From Memorial and Genealogical Record of Dodge and Jefferson Counties, Wisconsin, publ. 
1894 - Page 125-126
 
GEORGE W. SLOAN.  Integrity, intelligence and system are qualities which will advance the 
interests of any man or any profession and will tend to the prosperity to which all aspire.  George 
W. SLOAN's life in the professional arena has been characterized by intelligence, sound 
judgment and persevering industry, and has not been without substantial evidences of success.  
He is one of the county's most popular attorneys, and during the years that he has practiced his 
profession he has shown himself to be endowed with superior ability, and his comprehensive 
knowledge of the law, together with the soundness of his judgment, secured him almost 
immediate recognition at the bar.  He was born in Farmington, Jefferson County, Wis., January 
24, 1850, a son of Patrick and Ann B. (KILLOY) SLOAN.  He received his early education in the 
district schools and the high school of Watertown, graduating from the latter in 1867.  From that 
time until 1870 he studied law with ENOS & HALL, then entered the University of Michigan, at 
Ann Arbor, in the fall of that year, and graduated therefrom March 26, 1873.  For some time after 
he was engaged in teaching school at Watertown, and in the winter of 1874-75 was principal of 
the high school of Juneau.  In 1879 he returned to Juneau and was successfully engaged in the 
practice of law, and at the same time was deputy county clerk, which office he held continuously 
for twelve years, with the exception of 1887 and 1888.  He was elected to the position of district 
attorney in the fall of 1892, and the following January entered upon his duties, and has since 
discharged them faithfully and efficiently.  He was married November 15, 1880, at Columbus, 
Wis., to Miss Matie A., daughter of Benjamin and Ellen (PURCELL) KELSEY.  Mrs. SLOAN was 
born in Columbus, Wis., and has borne her husband four children: May E. (who died at the age of 
nineteen months), Loretta Jennie, Frances Josephine, and Grace Geraldine, all of whom were 
born in Columbus with the exception of Grace.  Mr. SLOAN's parents were born in Ireland, but 
came to America in 1835, and after ten years' residence in the city of New York came to 
Wisconsin, and after a short residence at Farmington located in Watertown.  His mother died in 
Juneau March 12, 1887, and his father November 15, 1890.  To them an old-fashioned family of 
twelve children were given, six of whom are now living, five sons and one daughter.  The family 
are members of the Catholic Church.
 
Submitted by Carol