HUSBAND..(full name ): LOOP, Peter P. BORN.....(date/place): 8 DEC 1793/6 Elmira, Chemung, NY CHR......(date/place): MAR......(date/place): 8 FEB 1820 Owego, Tioga (then Broome), NY DIED.....(date/place): 3 NOV 1854 Belvidere, Boone, IL (aged 58) BUR......(date/place): 4 NOV 1854 Belvidere Town Cemetery, Belvidere, Boone, IL HUSBAND'S FATHER.....: LOOP, Peter, Jr. Compiled by: HUSBAND'S MOTHER.....: BIRNEY, Sarah Victor L. Bennison HUSBAND'S OTHER WIVES: 2 Georgetown Drive ---------------------------------------------------------- Amherst, NH 03031 WIFE.....(full name ): ROSS, Elizabeth (Eliza) Irene BORN.....(date/place): 25 AUG 1799 Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, PA CHR......(date/place): DIED.....(date/place): 22 FEB 1892 Rochester, Monroe, NY BUR......(date/place): Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, NY WIFE'S FATHER........: ROSS, William WIFE'S MOTHER........: STERLING, Elizabeth WIFE'S OTHER HUSBANDS: FILE: CHPEPEPE.FGSV ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ # / | CHILDREN | WHEN | WHERE OR TO WHOM | SEX | surname / given names | | town, county, state or country | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------| 1. | LOOP, William Ross |b. 13 NOV 1821 | Elmira, Chemung, NY | M | |m. | unmarried | | |d. 13 NOV 1886 | Rochester, Monroe, NY | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 2. | LOOP, John Miller |b. 11 FEB 1823 | Elmira, Chemung, NY | M | (D.J.M.) |m. | PEABODY, Lydia | | |d. 1906 | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 3. | LOOP, Edward Sterling |b. 11 FEB 1823 | Elmira, Chemung, NY | M | |m. 28 DEC 1852 | (1) FRENCH, Cornelia Burton | | (twin of 2.) |m. | (2) LANDER, Harriet | | |d. 26 OCT 1906 | Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, PA | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 4. | LOOP, Dewitt Clinton |b. 31 AUG 1826 | Elmira, Chemung, NY | M | |m. | GRIFFEN, Louisa | | |d. APR 1908 | Baltimore, MD | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 5. | LOOP, Sarah Eliza |b. 30 SEP 1834 | Horseheads, Chemung, NY | F | |m. 30 SEP 1858 | ROBY, Sidney B. | | |d. 13 MAR 1918 | Rochester, Monroe, NY | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 6. | |b. | | | |m. | | | |d. | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ NOTES: From "Historical Record of the Wyoming Valley" p. 181, Vol. 14: Death of Judge (D. J. M.) (John Miller) Loop, twin of Edward S. Loop, b. 1823, Elmira, N.Y. From "Historical Record of the Wyoming Valley" p. 156, Vol. 3: An Interesting Old Letter. Which Peter P. Loop wrote in 1817 ... Edward S. Loop was very much pleased the other day at being handed by Edward Welles a letter written by Mr. Loop's father, Peter P. Loop, to George M. Hollenback in 1817. The letter was written while Mr. Loop was yet a young man, and the chirography is beautifully neat. After telling Mr. Hollenback about the safe arrival of goods (at Athens, where Mr. Loop was clerking for Mr. Hollenback) by John Griffin's boat, he goes on to gossip very pleasantly on social topics. He had just attended a ball at Chemung with Lyman Covell and Lathrop Baldwin. He expressed himself as wearied with the dullness of Athens and put in his leisure studying French. Were it not for the hope of returning to Wilkes-Barre, he could not be content to stay at Tioga Point... Peter P. Loop was born in Elmira, N.Y., in 1793 and died at Belvidere, Ill., in 1854. His father, also named Peter, was one of the commissioners appointed by the Susquehanna Company, September 25, 1786, ... Peter P. Loop married Elizabeth Irene, daughter of Gen. William Ross, born 1799 and married 1820. Their children, all living, are D.J.M. Loop, Edward Sterling Loop, Rev. Dewitt Clinton Loop. From "Wyoming [Valley, PA] Historical and Geological [not Genealogical] Society", Vol. 11, p.234: Edward Sterling Loop, d. Wilkes Barre 26 Oct 1906. b. Elmira 11 Feb 1823, son of Peter P. Loop of Elmira and his wife Eliza Irene Ross and grandson of Peter Loop, Jr., one of the commissioners appointed by the Susquehanna Company, 25 Sept 1786 - works for Warner Loop & Co., N.Y.C. until 1853 when came to Wilkes Barre. m. 28 Dec 1852, Cornelia B. French daughter of Samuel French and Lydia Wadhorns [?] of Plymouth. One child, Estelle m. Major Charles F. Larrabee of Washington. [Info from Edward S. Loop's daughter]. From Parish registers of St. Stephens Protestant Episcopal Church at Wilkes Barre, PA: 15 AUG 1841 DeWitt Clinton Loop confirmed 19 APR 1855 Cornelia Burton Loop confirmed 27 JUN 1856 Cornelia Burton Loop died 30 SEP 1858 Sidney B. Roby of Rochester and Sarah Eliza Loop married by DeWitt Clinton Loop 27 SEP 1842 DeWitt C. Loop candidate for orders 25 JUN 1856 Cornelia B. Loop died [?] 3 DEC 1854 Cornelia B. Loop baptized, born 31 MAY 1833 Ruth Estelle Loop, infant daughter of E.S. & C. B. Loop [baptized?] 