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Photograph - Scan only - James Slater came to Minnesota in 1854 and in 1861 served on the Town Board of Supervisors - x},. r'4s r , : tZ'R 41 77 A'k v Kr~t r + ~•r I ~ 3~ JAMES SLATER James Slater was born in Limerick County, Ireland in 1820. He mi- grated to New York and eventually moved to Minnesota in 1854. He married Bridget O'Brien in 1840 and they had seven children,six of whom were born in the log cabin on his original claim. The Slaters also owned land near the Mendota Bridge, which is now part of Fort Snelling State Park. James Slater served on the Town Board of Supervisors in 1861. His son James Jr. was Town Board Chairman in 1919,1924 and 1925. He was a supervisor in 1917,1918, 1920 - 1923.