Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sloan, Foreman 1887 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net January 14, 2015, 12:24 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 29 Jun 1987 100 Years Ago – June 28, 1887 Another Old Settler Gone: Foreman Sloan, an old resident, died this morning at his residence on East Main Street, after a lingering illness. He was born at Scrubgrass, Venango County, Pa., June 22, 1820, and came to Ionia in February 1846. He married Louisa Goodrich at Hubbard, Trumbull County, Ohio, July 15th, 1845, and she still survives, although in very feeble health. They had two sons who died in their infancy. Mr. Sloan was engaged for many years in the hardware business here and acquired a handsome competency. He was left an orphan at the age of 10 and when he reached Ionia had only a horse and buggy, a box of tin, and his tinner’s tools to begin life with. His success counted from that time. … File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sloan29493nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb