This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Loomis, Van Tassel, Gearhard, Hicok Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eg.2ADI/2139 Message Board Post: I'm continuing my search for information regarding William Loomis. According to the 1850 Census (Hancock Co, IL) he was born in NY in 1804-1805. He came to IL before 1840 as he was listed in Hancock Co., IL in 1840, also. He married Elvira Van Tassel. I don't know when or where. They were parents of Margaret Angeline, and twins, William and Wilson. Elvira died in 1850. William married Lucinda Gearhard in 1851. I believe he may have been married before Elvira. There was a Mary M. Loomis who married John J. Hicok. She may have been a relative of William. Please contact me if you have information about any of these family members. Thanks so much.