Posted "as found" on the web. ///Steve Looney/// ===================================================================== Name: William Looney Born: 18 Mar 1922 Died: 2 Jun 1996 Buried: Restlawn B Section: NOT PLOTTED Notes: THE PARIS NEWS, Fri., Jun. 7, 1996, p.6A. 'William Looney, 74, of Paris died Sunday, June 2, 1996, in McCuistion Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church with the Rev. Larry Dixon officiating. Burial will be in Restlawn Garden Cemetery under direction of Maxey Funeral Home. He was born March 18, 1922, in AR, a son of Will and Jessie Looney. He married Barbara Looney ofParis. Survivors include the wife; three sons, Gerald and Marcus Dixon, both of Paris, and Allen Stripland of St.Louis; a daughter, Vicki Dixon Binns of Great Falls, MT; brothers, Marvin Looney and Theodore Looney, both of Imboden, AR; sisters, Annie Mae Owens of St. Louis, MO and Alberta Speoers of Gary, IN; and 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Viola Sea, and a sister, Lucille Thomas. He was a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. Pallbearers will be Deitrick Dixon, Justin Franklin, Tommy Ridley, Derwin Lipscomb, Kevin Dixon, Byron Dixon and Keith Cooper.'

Posted "as found" on the web. ///Steve Looney/// ================================================================= Lamar County TX marriages LOONEY, James Mae FREEMAN 7 Jun 1903 TX Lamar LOONEY, Ada Osca HALL 20 Apr 1905 TX Lamar LOONEY, Frank Alice MAXFIELD 25 Oct 1907 TX Lamar =================================================================

Terry, The copy I have says only they were from Payette and married in Payette by Rev. Harry Leeds. Meridith In a message dated 6/7/00 10:27:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Do you happen to know which church they were married in? Chances are, its still standing and in really good shape as most of Payette is..I go there almost every day..it will be my pleasure to help..Lemme know.. Terry >>

Do you happen to know which church they were married in? Chances are, its still standing and in really good shape as most of Payette is..I go there almost every day..it will be my pleasure to help..Lemme know.. Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [LOONEY-L] John W. Looney's 2nd wife > Terry, > John William Looney married Louise L. Something or other on January 16, 1907 > in Payette, Idaho by Rev. Harry Leeds. If you know how to find out > anything about her, I'd appreciate it. > Thanks, > Meri > In a message dated 6/6/00 6:56:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << I live 10 minutes from Payette , Idaho..If there is something I can find > for > you let me know..I'll be glad to.. > Terry Paulus > >> > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] > with the command UNSUBSCRIBE as the only line in the message's body. > If you're in digest, send it to [email protected] > > _____________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Terry, John William Looney married Louise L. Something or other on January 16, 1907 in Payette, Idaho by Rev. Harry Leeds. If you know how to find out anything about her, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Meri In a message dated 6/6/00 6:56:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << I live 10 minutes from Payette , Idaho..If there is something I can find for you let me know..I'll be glad to.. Terry Paulus >>

I live 10 minutes from Payette , Idaho..If there is something I can find for you let me know..I'll be glad to.. Terry Paulus "Married to a Looney decendant" ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 10:27 AM Subject: [LOONEY-L] John W. Looney's 2nd wife > I need help finding the last name of my gg John William Looney's (1862-1948) > second wife. I have a copy of their marriage certificate but can't make out > the last name. Louise L. ????? They married in Payette, Idaho on January 16, > 1907. Shortly afterwards they moved to Oregon. > > Does anyone have any information or ideas on where to look? > Thanks, > Meri Looney deWaal Martin > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > Please keep the topic related to LOONEY (and variants) family history. > Other topics should be taken off-line (mail them directly). Also, don't > post "ME TOO" or "GO AHEAD" messages to the list. Send them directly. > Note: The default "Reply To:" for this list is the list, not the sender. > > _____________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

