Life span: 05/23/1818 to 06/02/1888TabsLife SummaryFull name: Eli SliferPlace of Birth: Union County, PABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 3No. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 2Friends: Alexander McClure Family: Abraham Slifer (father), Mary Coulter Slifer (mother), Samuel Harley (uncle), Catherine Slifer Harley (aunt), Catherine Motter Frick (wife)Occupation: PoliticianBusinessmanRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: WhigRepublicanGovernment: State legislatureOther state government Events Date span begin Life span End Event 01/16/1860 01/16/1860 Eli Slifer elected to his second term as Pennsylvania State Treasurer 04/16/1861 04/16/1861 Reading, Pennsylvania militia artillery unit called to service arrives in Harrisburg Documents Images Eli Slifer Eli Slifer, detail Bibliography