Hi Melinda - I am intrigued by early oil exploration in Texas, having been born and reared in the Texas "oil patch". I have a picture of the Looney store as illustrated in the book "Spindletop". The P. A. Looney store was actually owned by D. A. (Dennis Asbury) Looney. I believe the the D was misinterpreted as actually a D. I corresponded with a descendant of D. A. who said that D. A. extended too much credit during the Spindletop oil boom. As a result, when the boom ended, his store went bust. He eventually packed up his family and lived the rest of his life in Falls County, Texas near the town of Rosebud. I have Dennis Asbury's descendancy and cannot find anything close to a M. B. Looney. I feel that these two were probably not closely related. Thanks for the link - I really enjoyed reading about and looking at the pics. Anthony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melinda Roberts" <jeepers-ct@chouteautel.com> To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [LOONEY-L] M. B. Looney > Anthony, > > I was doing a search on the net of SpindleTop and saw that there was a P.A. > Looney Grocery around there....wonder if there was a relationship between > the owner and M.B. Looney....You can view a picture at > http://americanconstructor.com/framegeneral.htm as well as other pictures of > the the area... > > Melinda Roberts > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > Was "John" Robert's father? or brother? Was Robert's wife Elizabeth? Was > she a Stover or Llewellen? Was John's wife also a Llewellen (did sisters > marry brothers?)? How many of Robert's siblings and neices/nephews came > to America, too? Help us solve these mysteries today on the LOONEY list.