All info I have on ID Looney's. No John William, though (there is a John Walker Looney). ///Steve Looney/// ============================== WORLD WAR I CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATIONS Twin Falls County, Idaho - 1917-1918 Looney, Ray D. 1 Sep 1893 Rogersville TN Twin Falls ID Looney, Thomas York 7 Aug 1887 Denver CO Twin Falls ID ============================== EARLY PIONEERS/SETTLERS IN VALLEY COUNTY, IDAHO, 1870 - 1920: LONEY John M. 1907 ============================== WORLD WAR I CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATIONS Bannock County, Idaho - 1917-1918 Looney, Ralph Edgar 4 Aug 1889 Surgoinsville TN Bannock ID ============================== WORLD WAR I CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATIONS Boise County, Idaho - 1917-1918 Brise, John Looney 28 Jul 1895 Surgoinsville TN Boise Co. ID ============================== MARRIAGES OF VALLEY COUNTY IDAHO, 1889 - 1947 LOONEY, Edna Mae BURLESON, Verlin 1938, 29 Aug ============================== WORLD WAR I CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATIONS Minidoka County, Idaho - 1917-1918 Looney, John Luther 1 Dec 1873 relative lives Pierce City MO Minidoka ID Loooney, Cecil Earnest 30 Jan 1899 relative lives Pierce City MO Minidoka ID ============================== WORLD WAR I CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATIONS Gem County, Idaho - 1917-1918 Looney, John Porter 10 Jun 1874 Gem ID ============================== WORLD WAR I CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATIONS Franklin County, Idaho - 1917-1918 Loney, John Walker 15 Dec 1880 Franklin ID ===============================================

I need help finding the last name of my gg John William Looney's (1862-1948) second wife. I have a copy of their marriage certificate but can't make out the last name. Louise L. ????? They married in Payette, Idaho on January 16, 1907. Shortly afterwards they moved to Oregon. Does anyone have any information or ideas on where to look? Thanks, Meri Looney deWaal Martin

Jan, I can't give you any advise on where to begin the research but keep me in mind if you come across a Joseph Looney born September 19, 1836. I'm stuck on my Joe. Found him on the 1870 census in Northwest Louisiana - close to Arkansas. It's a shot in the dark. Bettye Looney Bowerman

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Hi all, Just want you to check out the Rose Hill Cemetery records listed in the Rootsweb Tombstone Project. The graves are in Chickasha, OK. They are listed alphabetically, so you can easily scroll to the Looney families listed. Hope this helps someone Barbara Hunt

Sorry, that should have been Coosa County, AL, not Butler.

I found this on an 1850 Butler County, AL census list and am posting it in case someone can use it: 359. Looney John 45 TN farmer 500 Cinderella 40 SC Rufus F. 16 AL Noah C. 14 AL Caroline 12 Oliver 10 AL Mary 8 John 6 AL Susan 4 Baby 2 AL (John Looney married Cinderella Cooper. See Brewer's History Vol I/95 and Vol II/209. Noah Cooper Looney born 25 Aug 1835, Died 22 Nov 1901 buried in Fayetteville, Talladega Co., AL. Mary Emma, wife of N.C. Looney born 31 Oct 1841, died 13 Jul 1902. Rufus F. Looney killed at Atlanta - Co. B, 34 Alabama Regiment. Oliver Looney in Company B., 12th Alabama - tombstone in Fayetteville, Alabama.)

Hey, Just want to say thank you to a couple of people who sent some information about Looney's in Iowa and Illinois. Thanks for taking the time for the lookups! Happy Hunting, Jacklyn P. Jones

Hi, It's no wonder we have a hard time finding those elusive ancestors; it doesn't seem to be just the Looneys, as these same problems have been seen in several of my lines. Along with all the different spellings, I've also seen where people suddenly switch to their 1st names in the records - when they've been going by their middle names for years. And then we've found some people who switched to a nickname, muddying the research waters even more; in those cases, we would never have known who they were if not for some oral history, bible records, or other documents which identified other family members. Dennis In a message dated 5/26/00 9:28:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: [email protected] (Davis) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] <!--StartFragment-->Deed Bk. 1 p. 486 Botetourt Co. Va. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: "Keith Wright" <[email protected]> Top of page is a deed from Joseph Looney and Jeane his wife to James Gilmore Signed Joseph Luney Jane (her mark) Luny March 9, 1773 Botetourt Co. Court This was found on the Botetourt County, Va site. This gentleman has done a great deal of work posting things from the public records. It is amazing--Looney is spelled three ways in one deed. Hope this helps someone ldavis

<!--StartFragment-->Deed Bk. 1 p. 486 Botetourt Co. Va. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: "Keith Wright" <[email protected]> Top of page is a deed from Joseph Looney and Jeane his wife to James Gilmore Signed Joseph Luney Jane (her mark) Luny March 9, 1773 Botetourt Co. Court This was found on the Botetourt County, Va site. This gentleman has done a great deal of work posting things from the public records. It is amazing--Looney is spelled three ways in one deed. Hope this helps someone ldavis

