Mikki, I am not researching the Loomises, just looking them up! However, there was no child who had C.J. for initials. There is much specific info in the article and I was hoping to get the mailing address of the requester so I can send the copy of the 1901 article. Perhaps they already have that article?! Dick Matteson ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 3:13 PM Subject: [ILHENRY-L] Loomis/Sanford > You mention that all 8 of O. H. Loomis' children are named in this article. > Would one of them happen to have the initials "C.J."? At the Hunter Cemetery > in Wheatland Township, Bureau County, IL there is a headstone for 'Charles O. > s/o C. J. & A. Loomis d. Apr 11, 1879 ag. 11 ys' > Would this be any connection to the Loomis family you are researching? > > Mikki Judge > Family Historian - Preserving the past for the future. > Buffalo, IA > [email protected] Judge > > In a message dated 11/29/00 9:01:25 AM, [email protected] writes: > > << -------------------- > X-Message: #1 > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:40:36 -0200 > From: "Dick Matteson" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] info wanted on Horatio G. Sanford of Kewanee > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Susan, I have an 1885 Bio. of certain Henry Co. citizens and O.H. Loomis > is one of those written about. Also the 1901 version has him. The 1885 > version is similar to the 1901 article in coverage and content. So I can > copy that article from the 1901 book and send to you if you send me your > mail address. All 8 of his children are mentioned and possibly you can > follow up on them to find the owner/holder of the diary and photos belonging > to Horatio Sandford. Horatio is not mentioned and there were no Sandfords > written up in either Bio book. (my 1885 book is falling apart unfortunately > and almost impossible to copy properly without harming it!) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Susan Sellew <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 6:02 PM > Subject: [ILHENRY-L] info wanted on Horatio G. Sanford of Kewanee > > > > Dear Fellow Historians: > > > > I am looking for information on my great-great > > uncle, Horatio G. Sanford, who was a member > > of the 124th Illinois Infantry from Kewanee. > > He was born and raised in Belchertown, MA. > > He left Belchertown sometime before the Civil War > > with his cousin (whom I believe was O.H. Loomis) > > and settled in Kewanee where they planted fruit trees > > and potatoes on their land (according to his diary). > > > > Horatio died from wounds on July 17, 1864. His effects: > > two pocket dairies and a photograph album, were given > > to his agent, O.H. Loomis. The second of the dairies, > > came down through the family to my grandmother and > > then to me, but no-one knows of the whereabouts of the > > first diary or the photo album. > > > > I am writing to you in hopes that one of you may have > > information on Horatio Sanford, or O.H. Loomis -- > > I would like to contact his descendants. > > > > The original of this diary is in the Belchertown Historical > > Society. I sent a copy of it to the Kewanee Historical > > Society in 1992, but never received any acknowledgement > > from that organization that they received it. > > > > Horatio's name appears on the Civil War monument on the > > town green in Belchertown. Is there a Civil War monument > > in Kewanee with his name on it? > > > > Thank in advance for your help with this request. > > > > Susan Sanford Sellew > > 786 Moore Road > > So. Royalton, VT 05068 > >> > > > ==== ILHENRY Mailing List ==== > --------------------- ILHENRY-L Mailing List --------------------- > Submit your Henry County obits, wills and other transcribed > data to [email protected] for inclusion in the USGenWeb Project Archives > for inclusion in the ILGenWeb Project Archives!! > >