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Judge Robert Tate Sloan

Birth	:	21 Oct 1835 Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	5 Jun 1922 Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Purdom Cemetery, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7275009, -91.9753036
Description	:	JUDGE ROBERT SLOAN. Few counties, if any, in Iowa can boast of a larger list of talented men than Van Buren. Her sons, natural and adopted, have distinguished themselves in every avocation of life, and especially in the learned professions. Among those she delights to honor is the well-known jurist and attorney, Robert Sloan. Descended from Scotch- Irish ancestry, he has inherited the mental and moral qualities peculiar to that people. His paternal great-grandfather served as a Lieutenant under Gen. Braddock in the French and Indian War, but when the Colonies declared their independence he espoused the cause of liberty... Read More	JUDGE ROBERT SLOAN. Few counties, if any, in Iowa can boast of a larger list of talented men than Van Buren. Her sons, natural and adopted, have distinguished themselves in every avocation of life, and especially in the learned professions. Among those she delights to honor is the well-known jurist and attorney, Robert Sloan. Descended from Scotch- Irish ancestry, he has inherited the mental and moral qualities peculiar to that people. His paternal great-grandfather served as a Lieutenant under Gen. Braddock in the French and Indian War, but when the Colonies declared their independence he espoused the cause of liberty and rose to the rank of Captain. Robert Sloan, Sr., the father of Judge Sloan, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and when seven years of age came to the United States with his parents, who settled near Philadelphia, Pa. On reaching mature years, he wedded Miss Elizabeth Steapleton, with whom he moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming. The spring of 1853 witnessed the removal of the family to Davis County, Iowa. Judge Sloan was born October 21, 1835, and was, therefore, nearly eighteen years of age at the time of his removal to this State. His scholastic training was confined to the common school and a year's course in the New Lisbon High School. Such was his diligence in the pursuit of knowledge that, with these meagre advantages, he qualified himself for the profession of teaching, which he followed after coming to Iowa until 1860, with the exception of about two years spent in mercantile life in Iowaville. In the above-mentioned year he began to read law under Judge George G. Wright, then of Keosauqua, and was admitted to the bar in March following. The young attorney soon took a front rank among his professional brethren, and his reputation as a judge of law became established. At the general election of 1868 he was chosen Judge for the First Circuit of the Second Judicial District. Four years later he was elected Circuit Judge of the Second Judicial District, and re-elected in 1876. Thus it will be seen that Judge Sloan has filled a judicial chair for twelve consecutive years, and this is the highest possible compliment to his ability and popularity. After leaving the bench he became a member of the law firm of Sloan, Work & Brown, and has since devoted himself assiduously to the practice of his profession. On the 15th of July, 1863, Judge Sloan wedded Miss Mary Brown, a native of County Westmeath, Ireland. born January 11, 1838. Her parents, William and Eliza (Alexander) Brown, were both natives of Scotland, but in early life emigrated to Ireland, where the mother died when Mrs. Sloan was a child of three summers. In 1847 Mr. Brown came to the United States and soon afterward located on a farm in Van Buren County, where he passed his remaining days, dying November 12, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan are the parents of seven children—Stella B., born November 26, 1864; Hugh B., September 1, 1866; Tede, September 13, 1868; Mary E., October 21, 1870; Della, born July 17, 1873, died November 29, 1878; Io. G., born July 14, 1876; and Robert E., February 4, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan are members of the Congregational Church. Politically, he has been a Republican since the organization of the party. For nearly thirty years he has been a member of the Keosauqua bar and the place he there occupies is second to none. Before a jury he is a forcible advocate, not so much on account of "honeyed eloquence" as the weight of character he brings to bear. Above the petty tricks of the profession, he is candid, dignified and earnest. But it is as a counselor and judge of law that he is best known and most highly appreciated. 1890 Portrait and Biographical Album of Jefferson and Van Buren Counties, Iowa ROBERT SLOAN was born in Columbiana Couhty, Ohio, October 21,1835, and died at Keosauqua, Iowa, June 5, 1912. His earliest education was obtained in a scliool in New Lisbon where Mark Hanna was one of his sehoolmates. In 1853 he came with his parents when they migrated by boat to Keokuk, and partly by boat and partly on foot to wbere they purchased a farm across the Des Moines River from Iowaville, which farm is still in the possession of i;he Sloan family. The time from 1853 to 1860 was spent by Robert woriting on the farm, in teaching scliool, and in mercantile employment. In April, 1860, he began reading law at Keosauqua, and in March, 1861, he was admitted to practice. On .lune 1 of that year he became a member of tlie firm of Webster & Sloan. Mr. Webster removed to Nevada in 1864 and Mr. Sloan then joined the firm of Rankin & McCrary of Keokuk, he caring for the business at Keosauqua. In 1869 he was elected judge of the Circuit Court and served until 1880, wiien he again entered practice, becoming the senior member of the firm of Sloan, Work & Brown. In 1895 he was elected a judge of the District Court of the Second Judicial District, and served until 1906. He then formed a partnership with his son, Hugh B. Sloan, which continued until his death. He served as master in chancery in 1911 in the trial of the noted Des Moines gas case, then pending in Federal Court, as well as in a number of other cases referred to him at different times. He was distinguished throughout Iowa for his strong and lucid opinions. "George W. Koontz." The Annals of Iowa 14 (1924), 394-395. Available at: http://ir.uiowa.edu/annals-of-iowa/vol14/iss5/22 Children: Estella B. Sloan b: 26 NOV 1864 Van Buren Co. IA. Hugh Brown Sloan b: 1 SEP 1866 Van Buren Co. IA. d. Jan. 31, 1935, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA m. Burial: Purdom Cemetery, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sloan b: 13 SEP 1868 Van Buren Co. IA. m. _____ Duffield d. Burial: Mary E. Sloan b: 21 OCT 1870 Van Buren Co. IA. m. E.E. Whitney d. Burial: Della Sloan b: 17 JUL 1873 d. died November 29, 1878 Iowa Grace Sloan b: 14 JUL 1876 Van Buren Co. IA. m. John Lester Therme November 9, 1905, Des Moines, IA d. May 25, 1975, Ocala, Marion County, Florida Burial: Highland Memorial Park , Ocala, Marion Co., FL Robert E. Sloan b: 4 FEB 1878 Van Buren Co. IA.

