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  • Family Names is exactly "Sloan"
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J. H. Sloan, Media Odorless Excavator Company

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4199.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Probably an employee and not Sloan, the owner, at the reins of the horse. This was an early version of a septic tank cleaning service, which used vacuum pumps to remove the contents of outhouses and cesspools before a public sewer system was…

Sloan’s barn under construction, Baltimore Pike east of Beatty Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4197.jpg
Date: 1899-12-27
This looks like the barn could have been under reconstruction after a fire. 1892 Media map shows the M. W. Sloan estate at this location.