Greetings Looney Researchers� --� My name is Bob Riddle.� I have just joined the list so I suppose I need to give as much of my Looney heritage as I can.� My mother's name was Hylma Y. Looney.� She was the daughter of Edward Hardin Looney, b. 7-22-1875, Oakwood, Leon Co., TX.� He was the son of James William Looney, b. 4-22-1809, KY, and Mary Rushing, b. Falls Co. or Robertson Co., TX.� James's first wife, Fanny Smith, b. 1-14-1811, KY, died 2-7-1864 in Cotton Gin, Freestone Co., TX.� James and Fanny had 7 children, one of whom was Fredrick B. Looney, who served as a doctor during the Civil War, not sure on which side, and later when the family had moved to Texas, he became a lawyer and owned a retail store in Oakwood, Leon County and around 1900 was elected to the Texas Legislature as a Representative from Leon County, TX.� After Fanny died, James married (I think) Mary Rushing and had my grandfather, Edward H. Looney in 1875.� James would have been about 64.� He died when Ed was only 4.� Ed had a little sister, Frances Mae, who was only 2.� They were sent to live with their much older half brother, Fredrick B. Looney. I have no clear documentation that Ed was the son of James William Looney and Mary Rushing.� Only word of mouth tradition and a letter that my grandfather sent to his son, my uncle, in 1948, explaining much of the above.� I did find an entry in the 1880 US Census for Freestone County, TX showing an "Eli" Looney, age 6 and a "Fanny" Looney, age 4 living in the household of their brother, F. B. Looney, age 44. It is my belief that this "Eli" is my grandfather, Edward H. Looney. Is anyone in the group familiar with this family? I believe my family stems back to Robert Looney who was born on the Isle of Man and came to the Colonies in the 1730's. I would love to make a clear connection between the people I described in the first two paragraphs. Thanks for any help you can give me. Bob Riddle Haltom City, TX

Robert - I think I might be able to help you - please email me at anthonylooney@sbcglobal.net Thanks, Anthony Looney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Riddle" <rlr007@sbcglobal.net> To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: [LOONEY-L] Greetings > Greetings Looney Researchers -- My name is Bob > Riddle. I have just joined the list so I suppose I > need to give as much of my Looney heritage as I can. > My mother's name was Hylma Y. Looney. She was the > daughter of Edward Hardin Looney, b. 7-22-1875, > Oakwood, Leon Co., TX. He was the son of James > William Looney, b. 4-22-1809, KY, and Mary Rushing, b. > Falls Co. or Robertson Co., TX. James's first wife, > Fanny Smith, b. 1-14-1811, KY, died 2-7-1864 in Cotton > Gin, Freestone Co., TX. James and Fanny had 7 > children, one of whom was Fredrick B. Looney, who > served as a doctor during the Civil War, not sure on > which side, and later when the family had moved to > Texas, he became a lawyer and owned a retail store in > Oakwood, Leon County and around 1900 was elected to > the Texas Legislature as a Representative from Leon > County, TX. After Fanny died, James married (I think) > Mary Rushing and had my grandfather, Edward H. Looney > in 1875. James would have been about 64. He died > when Ed was only 4. Ed had a little sister, Frances > Mae, who was only 2. They were sent to live with > their much older half brother, Fredrick B. Looney. > > I have no clear documentation that Ed was the son of > James William Looney and Mary Rushing. Only word of > mouth tradition and a letter that my grandfather sent > to his son, my uncle, in 1948, explaining much of the > above. I did find an entry in the 1880 US Census for > Freestone County, TX showing an "Eli" Looney, age 6 > and a "Fanny" Looney, age 4 living in the household of > their brother, F. B. Looney, age 44. It is my belief > that this "Eli" is my grandfather, Edward H. Looney. > > Is anyone in the group familiar with this family? I > believe my family stems back to Robert Looney who was > born on the Isle of Man and came to the Colonies in > the 1730's. > > I would love to make a clear connection between the > people I described in the first two paragraphs. > > Thanks for any help you can give me. > > Bob Riddle > Haltom City, TX > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > Do the Manx LOONEY/LLEWNIEs connect to the Irish LOONEY/O'LOONEYs? > Did the name originate in County Cork in 148 AD with the marriage of > Con of a Hundred Battles (High King of Ireland in 158 AD) to the > daughter of Olollar Ollium, King of Munster? Does it have TWO origins? > >

