Edward Lennox Sloan
November 9, 1830–August 2, 1874
1 Born at Conlig, County Down, Ireland; son of Mary Lennox and John Sloan. 2 Baptized in Ireland, before 1848. 3 Married Mary Elizabeth Wallace, 1851; participated in plural marriage. 4 Immigrated to the United States aboard the Amazon and migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1863. 5 Journalist and writer associated with the Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, Deseret News, and Daily Telegraph; founder and editor of the Salt Lake Herald. 6 Encouraged the establishment of the Woman’s Exponent, founded in 1872. 7 Died at Salt Lake City. 8 (See Document 3.1, 3.21)
Footnotes
- [1] Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah (Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1904), 4:623. “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Utah Division of State History (http://heritage.utah.gov/history/cemeteries, accessed Jan. 2015), Edward Lenox [ sic ] Sloan.
- [2] Whitney, History of Utah, 4:623. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 2014), Edward Lennox Sloan L648-K1J .
- [3] Whitney, History of Utah, 4:623.
- [4] Whitney, History of Utah, 4:623. “Family Tree,” database, Edward Lennox Sloan.
- [5] “Mormon Migration,” database, 1840–1932, Mormon Migration (http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu, accessed Dec. 2014), Edward L. Sloan; extracted from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Immigration Index CD (2000). “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Jan. 2015), Edward Lennox Sloan.
- [6] Whitney, History of Utah, 4:622–624.
- [7] Ibid., 624.
- [8] “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Edward Lenox Sloan.