Many know him as their pastor. Even more recognize him as an educator.
We'll go to Topsham for that story.

On May 29, 1833, James Renwick Wilson Sloane was born in Topsham. He was a native Vermonter destined to become a distinguished religious educator.

Sloane graduated from Jefferson College in Pennsylvania before attending the Reformed Presbyterian Seminary in Ohio. Soon after graduation, Sloane became a pastor in Ohio and then in New York City. He acted as President for Ohio's Richmond College and then for Geneva College.

Sloane published many of his sermons and addresses and compiled a book about his life's work which was edited by his son and published two years after his death.

The Vermont Book Of Days image, with a special thanks to the Topsham Town Clerk's Office.

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