Robert, In my database I have Fredrick B. Looney, his parents, James William Looney and Frances Smith, also our common ancestor, his grandparents Capt. John Looney and Elizabeth Rentfro, his G-Grandparents, Robert Looney Jr. and Margaret Rhea and then the GG-Grandparents, Robert and Elizabeth Looney of Looney Creek VA. My database does not show a second wife for James William Looney, but it may be that I have just not gotten around to entering that branch of our line into my database. Being a descent of the Robert Looney Jr. line myself, I have a lot of records on this branch in addition to a whole bunch of records on all the other Looney family lines. To top all this off, I live in Keller, Texas which is probably within 10 miles of where you live. I also have a web page on the Looney family and there you will find the Looney family manuscripts by Leroy Tilton. Look at the part of the Robert (2) Looney Jr. line. Here is the address: http://home.flash.net/~johnsonl/ My grandparents lived in Falls County, TX (Rosebud, TX area). Larry W. Johnson Keller, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Riddle" <rlr007@sbcglobal.net> To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: [LOONEY-L] Greetings Greetings Looney Researchers -- My name is Bob Riddle. I have just joined the list so I suppose I need to give as much of my Looney heritage as I can. My mother's name was Hylma Y. Looney. She was the daughter of Edward Hardin Looney, b. 7-22-1875, Oakwood, Leon Co., TX. He was the son of James William Looney, b. 4-22-1809, KY, and Mary Rushing, b. Falls Co. or Robertson Co., TX. James's first wife, Fanny Smith, b. 1-14-1811, KY, died 2-7-1864 in Cotton Gin, Freestone Co., TX. James and Fanny had 7 children, one of whom was Fredrick B. Looney, who served as a doctor during the Civil War, not sure on which side, and later when the family had moved to Texas, he became a lawyer and owned a retail store in Oakwood, Leon County and around 1900 was elected to the Texas Legislature as a Representative from Leon County, TX. After Fanny died, James married (I think) Mary Rushing and had my grandfather, Edward H. Looney in 1875. James would have been about 64. He died when Ed was only 4. Ed had a little sister, Frances Mae, who was only 2. They were sent to live with their much older half brother, Fredrick B. Looney. I have no clear documentation that Ed was the son of James William Looney and Mary Rushing. Only word of mouth tradition and a letter that my grandfather sent to his son, my uncle, in 1948, explaining much of the above. I did find an entry in the 1880 US Census for Freestone County, TX showing an "Eli" Looney, age 6 and a "Fanny" Looney, age 4 living in the household of their brother, F. B. Looney, age 44. It is my belief that this "Eli" is my grandfather, Edward H. Looney. Is anyone in the group familiar with this family? I believe my family stems back to Robert Looney who was born on the Isle of Man and came to the Colonies in the 1730's. I would love to make a clear connection between the people I described in the first two paragraphs. Thanks for any help you can give me. Bob Riddle Haltom City, TX ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== Do the Manx LOONEY/LLEWNIEs connect to the Irish LOONEY/O'LOONEYs? Did the name originate in County Cork in 148 AD with the marriage of Con of a Hundred Battles (High King of Ireland in 158 AD) to the daughter of Olollar Ollium, King of Munster? Does it have TWO origins?

