HUSBAND..(full name ): LOOP, Theodore Murray BORN.....(date/place): 10 JUN 1832 Bath, Steuben, NY CHR......(date/place): MAR......(date/place): 15 MAR 1869 Vallejo, Solano, CA DIED.....(date/place): 1907 BUR......(date/place): Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA HUSBAND'S FATHER.....: LOOP, Murray Compiled by: HUSBAND'S MOTHER.....: ARNOT, Mary Ann Victor L. Bennison HUSBAND'S OTHER WIVES: 2 Georgetown Drive ---------------------------------------------------------- Amherst, NH 03031 WIFE.....(full name ): MONROE, Ella Perry BORN.....(date/place): 2 AUG 1850 NY CHR......(date/place): DIED.....(date/place): 18 MAY 1933 San Diego, San Diego, CA BUR......(date/place): 20 MAY 1933 Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA WIFE'S FATHER........: MONROE, John (Col.) WIFE'S MOTHER........: WHITFIELD, Esther Josephine WIFE'S OTHER HUSBANDS: FILE: CHPEPEMUTH.FGSV ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ # / | CHILDREN | WHEN | WHERE OR TO WHOM | SEX | surname / given names | | town, county, state or country | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------| 1. | LOOP, Arnot Monroe |b. JAN 1870 | Vallejo, Solano, CA | M | |m. | ______, Eldora | | |d. | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 2. | LOOP, John Murray |b. 18 JUN 1877 | | M | |m. 1909 | TONKIN, Luella in Seatle, WA | | |d. 1955 | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 3. | LOOP, Marion L. |b. JUL 1883/5 | CA | F | |m. | CAREY, Harry | | |d. | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 4. | LOOP, Ella |b.4 APR 1887/8 | Del Mar, San Diego, CA | F | |m. | NICHOLSON, Rolf Jerome | | |d. | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 5. | LOOP, Josie |b. | | F | |m. | | | |d. young | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 6. | LOOP, Theordora |b. | | F | |m. | | | |d. young | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 7. | |b. | | | |m. | | | |d. | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 8. | |b. | | | |m. | | | |d. | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 9. | |b. | | | |m. | | | |d. | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 10. | |b. | | | |m. | | | |d. | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ NOTES: Some of above is from family group sheet supplied by May Albonico. Additional information in sheet: sources: Death certificate of Ella, letters from granddaughter of T. M. Loop, copy of marriage cert., 1870 census Solano Co, 1900 census San Diego Co. Ella Perry (Monroe) Loop died at home at 658 19th Street. Arnot was a real estate broker in 1900, John Murray Loop was a salesman, Marion became a teacher. Arnot and Ella had no children. From some history of San Diego as copied in Garold Loop's book #3: ... Among those who enlisted in the hazardous service of the express company as treasury agents was Theodore Murry Loop who was born at Bath, Steuben County, NY June 10, 1832. His father Murry Loop married Miss Mary Ann Arnot a native of Scotland in Elmira, NY. ... Theodore was the second child, having no brothers but two sisters, Harriette Tuttle and Emily Elizabeth. The family moved to Oakland County, Mich., where Mrs. Loop died and Mr. Loop returned with his children to Bath, NY, where he left them and came west in 1837 and in 1840 brought his children from Bath to his new home settling at Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois. Theodore left home in the Winter of 1840 [1850?] in St. Louis [?] to come to Calif. After wintering in Jackson Amadore County, he followed mining the first three years. In 1853 he went into the service of the Adams Express Co., as treasure carrier and remained with them until they failed. He was next in the employ of the Langton's express Co., until 1858. During these years his dauntless courage was frequently called into activity. In 1854 he marvelously [miraculously?] escaped being shot to pieces by a Walker band of highwaymen who attacked the stage running between Downieville and Maryville and Comptonville. They stopped the coach at Oregon House and a fierce battle took place, both parties firing incessantly with revolvers and double barrelled shotguns. Theodore Loop fought with a wild desperation and killed three of the robbers. The others took fright and retreated to the mountains, where they were pursued and killed. During the fight a lady passenger was shot through the head and a man on the coach had his leg badly shattered. The Messengers had over $125,000 worth of treasure in the coach this trip. ... In 1858 Mr. Loop resigned and went up north in the employ of the California Stage Co. which carried the mail and treasure from Yreka and the mountains. In 1859-1860 he was on the route from Weaverville to Humboldt Bay during the great Redwood Indian war which was in progress in the Redwood Mountains in Humboldt County. He travelled over the road for months when the indians were so fierce that no white man dared to show himself. He made the trip by night time to avoid attacks from them. ... One night about 2 o'clock Mr. Loop stopped at Bremer [Brenner?] for his usual cup of hot coffee ... After he had gone into the dense redwoods he could not see or hear anything and trusted to his faithful intelligent mule which was sure footed and familiar with the road. ... During the night the indians suddenly came up on him with fearful yells ... Mr. Loop pulled out his revolver and fired as fast as he could. The mule whirled suddenly and started off at a rapid pace while Mr. Loop hastened his speed as much as possible with the spur. The animal pitched off the mountain into a deep gully. Mr. Loop was thrown against a tree, knocking him senseless and he remained in this condition until day light when he found the mule still motionless by his side. He aroused him and managed to continue his journey. ... he resigned and went north to Puget Sound. From 1860 to 1862 he was in the express business in British Columbia... In 1863 he went into the employ of Wells Fargo and Co. At Guinda [?] four suspicious looking men got aboard the coach. When the stage coach reached Gibraltar Point, a very steep portion of the road across the Blue Mountains, near the summit the passengers alighted from the stage and walked up the grade. Loop stayed behind to guard the treasure. One of the four men, evidently the leader of the band, carelessly approached Loop and in a pleasant joking way said, "that is a pretty nice gun you have. Let me see it for a moment." Loop turned quickly and brought the gun full cocked up to his shoulder and covered the stranger saying, "the only way you can look at this gun is down the barrel and at a reasonable distance." ... The mysterious quartet dropped off at the Mountain House and at the 12 mile station out of Walla Walla, althought they had paid their fare clear through. Another time when crossing Idaho basin four men stood waiting on the road. ... Mr. Loop saw a packed mule and three horses tied at a tree ... some distance from the road and sheltered by a dense growth... Mr. Loop ... turning sharply to the driver he said, "Gallup the horses as fast as you can right down this mountain or I will blow your brains out." The driver made an effect to keep the horses on the road but glancing at Loop saw a peculiar hard look in his eyes and dashed the horses down the mountain far away from the road as commanded. The highwaymen followed, but the stage kept ahead of them and arrived at Placerville that night. Mr. Loop subsequently found out that the leader of the band was the notorious Ned Bledsoe who was a murderous villain... When the stage came into Placerville the driver disappeared and was never heard of after that which proves he was acting in harmony with the robbers... Mr. Loop settled in San Diego in the winter of 1880-81 and has a pleasant comfortable home. In 1880 he took the contract to build a portion of the California Southern Rail Road, and afterward became interested in Del Mar, laid out the town and bought considerable real estate and several ranches adjacent. He is a heavy operator in land. He is well known to all settlers as a man of considerable force of character. He has two sons and two daughters. His eldest child is a young man 20 years of age.