SLOAN, Tilden - Sultana survivor
Tilden Washington Sloan - Sultana Survivor
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Birth
10 Dec 1843
Covington, Fountain County,
Indiana, USA
Death
27 Nov 1911 (aged 67)
Eucha, Delaware County, Oklahoma,
USA
Burial
Old Eucha Cemetery
Eucha, Delaware County, Oklahoma,
USA
Memorial
ID
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Son of Isaac Sloan and Jemima Ellen WINTERS.
Civil war service in I company, 40 Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Private. Mustered in 21 Dec 1861. Wounded at the battle of Missionary Ridge, 25 Nov 1863. Shot in the chest by a musket ball which went through his chest, right lung and exited below his right shoulder blade. After being released from the hospital he was captured at the battle of Franklin, TN, 30 Nov 1864 and released in Vicksburg, MS, 21 Apr 1865. He was imprisoned at Cahaba Prison in Alabama. He survived the sinking of the Hospital Steamer Sultana when its boiler exploded, 27 Apr 1865. He suffered a contusion as a result. Another record shows he had a severe wound to the hand at the battle of Chattamonga, TN.
18 Feb 1868--files for veteran's pension. Address is near Steam Corner, Fountain, IN. He was declared 3/4 disabled.
1870 US Census: Wabash Twp., Fountain, IN. Film M593, reel 314. Page 1, marked 206.
Sloan, Tilden W., 27, farmer, -, $150, IN; Martha J., 18, IL, cannot read or write; Wm. F., 4/12, IN, Feb.
(Next door to David and Charity(Riley) Scholes.)
1880 US Census: Fulton Twp., Fountain, IN. Film T9 reel 278. ED 83, sheet 3, line 45, stamped 174.
Sloan, Tilman, 38, farming, IN, IN, IN; Leniza, 24, IN, IN, IN; William, 10, IN; Anna E., 8, IN; Mary E., 1, IN.
1 Jan 1893 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll, Fountain County, Indiana
Certificate Name, Post Office Cause for Pension Rate
99,195 Sloan, Tilden W. Covington wound to breast 8.00
http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/1883-pensioners-on-the-roll/1883-pensioners-on-the-roll-in-fountain.htm
1895 Kansas State Census: Baker Twp., Crawford Co., KS
Tilden W. Sloan, 58, born in IN, came from IN, farmer, honorably discharged, IN, Company I, 40th Regiment, infantry, name of prison if prisioner of war- Cahaba; Louisa, 45, IN, IN; William F., 25, IN, IN, farmer; Mary E., 16, IN, IN; Thomas C., 9, IN, IN; Alfred M., 3, IN, IN.
1900 US Census: Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation. Twp 24, NR 24 East. ED 16, sheet 21, stamped 120A.
Sloan, Tilden, Feb 1843, 57, married 23 years, IN, NJ, OH, farmer; Louisa, Mar 1857, 48, 8 children, 3 living, IN, IN, IN; Thomas C., Apr 1886, 14, IN; Alford M. Jul 1890, 9, IN.
5 Jul 1907--filed for Civil War veteran's pension in Cave, Indian Territory(OK). Said he was 5'6'' tall, light complexion, blue eyes and had light hair. Occupation was farmer. He says he moved from Covington, IN, to Kansas for 3 years and then to the Cherokee nation for 12 years.
1910 US Census, Delaware Co., OK. Family 72. ED 58 sheet 4B.
Slone, Tildon W., head, 52, married three times, married 24 years, TN, US, US; Lula, 62, 8 children, 3 living, IN, US, US; Alfred, son, 18, IN, KY, IN.