14 JUL 1856 Sterling Ross Loop, infant son of E.S. & C.B. Loop [baptized?] From Sterling Genealogy, p. 463: Eliza Irene Ross, b. in Wilkes Barre, 25 AUG 1799, m. at Owego, N.Y., 1820, Peter P. Loop b. Newtown now Elmira, N.Y., 8 DEC 1793, grandson of Peter Loop who lived to the age of 102 years and 20 days. Peter P. Loop was the first teller of the Chemung Canal Bank of Elmira an early financial institution which began business in October, 1833. He died in Belvidere, Ill., 3 NOV 1854. She d. Rochester, N.Y., 22 FEB 1892. Children: William Ross Loop b. Elmira 14 NOV 1821, served in Mexican War under Gen. Sterling Price and the Civil War under Gen. Dana of the 143rd Penn. Regt., wounded at the battle of Bethesda Church, crippled for life in the battle of the Wilderness. Died as the result of an accident in Rochester, N.Y., 1886, unmarried. John Miller Loop, b. Elmira 11 FEB 1823 m. Lydia Peabody. A lawyer still in practice (1902) at Wilkes Barre, Penn., no issue. Edward Sterling Loop, b. 11 FEB 1823, twin of John, m. first Cornelia French, second Harried Lander. Mr. Loop was for a long period cashier of the Wyoming National Bank at Wilkes Barre, Penn. DeWitt Clinton Loop, b. in Elmira, 31 AUG 1826 m. Louisa Griffen. He was a clergyman at Baltimore, MD, no issue. Sarah Eliza Loop, b. 30 Sept 1834, married Sidney B. Roby, a merchant in Rochester [five children listed]. 1850 Census of Columbia County, WI: 976 976 [hotel landlord followed by list of borders including:] D.J.M. Loop age 27 Lawyer born NY Notes from a letter from Ross Roby: "Sterling genealogy and my father's records seem to agree on Peter P. Loop's birthdate but the cemetery manager's seeming certainty about the death date and age at death puts that 8 DEC 1793 in some doubt. Cemetery manager at Belvidere thought he read born 1 DEC 1796 but my eyes read stone certainly as 8 DEC. Can't trust my eyes on the last number of the year which is nearly obliterated..." "I think it would be wrong to perpetuate Peter C. ["C" underscored] Loop, Jr". [Dr. Roby is here referring to the middle initial of Peter Loop, Jr., for which he feels there is no evidence. The only place I've seen the C is in Omer Loop's records and there is no reference for where he got it.] From letter of cemetery manager, Peter P. Loop died at "age 58" and was buried 4 NOV 1854. Dr. Roby says that Eliza Irene (Ross) Loop was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY, and that her father was William Ross (1761-1842) - Brig. General in Pa. Militia - and her mother was Elizabeth Sterling (1768-1816). I'm sure this information on her parents is in the Sterling Genealogy, but I failed to transcribe it. He says DeWitt Clinton Loop died April, 1908, in Baltimore, MD, and is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY. He further says that Sarah Eliza Loop was born in Horseheads, Chemung Co., NY, died 13 MAR 1918 in Rochester, NY and is also buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Letter from Janet Loop: My records show Peter P. Loop son of D.J.M. Loop died 1886 at Nanticoke, Pa. From The Historical Record of the Wyoming Valley, 1887 Vol. I, p. 62: An Eventful Career. A native of Wilkes-Barre who passed away through two wars, was attacked with Chagres fever in South America, narrowly escaped assassination in Missouri and finally met death by accident. The Rochester Union and Advertiser has an interesting biographical sketch of our former townsman W. R. Loop, whose death by accident has already been noted in the Record. His career was so eventful that we believe our readers will be glad to peruse such portions of it as we can make room for: At St. Louis at the breaking out of the Mexican War, he enlisted as a private, continuing in the army until the end of the war. He was in the regiment under Col. Donophan when the famous march was made under Gen. Kearney from St. Louis to Santa Fe. This was in 1846. The regiment was disbanded at Santa Fe, the soldiers finding their way back to St. Louis on foot in squads of six to ten. Soon after his return to St. Louis he embarked in the mercantile business with a Mr. Brand (a creole). The business was continued until the great fire, about 1849, when he was joined by his brother Edward. This was the year that the cholera prevailed to such an alarming extent, very many persons fleeing from the city. Not so with Loop. He remained perserveringly, attending to his business, striving and succeeding in paying his debts, though the insurance companies paid him only 50 cents on the dollar, the severity of their losses compellig them in this course. These were blue times for Loop; he paid hisdebts, but only had enough money remaining to purchase him an outfit for a journey across the plains in 1850 to California, which was coming into notice about this time. He made the journey with five companions, on foot, having ox teams to carry their luggage. The panic of 1851 being precipitated soon after he returned from California, and in order to economize he shipped as a common sailor before the mast, down the Pacific coast to Nicaraugua, thence through the Nicaragua river and lake to Greytown, where he had a violent attack of the Chagres fever caused by exposure in the raining season, under a burning sun. From Greytown he took the steamer Daniel Webster to New York, being only just alive when the steamer arrived. On recovering from this tedious and dangerous illness, lasting the entire winter, he found his way to Hannibal, Mo., where he was employed by Mr. I. R. Selms, an old and highly respected