Robert Lee Slaughter

Robert Lee Slaughter
Born	August 15, 1870 Palo Pinto County, Texas, U.S.
Died	September 29, 1938 Dallas, Texas
Resting place	East Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Residence	Midland, Texas, U.S. Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Rancher, oilman
Spouse(s)	Florence Harris
Children	Robert Slaughter, Jr.
Parent(s)	C.C. Slaughter Cynthia Ann Jowell
Relatives	George Webb Slaughter (paternal grandfather) William B. Slaughter (paternal uncle) Ira P. DeLoache (brother-in-law)

Robert Lee Slaughter (1870-1938) was an American rancher and oilman. He was the owner of ranches in Texas, USA and Sonora, Mexico.

Robert Lee Slaughter was born on August 15, 1870 in Palo Pinto County, Texas. His father, C.C. Slaughter, was a large rancher. His paternal grandfather, George Webb Slaughter, was a Baptist minister from Mississippi.

Slaughter grew up in Dallas, Texas, where he was educated at an academy run by G. W. Grove in Dallas, Texas.

Slaughter became the manager of the Long S Ranch, a 1,000,000-acre ranch in Dawson County, Texas owned by his father, in 1888. By 1909, Slaughter joined the Soash Development Company, a real estate development company run by William P. Soash. He helped develop the new town of Soash, Texas. From 1915 to 1919, he managed the Lazy S Ranch in Hockley County, Texas, whose headquarters were located in Sundown, Texas.

Slaughter acquired a ranch near Moctezuma in Sonora, Mexico with his brother-in-law, George T. Veal. The ranch was heavily damaged by Yaquis, a Native American tribe, during the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920. They also acquired a ranch near El Paso, Texas.

Slaughter co-founded the Lone Star Land Company with William P. Soash, his brother Dick Slaughter and his sister Minnie Slaughter Veal in 1924. They founded the towns of Sundown and Vealmoor. They also sold portions of land from their Long S Ranch and Lazy S Ranch for real estate development.

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