The Marlows of Guthrie County, Iowa

I am looking for information on my ancestors mentioned below. I would love to know some information from the country they immigrated from.


My Family Research

Anna Mary Sloss-Marlow (2/19/1884 - 01/26/1974)

My research began with my Fraternal Grandmother's memories. One of her daughters documented her story. It is much more interesting to hear personal information instead of just dates of birth, death, marriage, etc.

I have also used Genealogy.com, Ancestry.com and several Family Finder Indexes for my Family Treemaker Program.

My maternal ancestors came from Derry County, Ireland. Grandpa and Grandma James Bunting were among the immigrants arriving in Philadelphia from Ireland. Grandpa Bunting’s home was in Ireland, but his wife (and my Grandma) Mary McCallister, and her two brothers, James and Alex came from Scotland.

They made their home in Philadelphia and worked in the woolen meals. My Mother, Mary Bunting, and her brother, William B. Bunting, were born in Philadelphia and lived in the same apartment all their growing up years.

The children were still small, when our country entered into the Civil War. Grandpa James Bunting was a very patriotic man and enlisted in the Union Army. He served until the war was over, then received his discharge papers, and returned to his home in Philadelphia. His stay at home was short as the call went out for male nurses to care for the wounded soldiers that filled every available hospital. Grandpa answered the desperate plea for nurses and reenlisted. While on duty, he contracted inflammatory rheumatism and the disease soon took his life.

Mother was 12 (1869) when she went to work in the woolen mills. Uncle James McCallister and his wife Jane moved west to Port Byron, Illinois.
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My fraternal grandfather, James Sloss, and his brother Joseph left their Derry County home in Ireland and migrated to Philadelphia. They both liked Philadelphia and Joseph stayed, but my grandfather, James Sloss, returned to Ireland to work and send his family over. Then he would earn more money and come back to America to live himself.

My father, (Samuel Sloss Sr.), was 18 years of age (1869) by the time Grandpa James Sloss earned enough money to send his wife, Elizabeth, and their children, (William, John, Samuel Sr. and Mary) to Port Byron Illinois. It took them six weeks to cross the ocean and daughter Mary was sick all the time they were on the water. Grandpa Sloss got sick and died in Ireland, but did manage to get his family safely to America.