"James Sloan is the owner of a fine farm of 481 acres in Clark County, Ark., and as he has spent all his life in tilling the soil and has been dependent upon his own exertions for a livlihood since he obtained his majority, he has become well and favorably known throughout this section as a leading agriculturist. He was born on the farm on which he is now living, in 1842, but his parents, James and Ann (Tynee - should be Tyree) Sloan, were born in the East, the former's birth occurring in North Carolina and the latter's in Tennessee. Upon leaving his native State Mr. Sloan first went to Missouri, then came to Clark County, Ark., and was a resident of that county at the time of his second marriage, the ceremony taking place in the former county. His family settled on a woodland farm in Clark County, where he spent the remainder of his days, his death occurring in 1862, his last wife dying in April, 1889. They were Methodists in religion. James Sloan, the immediate subject of this sketch, was the second of four children, and on the farm on which he is now residing he was reared, receiving the advantages of the common schools. He served for a short time in Reed's company of State troops during the war, and was in the engagement at Poison Springs. In 1869 he was married to Miss Mary F., a daughter of David Steward, who now lives in Nevada County. Mrs. Sloan was born in Mississippi, and died about 1881, leaving one son and three daughters to mourn her loss. In 1888 Mr. Sloan married his present wife, whose maiden name was Louisa Woods, a native of Titus County, Tex. Her parents, B. F. and M. E. Woods were born in Tennessee and Georgia, respectively, their marriage taking place in Titus County, where they still live. Mr. Woods is a farmer, but for eight or ten years filled the position of clerk of Titus County. Mr. Sloan has no knowledge of the date of his father's settlement in Clark County, but it is known that he was one of the very first settlers, and was well known and highly respected." (Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas - Goodspeed Publishing Company - Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis - 1890)