Hi Gang! Absolem Looney is not my line; I was reading through some old letters written to a distant Looney cousin and found the following information. It may not be of interest to anyone - but if so - here it is: From: Genealogy Clearing House 1115 - 21st Street Oakland 7, CA November 7, 1960 Excerpt - As I stated before I am working with a large a group of people who are all working on the Looney family records. I do not know if any of them intend to publish a Genealogy on this family or not. My personal interest arises from the fact that Absolem (4) Looney, b. 1782 Hawkins County, TN & d. 1860 Bossier Parish, LA married (1) in 1803 to Nancy Long & married (2) Eleanor "Nellie" Wilson, b. 1796 in Hawkins County, TN & d. after 1858 in Bossier Parish, LA The above Eleanor Wilson was a daughter of Samuel Wilson II and his wife Mary Elizabeth Ingraham, and the last named couple were my great-great grandparents. SIGNED: Tina Clouse, Secretary GENEALOGY CLEARING HOUSE FYI: Bossier Parish, LA is a suburb of New Orleans..... Happy Huntin' to all, Ginny Ayers Spann <>< VASPANN@aol.com RESEARCHING: Ayers, Bennett, Byrom, Fowler, Green, Gross, Hammontree, Kyle, Ladd, Looney, Seabolt & Stone