It would seem that some of the information is in error. Samuel Looney b. 1778 was the son of Samuel Looney b. 1751 and Ann Lane. These Looney are of the Robert (2) Looney Jr. branch. Samuel Looney could not be full blood Cherokee, he may have been half. I've seen different stories on Ann Lane being a possible Cherokee, but I'm not sure that is a proven fact. The senior Samuel was killed by Indians when Samuel Jr. was a baby. If I recall correctly Ann remarried into the Cross family where young Samuel grew up. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 PM Subject: [LOONEY-L] Looney, Blevins and Torbett Family Info > I just received the Guion Miller rolls application for the Eastern Cherokees > #18666 for my great grandmother Melinda Adelaide Blevins Powers. There is > some interesting information for both the Looney family and the Blevins > family. In the application Melinda states "Great Grand Father Samuel Looney > who was a full blood Cherokee Indian-He was removed to the Indian Territory > with the Indians and afterwards returned to Meigs county, Tennessee where he > died about 1862." She was born 9 Aug 1856 in Decatur, Meigs, TN and lived in > South Pittsburg, Marion, TN. She was married to John Powers born 23 Jun > 1850. Her father's name was R.E.L. Blevins and her mother was his cousin > Amanda Blevins. They lived in Meigs county and McMinn county, TN. He died 2 > Dec 1863 and her mother was still living in 1907 when the application was > filed. In the upper corner of the application that was done by the Indian > Office, Eastern Cherokees, received 21 mar 1907, someone has written lin > longhand "Sizemore(?)". Could this be that they believed she was related to > the Sizemore family who were proven Indian and had married into the Blevins > line? She lists her brohter as Hugh Blevins, born Mar 27 1854 and still > living in 1907, Will Blevins, unknown birth, unknown death, J.R. or T. R. > Blevins born 26 Nov 1863 and still living in 1907. Her grandparents were > listed as father's side: Hugh Blevins and Annie B. Looney Blevins and > mother's side: Samuel Blevins and Sarah Blevins. She states she thinks they > were born in Meigs county, TN. and they resided in McMinn, Meigs and Bradley > county TN. The children of her grandparents were Melissa Blevins married to > E. Higdon both dead -died in 1877 in Meigs county, TN. (I show E. Higdon > died in 1871 and Melissa in 1877). They resided in Calhoun, TN., Hugh > Blevins died in the west-date unknown, resided in Meigs county, TN., Samuel > Blevins, present residence unknown (I show him in Oklahoma). , and Hoyl > Blevins , died in infancy in Meigs county, TN (This child I did not have). > She stated she "made application in 1891 to W.A. Thomson Telequol Ind Terr? > or Tenn? for citizenship-was notified to come for identification which I was > unable to do by reason of poverty." "I claim through my father, R.E. L. > Blevins, who was a son of Annie B. Looney Blevins, who was a daughter of > Samuel Looney, a Cherokee Indian." dated 16 Mar 1907. She was rejected > because she did not show, not because she could not prove relationship. My > mother, Virginia Margaret Powers, who is 92 years old told me tonight that > when her father Lonzo Dallas Powers died (Lonzo is the son of Melinda > Adelaide Blevins and John Frederick Powers) two men (one black or so they > thought) came to her mother Lillie Pearl Clark and tried to get her to claim > citizenship to the Cherokee for money and Lillie did not believe them and > sent them on their way. They certainly could have used the money because > when Lonzo died by being killed by a train he left a young family of 7 > children and a 26 year old wife. There has always been the usual stories > about Indians in the family but this is the first time we have found any > evidence of it. This is the Samuel Looney born 1778 in Washington county, VA > who died 1874 in Knoxville, Knox, TN and was married to Sarah Evan Childress > born 5 Jul 1778 in Cumberland county, VA and died abt 1862 in Meigs county, > TN. They had 10 children including Anna Burton Looney. Anna Burton Looney > was married to Hugh Torbett Blevins born 1801-1805 in Decatur, Rhea, TN and > died 26 Aug 1836 in Rhea county, TN. They had 12 children including Rodney > Evan Looney Blevins. He was born 1829 in Rhea county, TN and died 2 Dec 1863 > at Tunnel Hill GA during the Civil War. He was married to Amanda E. Blevins, > a cousin, born Nov 1833 at Decatur, Meigs, TN and died aft Mar 1907. They > had four children including Melinda Adelaide Blevins. She and John had Lonzo > Dallas Powers, my grandfather. They had 9 children including Lonzo. Lonzo > married my grandmother Lillie Pearl Clark and they had seven children > including my mother Virginia Margaret Powers. She and my father Curtis > Elmore Harris had six daughters including myself, Crystal Harris Burnham. > Hope this helps some of you. I am so excited about it, can you tell? Enjoy. > Crystal > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > If you find a web page somewhere listing Manx, Irish or Scotch surnames > and they don't include LOONEY/LUNA/etc., send them a note to let them > know we're around. The more advertising we have, the more help we get. > >

