John L. Sloane
History of Montana,by Joaquin Miller, 1894
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John L. Sloane, attorney, is now chief clerk in the Land 
Office at Missoula, Montana. He is a native of New York 
City,born March 28, 1847. His ancestors were Scotch Irish. 
Robert and Jeanne Sloane, his parents were cousins. They started
on the voyage to America early in 1847, with their family of 
twelve children and before they reached their destination Mr. 
Sloane died and was buried at sea. Mrs. Sloane landed at 
New York City with her children and there soon after their 
arrival she gave birth to the subject of this sketch. She 
died in 1854 in her fiftieth year and only two of the
family now survive.John L. Sloane was reared in New York 
and when he was fifteen years of age entered the employ 
of Vyse and Sons, wholesale dealers in straw goods and 
with them he remained from 1862 to 1864. In March of the 
latter year when onlyseventeen years of age he enlisted 
in Company A, Fifth New York Veteran Volunteers, Duryea's 
Zouaves and with his command immediately went to the 
front. He served in the Army of the Potomac, First 
Brigade, Second Division, Fifth Army Corps and was in 
all the hard-fought battles of the spring campaign of 
1864 and continued in the service until the surrender 
of General Lee. He then took part in the grand review 
of the victorious army in Washington. During his one 
and a half year of service he had many thrilling 
experiences. He had entered the service as a private, 
was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lt., 2nd California 
Volunteer Cavalry, and in that capacity served until 
January 1866 at which time his regiment was mustered 
out. At the battle of Weldon Railroad, August 18 1864 
he was slightly woundedbeing hit four times in one day.
After the war Mr. Sloane went to Sedgwick Kansas, 
opened the first store in that town and remained in 
business thereuntil 1873. From 1873 to 1877 he was 
in New Orleans. In 1877 he came direct to Missoula 
Montana and accepted the position of express agent 
for the Northern Pacific Express Company and ever 
since he first located here he has beenprominently 
identified with the best interests of the town. He 
served six years as Police Magistrate of the city,
five years as Chief Clerk of the District Court and 
is now serving as chief clerk of the Land Office. 
He is a fine penman and an obliging and otherwise 
efficient businessman.Mr. Sloane was married at 
Wichita Kansas, February 4, 1871 to Miss Lizzle A. 
Mansfield, a native of Sidney, Illinois and a 
daughter of John M. Mansfield of that state. Mr. 
and Mrs. Sloane have six children: Jessie E., 
Mary E., Gertrude F., Robert Hugh, Ona M. and 
Frank Harold, all at home except Jessie E who 
is the wife of Tylar B. Thompson,a Missoula 
businessman. They also lost one child, Ama Hazel, 
twin of Frank Harold who died at the age of ten months.

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