William Alfred Sloan Biography


	This biography appears on page 689 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				WILLIAM ALFRED SLOAN.

	One of the most capable and progressive young men in public 
service in Sioux Falls is William Alfred Sloan, holding the position of 
chief of the fire department. He was born in Chatfield, Fillmore 
county, Minnesota, May 9, 1875, and is a son of James and Katharine 
(Parsley) Sloan, the former a native of Dublin, Ireland. The father 
came to America with his widowed mother and an older brother and one 
sister when he was eight years of age. He was a soldier in the Civil 
war and for a number of years was a resident of Sioux Falls, where his 
death occurred in April, 1909.  

	William A. Sloan was but two years old when he accompanied his 
parents on their removal from Chatfield, Minnesota, to Flandreau, South 
Dakota, in 1877. Two years later they settled on a homestead and in 
1882 removed to Chamberlain, this state, where the mother died the 
following year. Shortly afterward the father returned with his family 
to Flandreau and there William A. Sloan made his home with an uncle for 
one year. He next lived with a Mr. Morgan, but in 1885 joined his 
father, who was then a resident of Sioux Falls, and here he has made 
his home continuously since. He continued to attend school until 
seventeen years of age and afterward learned the plumber's trade, 
working at this until 1901. In 1893 he had become connected with the 
old volunteer fire department and when a regular department was 
organized in 1900 was made a member of it. In the following year he was 
appointed assistant chief, a position which he has since creditably and 
ably filled. He has a record of twenty years of honorable and faithful 
work in the fire service in Sioux Falls and his success in his present 
responsible position is founded upon experience, capacity and 
intelligence.  

	At Sioux Falls, July 11, 1896, Mr. Sloan was united in marriage 
to Miss Edith M. Wiese, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wiese, of 
Humboldt, South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan have two children, George 
Joseph and Mildred Elizabeth.  

	Mr. Sloan is a member of the Catholic church, is connected 
fraternally with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and gives his 
political allegiance to the republican party. In all personal and 
official relations he has held steadily to high standards and has 
commanded and held the regard and esteem of all who know him.