Biographical Sketch of Thomas Donnel Sloan, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Thomas Donnel Sloan, a leading agriculturist of Bellevue Township, and the son of Thomas J. and Bernice (Harris) Sloan (whose sketch precedes this), was born August 21, 1846 and received a common school education. Having lived with his parents until they were advanced in age they in turn lived with him the balance of their lives, and since their deaths he has lived on the old homestead. In 1874 he married Miss Margaret Nicholson, a native of this county, born in 1853, and the daughter of Thomas Nicholson. The result of Mr. Sloan's marriage was the birth of five children, three of whom are now living: Roy E., Sarah B. and Claudie N. Mr. Sloan owns 230 acres of land in the fertile valley of Bellevue, and has made this county his home all his life, being accoun- ted one of the successful, enterprising farmers and stock raisers of the county. He is a stanch Democrat in politics, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================