Here is an excerpt from a book on the Loy family that I am working on. This is his line of descent. 1. H.W. Loy; 2 Henry Loy and Barbara Harkins; 3. Peter Loy and Catherine Temple; 4. Adam Loy and Barbara Cassel; 5. John George Loy and Mary Elizabeth Traut/Trout Henry Wilbert Loy (Henry, 18) "Bert" was born on 16 July 1871 at Elkhart, Indiana. and died at Chanute, Kansas, April 9, 1953. He was married on 21 September 1898 at Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri, to Sarah Ellender Wilson, the daughter of John S. and Sarah E. Wilson. She was born on 4 November 1875 in Butler County, [state?] died in Wichita, Kansas on 26 January 1958. Bert is named as H.W. Loy in most newspaper accounts and mistakenly noted in his obituary as " Herbert W. Loy," This may have been an assumption on the part of the newspaper writer as he was known as "Bert." The Chanute city directory for 1938 has Henry W. Loy, oilman, Helen Loy a saleswoman and Louise Loy a teacher living at 219 W. Elm. The Loy Oil Company was at 3-1/2 East Main Street. Children: 255 i H. W. Loy, Jr. who was living in Arlington, Virginia in 1958. Died before 1992. 256 ii John W. Loy who was living in Bartlesville, Oklahoma in 1958. Still living in 1992. 257 iii Helen Loy was born 8 November 1899 in Aurora, Missouri and died 4 July 1992 at Chanute, Kansas. She was not married. 258 iv Catherine Loy married Roy Redheffer and resided in Kansas City, Missouri. Living in 1992. 259 v Louise Loy married William J. Hart and resided in Wichita, Kansas. Died before 1992. Chanute Tribune April 9, 1953 Chanute, Kansas H. W. Loy H. W. Loy, 81, well known Chanute oil man and former mayor died at 1.30 this morning in Neosho Memorial Hospital after a short illness. . . Bert Loy, who helped pioneer the oil and gas business in this part of the state, came here [Chanute, Kansas] in 1903 from Aurora, Missouri, attracted by the oil boom. Prominent in civic affairs, he served as mayor from 1931 to 1934. . . He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church and sang in the church choir for 35 years. . . Out of town relatives attending the service were Col. T. H. Loy, Miss Audrey Conrad and Mr. & Mrs Gene Loy of Aurora, Missouri. Mr. & Mrs. Joe M. Hawkins, Olathe; Kansas; Mrs. W.L. Gray, Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Hart and family, Wichita, Kansas; Sam Loy, Jr. and Miss Pearl Loy, Muskogee, Oklahoma; Mr. & Mrs. Harold Loy, Nevada, Missouri; Walter Wilson, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Loy, Bartlesville, Oklahoma and Miss Catherine Loy, Kansas City.