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Judge Robert Tate Sloan's memorial is located at: Purdom Cemetery, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA.
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Judge Robert Tate Sloan death on 5 Jun 1922 in Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.7275009
Longitude: -91.9753036

Family Members:

Parent

Robert Sloan

(1789 - 1854)

Elizabeth Stapleton Sloan

(1793 - 1868)

Spouse

Mary Brown Sloan

(1838 - 1908)

Siblings

William Allen Sloan

(1817 - 1902)

Elizabeth Margaret Sloan Chambers

(1820 - 1857)

Joshua Stapleton Sloan

(1822 - 1901)

Martha B. Sloan McClure

(1829 - 1884)

John Mason Sloan

(1833 - 1883)

Children

Stella Brown Sloan

(1864 - 1953)

Hugh Brown Sloan

(1866 - 1935)

Elizabeth Sloan Duffield

(1868 - 1897)

Della Sloan

(1873 - 1878)

Robert Emmet Sloan

(1878 - 1961)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Purdom Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7275009, -91.9753036

2. Oak Lawn Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7397003, -91.9599991

3. Fellows Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7257996, -91.9496994

4. Pittsburg Rural Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7490000, -91.9960000

5. Boston Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7028008, -92.0018997

6. Watkins Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6955986, -91.9483032

7. Bethel Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7182999, -92.0246964

8. Rider Cemetery
Pittsburg, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7666930, -91.9779510

9. White Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6878700, -91.9584200

10. Lippincott McCrary Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7333300, -91.9166700

11. Prall Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6817017, -91.9822006

12. Van Buren County Poor Farm Cemetery
Mount Zion, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7666940, -91.9376718

13. Dodson Cemetery
Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7113991, -91.9119034

14. Forbes Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7730000, -91.9395000

15. Anson Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7592500, -91.9171500

16. Cook Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7839000, -91.9778000

17. Hoskins Cemetery
Cantril, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6869011, -92.0344009

18. Seaman Cemetery
Mount Sterling, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6715000, -91.9449800

19. Center Chapel Cemetery
Vernon, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6891360, -91.9117420

20. Gilbert Cemetery
Kilbourn, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7916926, -91.9779510

21. Lebanon Cemetery
Lebanon, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7261009, -92.0635986

22. Railroad Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7680840, -91.9043370

23. Wilson Family Cemetery
Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7951500, -91.9681000

24. East Home Prairie Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6750287, -92.0335088