Background
Sloper, Andrew Jackson was born on July 14, 1849 in Southington, Connecticut, United States. Son of Lambert E. and Emma (Barnes) Sloper.
Sloper, Andrew Jackson was born on July 14, 1849 in Southington, Connecticut, United States. Son of Lambert E. and Emma (Barnes) Sloper.
Graduated from the high school, New Britain, Connecticut, 1865.
1 son, Erwin West. Dry goods clerk, 1865-1866. Discount clerk, 1867-1868, teller, 1868-1873, assistant cashier, 1873-1885, cashier, 1885-1895, president, since 1895, New Britain National Bank. President and treasurer New Britain Gas Light Company President New Britain Institute (public library).
Director Young Men's Christian Association of New Britain.
Has served as councilman, alderman, sewer commissioner and police commissioner. State senator, 1901; chairman Board of Park Commissioners, Board of Cemetery Commissioners.
The bread and cup during Holy Communion symbolizes the broken body and shed blood of Christ that he offered for people the same way as he did for the disciples on the eve of his crucifixion.
Mason.
Married Ella B. Thomson, October 8, 1873. Married second, Myra Wilcox, September 30, 1911. Children: Harold T., William T., Kenneth T.