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| Birth: | 22 Dec 1859 in Brooklyn, NY |
| Death: | 11 May 1896 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Samuel Sloan b. 25 Dec 1817 in Lisburn, Ireland |
| Mother: | Margaret Elmendorf b. 8 Apr 1822 in Somerville, NJ |
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He worked for his father, Sam Sloan, and was considered his likely successor. His advancement in the different departments of the company , the Delaware Lackawanna &Western railroad, was rapid and deserved. He had a singularly charming personality. His mind was the most alert of his peers. His enthusiasm in planning some accomplishment was no less remarkable. When his interest in any work was awakened, he bent every power of mind, heart and will to its fulfillment. So absorbed would he become in this that for a time all other responsibilities seemed forgotten. He could not balance these and systematize his time and interest in meeting ever multiplying duties, nor realize the danger of burning the candle at both ends.
After graduation from Columbia in 1883 he entered the railroad office and rose rapidly. In a dozen years he burned out his strength of mind and body. But his tremendous capacity and will to work in the furthering of many interests gave rare charm to his personality. Could his life have been written by a competent biographer, few romances would have equalled it in depicting the range of interests one young man could develop in a very few years. In his life there was an element of tragedy, due to the tremendous strain of every power to which his temperament drove him, that affected deeply those who loved him and his father, who was devastated by his premature death
From: SAMUEL AND MARGARET SLOAN, The Story of Samuel and Margaret Sloan by Joseph Rankin Duryee, 1927.
William Simpson Sloan, second vice president of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, whose death, at the age of 37, has just been announced to the press, was a man whose rare personal qualities made him a host of friends and whose ability won for him a prominent place in the railroad and financial world.
Mr. Sloan was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where his boyhood was spent. He was graduated from Columbia College in 1883, at which time he entered the service of the D. L. & W railroad. In 1884 he was made assistant general freight agent, and in 1890 became third vice president and general freight agent. He held this position until a short time before his death, when he was made second vice president, which position he held at the time of his death.
He represented the D. L. W. railroad on the Trunk Line association, and took an important part in the management of that organization. He was a director of the Bank of the State of New York.
Mr Sloan was active in many lines of religious and philanthropic effort. He was an elder in the Dutch Reformed church and a member of the executive committee of the American Tract Society, and was a leading spirit in the movement which has resulted in the erection of a handsome new building for that society in New York City. He was also a member of the board of managers of Columbia College and an officer of the Alumni society.
Mr. Sloan was closely identified with the work of the Young Men's Christian Association, especially of the railroad department. He was a member of the state committee of New York and of the committee having charge of the railroad branches throughout the state. Especially along the line of the D.L.& W. will his death be felt. He was active in organizing several of the existing associations along the line, and always gave his hearty support to their work. His visit to Scranton some years ago, for the purpose of aiding the local railroad department of the Young Men's Christian Association, is well remembered by the railroad men of this city, to whom the news of his death came as a personal loss.
Mr. Sloan was a man of attractive personality whose frank and unaffected address made him popular with a large circle of friends.
(From an Obituary)
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- Title: SAMUEL AND MARGARET SLOAN, The Story of Samuel and Margaret Sloan by Joseph Rankin Duryee, 1927
Author: Joseph Rankin Duryee
Publication: Published in 1926
Media: Book
- Note: SAMUEL AND MARGARET SLOAN, The Story of Samuel and Margaret Sloan by Joseph Rankin Duryee, 1927.
100 copies printed for family circulation. New York H.J. Lucas Co. Inc.
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