Larry, I am descended from your Robert Looney', Jr.'s brother Peter and would like to add to my database of descendants of their father Robert. I was interested in your reply to Robert Riddle's note. What was the birth date of the Fredrick B. Looney in your database? I don't have much on your line. I only have a Samuel listed as a son of your Robert Looney, Jr. and it ends there. I would appreciate more on your line including the birth dates and places for the Looney's listed in your reply below in your note. I have been a member of this group going all away back to the old "Looney Bin" on Prodigy. Most information is of other Looney / Luna lines, and it would make it more interesting reading all the notes if I have some idea how I am related to the others on the LIST. I am interested specially in others in Robert Jr's line. My e-mail service will allow me to receive a GEDCOM file or a Family Tree Maker files if you are willing to send me your line. TOMSTREET@prodigy.net Thanks for the help. - - - Tom Street in Tacoma Larry Johnson <johnsonl@flash.net> wrote: Robert, In my database I have Fredrick B. Looney, his parents, James William Looney and Frances Smith, also our common ancestor, his grandparents Capt. John Looney and Elizabeth Rentfro, his G-Grandparents, Robert Looney Jr. and Margaret Rhea and then the GG-Grandparents, Robert and Elizabeth Looney of Looney Creek VA. My database does not show a second wife for James William Looney, but it may be that I have just not gotten around to entering that branch of our line into my database. Being a descent of the Robert Looney Jr. line myself, I have a lot of records on this branch in addition to a whole bunch of records on all the other Looney family lines. To top all this off, I live in Keller, Texas which is probably within 10 miles of where you live. I also have a web page on the Looney family and there you will find the Looney family manuscripts by Leroy Tilton. Look at the part of the Robert (2) Looney Jr. line. Here is the address: http://home.flash.net/~johnsonl/ My grandparents lived in Falls County, TX (Rosebud, TX area). Larry W. Johnson Keller, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Riddle" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: [LOONEY-L] Greetings Greetings Looney Researchers -- My name is Bob Riddle. I have just joined the list so I suppose I need to give as much of my Looney heritage as I can. My mother's name was Hylma Y. Looney. She was the daughter of Edward Hardin Looney, b. 7-22-1875, Oakwood, Leon Co., TX. He was the son of James William Looney, b. 4-22-1809, KY, and Mary Rushing, b. Falls Co. or Robertson Co., TX. James's first wife, Fanny Smith, b. 1-14-1811, KY, died 2-7-1864 in Cotton Gin, Freestone Co., TX. James and Fanny had 7 children, one of whom was Fredrick B. Looney, who served as a doctor during the Civil War, not sure on which side, and later when the family had moved to Texas, he became a lawyer and owned a retail store in Oakwood, Leon County and around 1900 was elected to the Texas Legislature as a Representative from Leon County, TX. After Fanny died, James married (I think) Mary Rushing and had my grandfather, Edward H. Looney in 1875. James would have been about 64. He died when Ed was only 4. Ed had a little sister, Frances Mae, who was only 2. They were sent to live with their much older half brother, Fredrick B. Looney. I have no clear documentation that Ed was the son of James William Looney and Mary Rushing. Only word of mouth tradition and a letter that my grandfather sent to his son, my uncle, in 1948, explaining much of the above. I did find an entry in the 1880 US Census for Freestone County, TX showing an "Eli" Looney, age 6 and a "Fanny" Looney, age 4 living in the household of their brother, F. B. Looney, age 44. It is my belief that this "Eli" is my grandfather, Edward H. Looney. Is anyone in the group familiar with this family? I believe my family stems back to Robert Looney who was born on the Isle of Man and came to the Colonies in the 1730's. I would love to make a clear connection between the people I described in the first two paragraphs. Thanks for any help you can give me. Bob Riddle Haltom City, TX ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== Do the Manx LOONEY/LLEWNIEs connect to the Irish LOONEY/O'LOONEYs? Did the name originate in County Cork in 148 AD with the marriage of Con of a Hundred Battles (High King of Ireland in 158 AD) to the daughter of Olollar Ollium, King of Munster? Does it have TWO origins? ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== Do the Manx LOONEY/LLEWNIEs connect to the Irish LOONEY/O'LOONEYs? Did the name originate in County Cork in 148 AD with the marriage of Con of a Hundred Battles (High King of Ireland in 158 AD) to the daughter of Olollar Ollium, King of Munster? Does it have TWO origins?