Dear Looneys, I believe my father, Joseph H. "Pete" Looney, to be the last remaining 6th generation from Robert (1). Looking back through the generations most of his line were born late in their father's lives. Robert (1) had John (2) Sr. when he was probably 40, John (2) had his son Robert (3) when he was 54, Robert (3) had his son Daniel (4) when he was 41, Daniel (4) had his son Peter H. (5) when he was 46, and my grandfather Peter H.(5) had my dad when he was 51. Madge Looney Crane is in Dad's line through Daniel (4) and I have asked her if she knows of any other 6th generation family members still alive and she tells me that she does not. Does anyone on the list know of another 6th generation member? Dad was never very interested in family history. His sister "Sally" (Mildred) was the family historian because of her close relationship with Madge Looney. With the advent of the internet and Madge and Phillip's book he has become very interested. His new interest has resulted in visits to VA and the site of Looney's ferry / home as well as the hills of West Virginia where his Dad grew up including visits to many of the family cemeteries in the area around Looneyville including a solemn visit to the cemetery on the John (3) Looney farm where John (3) and Catherine Stover Looney are buried to scatter Aunt Sally's ashes so that she could return to her roots. The reason behind my query of the Looney List is that Dad will be celebrating his 80th birthday on August 19 and I thought emails from members of the list would make the day a really special one for him and a way for the family to honor the last of a generation. If no one can come up with another 6th generation member I'll post Dad's email and snail mail addresses in a later post. P.S. Dad, I know you'll read this - don't get mad at me. Thanks to all, Robert (7) Looney