Sloan, S. W. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 756, Kerton Township
S. W. Sloan, merchant, Marbletown, is a native of Isabel township, Fulton county. He was born Dec. 13, 1853, and is the eldest son of Samuel Sloan, an early settler of Fulton county. He is a native of Fayette county, Ohio, and his parents came West when he was a lad and first settled in Mason county in 1832, and 12 years later moved to Fulton county. S. W. received a liberal education and in 1874 was united in marriage with Miss Effie J. Saffer. They have one child, whom they have christened Frank. February 17, 1878, Mr. S. embarked in the mercantile business at Duncan's Mills and June 23, of this year (1879) moved to Marbletown.