Bio of SLEAVIN, Frank R. (b.1888), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 593-594
FRANK R. SLEAVIN
Frank R. Sleavin, assistant cashier of the First National Bank, has a knowledge
of the banking business and is very popular among his associates, both in and
out of business. He was born in Minneapolis on the 4th of March, 1888, a son of
John J. and Margaret (Roeder) Sleavin. His father was born in Bangor, Maine, in
1860, came to Minnesota 1880, and was for many years engaged in the commission
busi­ness in this city. He married Margaret E. Roeder in 1883. She was a
daughter of John Roeder, who came to Minnesota in 1858 and was a dealer in furs
and hides for many years. He died in 1892. Mr. J. J. Sleavin passed away in 1893
and is still survived by his widow.
In the acquirement of his education Frank R. Sleavin attended the public schools
of Minneapolis and subsequently enrolled in the LaSalle Institute where he was a
student for four years. After putting his textbooks aside he made his initial
step into banking circles, becoming associated with the First National Bank,
where he remained from 1905 to 1910. In the latter year he accepted a position
as clerk with the North Side State Bank and served in that capacity until 1914,
when he was made assistant cashier of the institution. He held that position
until 1921, when the First National Bank took over the North Side State Bank,
making of it an office. Mr. Sleavin was then made assistant cashier of the First
National Bank, which position he still holds. There is no phase of the banking
business with which Mr. Sleavin is not familiar and the success he has achieved
in banking circles is due to constant application to the thing at hand and
innate ability. He is now a stock­holder in the institution. Upon the outbreak
of the World war Mr. Sleavin was quick to put all personal interests aside and
in August, 1917, in Minneapolis, he en­listed in the Engineer Corps. He was sent
to Washington, D. C., and served as an officer in the chief engineer's office
until December, 1918.
Mr. Sleavin is a stanch supporter of the republican party and the principles for
which it stands. He has never sought nor desired public preferment, although he
is essentially public-spirited and his aid can always be counted upon in the
further­ance of any movement for the benefit of the community at large.
Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Columbus, and he holds
membership in the Minne-apolis Athletic Club and the Credit Men's Association.
For recreation he turns to the great outdoors and he is exceptionally fond of
golfing and water sports. Mr. Sleavin is unmarried. He makes his home with his
mother, to whom he is devoted, and he is essentially a home man.