Biography - A. C. SLUSS
A. C. Sluss, the proprietor of the Tuscola Journal, a weekly paper
published at Tuscola, and the present postmaster of Tuscola, has been for
many years prominently identified with the business, social and political
interests of his city and county, having served the city of Tuscola twice as
alderman, three terms as city clerk and one term as mayor. He was born in
Edgar county, Illinois, April 7, 1850, and is a son of Thomas S. and Martha
(Hineman) Sluss. His father, who was born in Kentucky, removed to Tuscola in
1861 and there carried on his trade, that of a harness maker, up to the time
of his death, in 1893. at the age of eighty years.
His grandfather, David Sluss, and his grandfather, John Hineman, were both
natives of Kentucky, and were among the first settlers in Monroe county,
Indiana.
A. C. Sluss learned the trade with his father, and received his education in
the schools of Tuscola and the Chicago Business College. He was engaged in
the manufacture of harness, etc., when, in 1889, he was appointed postmaster
of Tuscola by President Harrison, and again received the appointment by
President McKinley, which shows his popularity and efficiency as a public
official. Mr. Sluss became the sole owner of the Tuscola Journal, the
official Republican organ of Douglas county, in December, 1898. The Journal
was founded by Siler & Lindsay in 1864, and has at the present time a paid
circulation of about two thousand in the county. It is stanch Republican in
its political views, and is one of the most progressive and up-to-date
country newspapers in central Illinois.
In 1875 Mr. Sluss was united in marriage to Miss Minerva Higgins, of
Highland county, Ohio. They have three children, Alfred H., Frank L. and
Hattie E.
Extracted 16 Jan 2020 by Norma Hass from the Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, published in 1900, pages 262-263.
