Slaughter (1852 – March 28, 1929) was an American rancher, cattle driver, banker and county judge.
He founded local banks in Texas and New Mexico, and he was tried but acquitted on suspicion of faulty loans.
[1] His father, George Webb Slaughter, was a Baptist minister from Mississippi and early rancher in Texas.
[4] Two years later, in 1869, he drove cattle on the Chisholm Trail with another brother, Peter.
[4] On his way in Red Fork, Oklahoma, Slaughter and his retinue encountered members of the Osage Nation, but they quickly became friendly.
[5] They sold it in 1883, and William moved to a ranch in Sierra County, New Mexico.
[6] Meanwhile, William ranched in New Mexico and drove cattle to Nebraska and Wyoming annually until 1894.
Slaughter lost his election run for Sherman County judge to Dudley Hiram Snyder in 1900.
[4] He invited Baptist preachers George Washington Truett and James Bruton Gambrell to speak to the cowboys on his ranches.