Sloan, John Robinson - Tipton County, Tennessee

Parents

John Robinson Sloan | chancery court clerk of Tipton County, and a native of Tennessee was born in Lincoln County, in 1850, son of S. H. and M. J. (McCalla) Sloan, both natives of South Carolina, the former born in 1822, and the latter in 1826 and died in 1872. The father resided in South Carolina till about 1834, when he came to Tennessee and located in Lincoln County. He is a tiller of the soil and is at present a resident of Shelby County.

Life

Our subject received a good academic education in his youth, and came to Tipton County when about twenty-one years of age. Soon after reaching his majority he entered the teacher’s profession and taught at Center Academy two years. He was then appointed deputy of the circuit court clerk and at the end of two years was chosen to succeed the retiring clerk, who was elected to the State Legislature. Our subject was re-elected the following election by an overwhelming majority, and filled the office in a capable and efficient manner. At the expiration of this term of office he engaged in the mercantile business and continued in this up to the spring of 1885, when he was appointed to his present office.

In 1877 he married Miss Ella Wood, a native of Mississippi, born in 1854, and the daughter of the late Hon. John W. and Maggie (Catlin) Wood. Mrs. Sloan’s father was a member of the Mississippi Legislature and a strong Union man. To our subject and wife were born two children, Walker and Ella M.

Overview

Mr. Sloan is an energetic, industrious man, and is held in high esteem by all his acquaintances. He is an excellent officer, a good citizen and an obliging neighbor. He is a progressive Democrat in politics and a strong advocate of temperance.

[ John Robinson Sloan | Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee (1887)]

THE DEAD

COVINGTON, Tenn., Dec. 27. – John Robinson Sloan, for nearly half a century a well-known and prominent citizen of Covington, died at 5 o’clock this morning, at his residence here. He filled many public offices, most efficiently, serving as circuit court clerk of Tipton County two terms, and as clerk and master of chancery court 12 years.

At the time of his death he was associated with J. A. Shelton in the insurance business.

He was a member of the Episcopal Church, and was one of the best known and most popular men in Tipton County. He was a son of Samuel Sloan, and was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, March 10, 1850.

Shortly after the war he moved to Rosemark, Shelby County, and in 1870 moved to Covington, where he resided until his death. He first married Miss Ella Louise Wood, and two children of this union survive, Mrs. Garland Milton Stewart of Indianapolis, Ind., and Walker Sloan of San Francisco, Cal. After her death he married Miss Mary Virginia Wood. She and a daughter, Mrs. Sam C. Shelton, survive him.

Arch-Deacon A. C. McCabe of Dyersburg, Tenn., will conduct the funeral services at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon.

[John Robinson Sloan; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn; 28 Dec 1912; Pg 11]