Susan Vorhis Sloan

SLOAN, DAVIS, SCHLOTTER

Posted By: Deb Barker (email)
Date: 12/26/2014 at 17:51:01

Ottumwa tri-weekly courier, January 02, 1912 Susan Vorhis was born in Guernsey county Ohio, April 6, 1837 and departed this life Dec. 25, 1911 aged 77 years 8 months and 19 days. She came with her parents to Iowa in 1845 and settled on a farm near Eldon in Wapello County.
She was married to William Sloan March 6. 1856, to this union were born nine children, seven of whom are living, Mrs. I. N. Davis, Mrs. Rule Schlotter, Miss Mollie Sloan and James Ephriam, Ralph and Thomas Sloan. She united with the M. E. church in girlhood and in 1878 united with the. Christian church at Mt. Gilead and remained a constant and devoted member until her death. She was a true wife and mother and a faithful friend and neighbor and highly esteemed by all who knew her.
She leaves to mourn her loss her aged husband and the above children named besides a large number of relatives and friends. The funeral services were held at the Mt. Gilead Christian Church Tuesday conducted by the Rev. E. A.
Hastings of Bloomfield. Interment was in the Mt. Gilead cemetery.