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Martin Graham Sleight
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Name Martin Graham Sleight Birth 28 Nov 1872 Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Gender Male Death 5 Feb 1918 São Paulo, Brazil
Burial Cemitério da Consolação, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Notes - Salesman, working for the Goodyear Tire Company, traveled to South America (Brazil), via Veracruz, Mexico in October 1915.
- Died as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident on the road from Sao Paulo to Santos, Brazil. He was survived by his widow, Hezzie Chew Light [b Urbana, OH] Sleight and two children, Hal Davenport Sleight and Philip Light Sleight, all of Sao Paulo. He was also survived by his mother, Mrs. H. C. Sleight, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
The accident was investigated by the 4th Police Delegado.
He was the Director-general of Goodyear in Sao Paulo.
Information from Report of The Death of An American Citizen, American Consular Service, Form No. 192, Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 16, 1918.
Person ID I38544 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 11 Nov 2020
Father Henry Lyman Sleight, b. 22 Jul 1850, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York
d. 23 Apr 1911, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan
(Age 60 years) Mother Ella Kate Davenport, b. ca 1851, Macon Twp, Lenawee County, Michigan
Marriage 6 Mar 1872 Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan
Family ID F13695 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hezzie Chew Light, b. 21 Aug 1878, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio
d. 6 Nov 1956, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio
(Age 78 years) Marriage 21 Mar 1901 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Children > 1. Hal Davenport Sleight, b. 29 May 1905, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
d. 9 Dec 1988, Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida
(Age 83 years)+ 2. Phillip Light Sleight, b. 24 Nov 1908, Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana
d. 29 Aug 1977, Canton, Stark County, Ohio
(Age 68 years)Family ID F16460 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 11 Nov 2020
- Salesman, working for the Goodyear Tire Company, traveled to South America (Brazil), via Veracruz, Mexico in October 1915.
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