct was perfectly becoming.
He returned to Pasadena in 1893.Wallie had returned in September or October 1892 and established the business in 1893. Ridley left for Tacoma to marry Alice Fanny Lemon ono November 24,1893, and they left immediately for Pasadena. The home,which Ridley built with Wallie's help was on South Vernon Street,and in 1901 was moved to 30 North Vernon.The business yard was in the same location with the office being at 30 North FairOaks until they moved to 237 W. Colorado for the duration of the business (41 years).It was known as Slayden Brothers. Ridley bought Wallie's share in 1910 and from then on conducted the business in the name of H.R.Slayden Co. until he lost it all through bankruptcy in 1934 during the depression.
He loved dogs and used to train them as watchdogs,but he firmly believed the place for them was out doors.
Ridley lost his wife Alice,2/17/1910.She was in Tacoma visiting her parents,having taken Fredonia with her.She is buried in Tacoma Cemetery. He remarried in April of 1915 to Edith Thill who died in 1967.She had lived in the home that she and Ridley purchased in 1925 at 399 South Wilson street,Pasadena.
Ridley died 5/22/1939 after being hit by a car.He had been walking home from the grocery store near his home.He was seventy-two years old
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