merchant. Here he purchased a nice residence and had his mother and sister with him. He remained at Hannibal until the exciting secession times (preceding the Rebellion) staunchly maintaining his character of a Union man, loving his country and willing to make any sacrifice. It will be remembered that the Union men, living on the borders between the Northern or free States, and the Southern, or slave States, were in most trying positions. No one probably suffered more for his loyalty than Mr. Loop. The men treated him cruelly, and the women pointed their fingers at him in scorn and derision in the streets. Yet he was not to be swerved a hair's breadth from the line of duty, as he understood it. An acquaintance came near to him one day in his place of business, when suddenly, withoug warning of any kind, gave him a violent blow on the head with a brick, evidently intending to kill him. He concluded after this occurence that it was not safe for him to remain there, so he severed his connection with Mr. Selms, much to the sorrow and regret of the latter, himself a Union man, who was ruined by the hatred of the Secessionists, and compelled a short time after Mr. Loop's departure to go himself. On leaving Hannibal, Loop came east, visiting Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the home of his childhood. It was there that he enlisted among the "Emergency Men" at the call of the State government in the summer of 1863. After being mustered out of service on this occasion he returned to Wilkes-Barre, and after a very brief period he enlisted again, this time at the call of the general government, for three years of the war in the 143rd regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. This regiment was in the brigade, which was under the lamented Gen. Wadsworth, which went through the battles in Virginia. On the seventh day of the nine days' battle of the Wilderness he (Loop) received a bullet through his hip, which wounded him so severely that he was incapacitated for severe manual labor during the remainder of his life. He was taken to the Douglas Hospital in Washington and from there he was transferred to the City Hospital in Rochester. He continued to reside here up to the day of his death, which occurred within one day of his sixty-fifth birthday. An exemplary Christian, a faithful, loving son, brother and friend, his like will not soon be found again. The Historical Record of the Wyoming Valley, 1908, V. 14, p 181: Death of Judge Loop. (Daily Record, May 18, 1906.) Yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock occurred the death, at his home on South River street, of Judge J. M. Loop, one of the oldest members of the Luzerne County bar. He was stricken with paralysis last Tuesday and his condition at once became so critical that the end was foreseen. At no time did he rally sufficiently to give his relatives any encouragement. Judge Loop was 83 years of age and he is survived by his invalid wife; a twin brother, Edward S. Loop of South Main street; a younger brother, Rev. DeWitt Clinton Loop of Baltimore; and a sister, Mrs. Sidney Roby of Rochester. John Miller Loop - he was popularly known as D. J. M. Loop, although the first initial was not part of his name - was born in Elmira, N.Y., in 1823. He was educated at the old Wilkes-Barre Academy and graduated from Dickinson College in 1844. After reading law with an Elmira preceptor he removed to Illinois and practiced his profession in that State for some months. In 1849 he removed to Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, and in a few months was elected the first district attorney of Columbia County. He was also admitted to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. In 1864 he came back to Pennsylvania and practiced his profession in Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre, as well as in Lancastr County. In 1870 he again went West, this time to Missouri. He located in Newton County and later went to Joplin, Jasper County, at which place he was elected judge. In 1879 he went to Kansas, in 1880 to Waverly, N.Y., and in 1882 he returned again to pennsylvania and practiced in Nanticoke and in Wilkes-Barre. Judge Loop was descended from Revolutionary stock. His mother was a daughter of Gen. William Ross, Sr., who came to the Wyoming Valley in 1775 and after the massacre, the rest of the family having been separated in that awful slaughter, he and his mother escaped by way of Nescopeck. After their return he joined the army and won his title of general. In 1812 he was elected to the Senate. During the troubles after the massacre Gen. (then Captain) Ross played a conspicuous part... AIS microfiche index: LOOP, William R., El Dorado Co., CA, 254, Weaverville, 1850 Service record, Mexican War: W.R. Loop, 2nd (Mounted) Mo., Capt. Edmonson's Co., DeKalb Rangers, mounted volunteers. muster in: Ft. Leavenworth, Aug 10, 1846, valuation of horse $55 valuation of equipment $12 Wm. R. Loop, private, Co B 2 Regt (Price's) Mo. Mounted Riflemen appears on muster: June 12, 1846 to Dec 31, 1846 joined May 30, 1846, St. Louis, Mo. Feb and March, 1847 on duty Jan 1 1847 to Apr 30 1847 muster out: private, Sante Fe, NM, June 30, 1847