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Sleeper, John Sherburne

journalist, author, was born Sept. 21, 1794, in Tyngsboro, Mass. He was a shipmaster and subsequently a journalist of Boston, editor of The Journal in 1834-54; and the author of Tales of the Ocean; Salt-Water Bubbles; Jack in the Forecastle; and Mark Rowland, a Tale of the Sea. He died Nov. 14, 1878, in Boston Highlands, Mass.

Sleeth, James M

jurist, state legislator, was born March 24, 1817, in Clarksburg, Va. He was nominated and elected state senator from Shelbyville, Ind., and served one long term of three sessions.

He was chosen for the second time in 1851. In 1853 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas, which position he creditably filled for eight years. In 1869 he was again sent to the legislature, to represent the counties of Bartholomew and Shelby.

Sleyster, Aaron L

photographer, poet, was born March 11, 1856, in Waupun, Wis. He is a successful photographer of Preston, Minn.; and the author of Howard Gray and Other Poems; and Hours of Pleasure, illustrated.

Slicer, Henry

clergyman, author, was born in 1801 in Annapolis, Md. He was a methodist clergyman, eight times chaplain of the United States senate; and the author of Appeal on Christian Baptism; and Discourse on Duelling. He died April 23, 1874, in Baltimore, Md.

Sloan, Andrew

lawyer, congressman, was born June 10, 1845, in McDonough, Ga. He moved to Savannah, and was appointed deputy collector of customs. He was appointed United States district attorney, and held the position until 1872. In 1872 he was elected a representative from Georgia to the fortythird congress.

Sloan, Clay

planter, state senator, was born Aug. 20, 1861, in Smithville, Ark. He has served with distinction as a member of the Arkansas state senate; and has filled the office of auditor of state.

Sloan, Ithamar C

lawyer, congressman, was born in Madison county, N. Y. He removed to Wisconsin in 1854; and in 1858 and 1860 was chosen district attorney of Rock county. In 1862 he was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the thirty-eighth congress; and was reelected to the thirty-ninth congress.

Sloan, James

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1803 to 1809. He died in November, 1811, in New Jersey.

Sloan, John A

soldier, author, was born July 20, 1839, in Greensboro, N. C.

He served in the civil war, attaining the rank of colonel. He is the author of a History of North Carolina in the War Between the States. He died in November, 1886, near Baltimore.

Sloan, Samuel

architect, was born March 7, 1815, in Chester county, Pa. He was an architect of Philadelphia; and the author of City and Suburban Architecture; Constructive Architecture; The Model Architect; and Homestead Architecture. He died July 19, 1884, in Raleigh, N. C.

Sloan, Samuel

railroad president, state senator, was born Dec. 25, 1819, in Ireland. He has served in the senate of the New York state legislature. He has been president of the Hudson River railroad, Michigan Central railroad, and various other railroads.

Sloane, Jonathan

congressman, was born in Massachusetts. He settled in Ohio; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1837.