Mineral County CO Archives Biographies.....Sloan, William Clinton   November 13, 1863 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     One of Mineral county’s best and most prominent citizens, and most

enterprising merchants, a member of the Creede Lumber Company, and a man of

influence in the fraternal and public life of his community, William Clinton

Sloan, of Amethyst, has builded his own fortunes and ranks high among the

self-made men of the state.  He was born at Laceyville, Pennsylvania, on

November 13, 1863, and is a son of David and Phoebe Sloan, the former a native

of New York State and the latter of Pennsylvania.  They were successful farmers

in the latter state, where the mother died in February, 1871, and the father in

August, 1881.  Five of their children survive them, Edna, Margaret, Carrie, Lucy

and William C.  The father was a Republican in politics and belonged to the

Knights of Pythias.  The educational advantages of Mr. Sloan were limited, and

after the death of his mother in 1871 he began to work for himself, and by

saving his earnings and applying them to securing a more advanced education, he

made of himself a well informed man.  In 1882 he came to Colorado and located at

Pueblo for a short time.  The next year he went to Platte canyon in the employ

of John Morris, and there he remained until the fall of 1888, when he went to

Novelty, Missouri, and attended school, passing through a business and a

classical course.  In December, 1889, he returned to Colorado and had his

headquarters at Leadville until 1892, when the boom at Creede led him to that

town, which has since been his home.  While at Leadville he sawed lumber, and on

his arrival at Creede he started a lumber enterprise, afterward becoming a

partner of Albert W. Derrick, of Amethyst, in the Creede Lumber Company.  This

company carries an extensive stock and is prepared to meet every demand in the

line of its trade.  Since July 19, 1903, Mr. Sloan has also been serving as

postmaster at Amethyst, having been appointed on the resignation of M.G.

Woodruff, and he was one of the county commissioners of Mineral county from 1897

to 1903, and a member of the twelfth general assembly of the state.  He is a

Freemason in all the degrees of the York rite and thirty-two in the Scottish

rite, and a member of the Mystic Shrine; also an Elk and a Woodman of the World.

 Politically he is an earnest and active Republican.  On December 26, 1889, he

was married to Miss Nellie E. Hunter, a native of Carroll county, Illinois.  

Additional Comments:
From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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