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Dr Richard Sloan Jr.

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Dr Richard Sloan Jr.

Birth
Preble County, Ohio, USA
Death
17 Feb 1885 (aged 76)
Morning Sun, Preble County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Morning Sun, Preble County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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From History of Prebel County
Dr. Richard Sloan, Jr., one of the five sons above mentioned, was born in 1808. In his early manhood he and his brother, Elihu, were the neighborhood tailors. They attended night school and studied Latin and chemistry. Dr. Richard Sloan was graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1844, and practiced medicine as a skillful and faithful family physician in Morning Sun and vicinity for over forty years. He was born on December 28, 1808, and was married to Mary Caldwell in 1845, one year after he was graduated from the medical college. He was a devout and consistent elder in the United Presbyterian church for more than forty years. Dr. Richard Sloan died on February 17, 1884. His wife, Mary Caldwell, who was born on February 1, 1823, died on January 19, 1908. Mary (Caldwell) Sloan was the daughter of William Caldwell, a colonel in the Revolutionary Army, and of Scotch-Irish ancestry, his parents probably having come from the north of Ireland. He, however, lived in North Carolina.

The union of Dr. Richard Sloan and Mary Caldwell was blessed by six children : Jane E., born on July 4, 1846; Mary Cora, born on January. 3, 1849; James A., born on May 6, 1851; Nathan, born on March 25, 1854; Richard E., born on June 22, 1857; John M., born on November 9, 1861. Jane E. is the widow of the late Dr. J. W. Harris, and resides in San Francisco, California, where she has a daughter living, also a son, R. S. Harris, who resides in Los Angeles, California. Doctor Harris died about 1905. Mary Cora died in August, 185o. James A. died on May 6,. 1871. Nathan Caldwell is the subject of this sketch. Richard E. was for. many years associate justice of the supreme court of Arizona. He served as governor of Arizona from 1909 to 1912, and was the first United States district judge for Arizona. He now resides at Phoenix, Arizona, where he is a prominent lawyer. Richard E. Sloan married Mary Brown and they have two daughters living, Eleanor and Mary Caldwell Sloan. John M. Sloan, the last of the six children born to Dr. Richard and Mary (Caldwell) Sloan, died on. December 4, 1887.

Although Dr. Richard and Mary (Caldwell.) Sloan had a large family, only one of their children or descendants is living in Ohio

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Dr. Sloan may have been married prior to Mary Caldwell. He had a son, Joseph Sloan born about 1839 and died after 1860.
From History of Prebel County
Dr. Richard Sloan, Jr., one of the five sons above mentioned, was born in 1808. In his early manhood he and his brother, Elihu, were the neighborhood tailors. They attended night school and studied Latin and chemistry. Dr. Richard Sloan was graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1844, and practiced medicine as a skillful and faithful family physician in Morning Sun and vicinity for over forty years. He was born on December 28, 1808, and was married to Mary Caldwell in 1845, one year after he was graduated from the medical college. He was a devout and consistent elder in the United Presbyterian church for more than forty years. Dr. Richard Sloan died on February 17, 1884. His wife, Mary Caldwell, who was born on February 1, 1823, died on January 19, 1908. Mary (Caldwell) Sloan was the daughter of William Caldwell, a colonel in the Revolutionary Army, and of Scotch-Irish ancestry, his parents probably having come from the north of Ireland. He, however, lived in North Carolina.

The union of Dr. Richard Sloan and Mary Caldwell was blessed by six children : Jane E., born on July 4, 1846; Mary Cora, born on January. 3, 1849; James A., born on May 6, 1851; Nathan, born on March 25, 1854; Richard E., born on June 22, 1857; John M., born on November 9, 1861. Jane E. is the widow of the late Dr. J. W. Harris, and resides in San Francisco, California, where she has a daughter living, also a son, R. S. Harris, who resides in Los Angeles, California. Doctor Harris died about 1905. Mary Cora died in August, 185o. James A. died on May 6,. 1871. Nathan Caldwell is the subject of this sketch. Richard E. was for. many years associate justice of the supreme court of Arizona. He served as governor of Arizona from 1909 to 1912, and was the first United States district judge for Arizona. He now resides at Phoenix, Arizona, where he is a prominent lawyer. Richard E. Sloan married Mary Brown and they have two daughters living, Eleanor and Mary Caldwell Sloan. John M. Sloan, the last of the six children born to Dr. Richard and Mary (Caldwell) Sloan, died on. December 4, 1887.

Although Dr. Richard and Mary (Caldwell.) Sloan had a large family, only one of their children or descendants is living in Ohio

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Dr. Sloan may have been married prior to Mary Caldwell. He had a son, Joseph Sloan born about 1839 and died after 1860.


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