Crystal: You are right. You will make someone happy with that one! Isn't my line, but thought I'd mention for any interested that the sentence below is referring to Tahlequah, Indian Territory,------now the town of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Karen She stated she "made application in 1891 to W.A. Thomson Telequol Ind Terr? or Tenn? for citizenship-was notified to come for identification which I was unable to do by reason of poverty." "I claim through my

I just received the Guion Miller rolls application for the Eastern Cherokees #18666 for my great grandmother Melinda Adelaide Blevins Powers. There is some interesting information for both the Looney family and the Blevins family. In the application Melinda states "Great Grand Father Samuel Looney who was a full blood Cherokee Indian-He was removed to the Indian Territory with the Indians and afterwards returned to Meigs county, Tennessee where he died about 1862." She was born 9 Aug 1856 in Decatur, Meigs, TN and lived in South Pittsburg, Marion, TN. She was married to John Powers born 23 Jun 1850. Her father's name was R.E.L. Blevins and her mother was his cousin Amanda Blevins. They lived in Meigs county and McMinn county, TN. He died 2 Dec 1863 and her mother was still living in 1907 when the application was filed. In the upper corner of the application that was done by the Indian Office, Eastern Cherokees, received 21 mar 1907, someone has written lin longhand "Sizemore(?)". Could this be that they believed she was related to the Sizemore family who were proven Indian and had married into the Blevins line? She lists her brohter as Hugh Blevins, born Mar 27 1854 and still living in 1907, Will Blevins, unknown birth, unknown death, J.R. or T. R. Blevins born 26 Nov 1863 and still living in 1907. Her grandparents were listed as father's side: Hugh Blevins and Annie B. Looney Blevins and mother's side: Samuel Blevins and Sarah Blevins. She states she thinks they were born in Meigs county, TN. and they resided in McMinn, Meigs and Bradley county TN. The children of her grandparents were Melissa Blevins married to E. Higdon both dead -died in 1877 in Meigs county, TN. (I show E. Higdon died in 1871 and Melissa in 1877). They resided in Calhoun, TN., Hugh Blevins died in the west-date unknown, resided in Meigs county, TN., Samuel Blevins, present residence unknown (I show him in Oklahoma). , and Hoyl Blevins , died in infancy in Meigs county, TN (This child I did not have). She stated she "made application in 1891 to W.A. Thomson Telequol Ind Terr? or Tenn? for citizenship-was notified to come for identification which I was unable to do by reason of poverty." "I claim through my father, R.E. L. Blevins, who was a son of Annie B. Looney Blevins, who was a daughter of Samuel Looney, a Cherokee Indian." dated 16 Mar 1907. She was rejected because she did not show, not because she could not prove relationship. My mother, Virginia Margaret Powers, who is 92 years old told me tonight that when her father Lonzo Dallas Powers died (Lonzo is the son of Melinda Adelaide Blevins and John Frederick Powers) two men (one black or so they thought) came to her mother Lillie Pearl Clark and tried to get her to claim citizenship to the Cherokee for money and Lillie did not believe them and sent them on their way. They certainly could have used the money because when Lonzo died by being killed by a train he left a young family of 7 children and a 26 year old wife. There has always been the usual stories about Indians in the family but this is the first time we have found any evidence of it. This is the Samuel Looney born 1778 in Washington county, VA who died 1874 in Knoxville, Knox, TN and was married to Sarah Evan Childress born 5 Jul 1778 in Cumberland county, VA and died abt 1862 in Meigs county, TN. They had 10 children including Anna Burton Looney. Anna Burton Looney was married to Hugh Torbett Blevins born 1801-1805 in Decatur, Rhea, TN and died 26 Aug 1836 in Rhea county, TN. They had 12 children including Rodney Evan Looney Blevins. He was born 1829 in Rhea county, TN and died 2 Dec 1863 at Tunnel Hill GA during the Civil War. He was married to Amanda E. Blevins, a cousin, born Nov 1833 at Decatur, Meigs, TN and died aft Mar 1907. They had four children including Melinda Adelaide Blevins. She and John had Lonzo Dallas Powers, my grandfather. They had 9 children including Lonzo. Lonzo married my grandmother Lillie Pearl Clark and they had seven children including my mother Virginia Margaret Powers. She and my father Curtis Elmore Harris had six daughters including myself, Crystal Harris Burnham. Hope this helps some of you. I am so excited about it, can you tell? Enjoy. Crystal