Margaret Alberta Slocum

     Margaret Alberta Slocum was born on 19 August 1875 at Wayne County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Nelson Everett Slocum and Sarah Jane Smith. Margaret Alberta Slocum married, at age 20, Charles Clarence Blackman, age 27, son of Lewis Blackman and Elizabeth Wicker, on Tuesday, 31 December 1895 at Wayne County, Iowa. Margaret Alberta Slocum married John Riley Burris in 1922 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Margaret Alberta Slocum died on 7 May 1948 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, at age 72 years, 8 months and 18 days. She was buried in the Humeston Cemetery, located in Humeston, Wayne County, Iowa.
     She From Hawpe, Gary R., ed. and Knudsen, Roberta, comp., 'Descendants of Nelson Everett Slocum,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 3 (January 2001), p. 17.

After her divorce from Charles Clarence Blackman, Margaret and her sons moved to Des Moines. Margaret became a member of the Methodist church in young womanhood. She was a church organist for many years. Margaret is buried in the Humeston Cemetery, Humeston, Iowa with son, Ray Blackman and second husband, John Burris.