Julius F. Slingluff
Julius F. Slingluff, who is among the oldest conductors on the Iowa Division of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railraod, was born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, Feb. 14, 1849, and is a son of C. J. and Eliza A. (Hamilton) Slingluff. He came to Des Moines County, Iowa, in 1859, with his parents, who settled in Danville. There he grew to manhood, receiving his primary education in the schools of Des Moines County, and later took a course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, of Burlington, where he graduated in 1861. After completing his education, Mr. Slingluff began learning the painter's trade, but, finding this distasteful, went to work at railroading, as brakesman on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, working his way up to the position of freight conductor, and later becoming passenger conductor, and is now running between Burlington and Creston.
In Burlington, Iowa, Sept. 10, 1879, the marriage of Julius Slingluff and Miss Clara Hilleary was celebrated. She was born in Des Moines County, July 9, 1851, and is the youngest daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Morgan) Hilleary, her mother being the first lady to cross the Mississippi River at Burlington. By this union there are three children--Harry, Francis and Edna. Mr. Slingluff is a member of Washington Lodge, No. 1, I. O. O. F., also a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, and in politics affiliates with the Republican party.
From Portrait and Biographical Album of Des Moines County, Iowa, Chicago: Acme Publishing, 1888