HUSBAND..(full name ): LOOP, Henry H. BORN.....(date/place): 15 FEB 1827 ______, Chautauqua, NY CHR......(date/place): MAR......(date/place): 30 JUN 1864 Dewittville, Chautauqua, NY DIED.....(date/place): 10 JAN 1911 Fredonia, Chautauqua, NY BUR......(date/place): 12 JAN 1911 Mayville, Chautauqua, NY HUSBAND'S FATHER.....: LOOP, Henry or John Compiled by: HUSBAND'S MOTHER.....: Victor L. Bennison HUSBAND'S OTHER WIVES: 2 Georgetown Drive ---------------------------------------------------------- Amherst, NH 03031 WIFE.....(full name ): MARSH, Luana BORN.....(date/place): 1846 NY CHR......(date/place): DIED.....(date/place): between 1880 and 1890 BUR......(date/place): Mayville, Chautauqua, NY WIFE'S FATHER........: MARSH, Merritt WIFE'S MOTHER........: REED, Olive WIFE'S OTHER HUSBANDS: FILE: LOOPHE.FGSV ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ # / | CHILDREN | WHEN | WHERE OR TO WHOM | SEX | surname / given names | | town, county, state or country | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------| 1.* | LOOP, Bertha Edith |b. 5 NOV 1870 | near Brockton, Chautauqua, NY | F | |m. 18 AUG 1891 | SMITH, Oscar Elwood | | |d. 25 JUL 1940 | Houghton, Allegany, NY | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ 2. | LOOP, Myrtle |b. around 1870 | | F | |m. 1907 | OTTAWAY, Matthew | | |d. about 1908 | | ----+-------------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+ NOTES: From the various sources below one could gather that Henry Loop's year of birth was 1827, 1829, 1832, 1834, 1838, or 1844 and the month of birth February or July. I think Henry played fast and loose with his date of birth. We can be fairly certain of his date of death, it's hard to fib about that. Certificate of Death: Village of Fredonia; Full name: Henry H. Loop; Date of birth: 15 FEB 1827; Aged: 83 years, 10 months, 25 days; Occupation: farmer; Birthplace: Chautauqua County, NY; Father's Name: John LOOP; Birthplace of Father: Germany; Mother's name: don't know; Informant: Bertha E. Smith of Fredonia; Date of Death: 10 JUL 1911; Cause: valvular disease of heart; Contributory: dropsy; Place of burial: Mayville, NY; Date of burial: 12 JAN 1911; Records Chautauqua County Courthouse, Mayville, NY: Index of Deeds: Henry Loop appears in 1855, 1874, 1879, and 1885 From 27 JUN 1879: Henry Loop and Luana his wife of the town of Chautauqua... 4th Twsp 13th Range, beginning at center of highway from Mayville to Ellicottville... 27 acres. Mayville Cemetery Inscriptions: Henry Loop 1838 - 1911 Mrs. Henry Loop no dates Bertha E. Smith 7/25/40 1850 Census of Crawford County PA, town of Athens: Merritt Marsh age 44 farmer born NY Olive age 34 born NY [7 children including:] Luania age 4 born NY [see full listing of children in chart 13.02] Caption on photos owned by DeLeo (Smith) (Douglas) Garner and now in the possession of her son Ellwood Douglas: (1) Myrtie Loop, 1907 abt 37 years, in wedding dress, Matthew Ottaway of Westfield (lived one year). 1900 Census of Chautauqua town, Chautauqua County, NY, Volume 18, E.D. 78, Sheet 1: Loop, Henry farmer widower born July 1844 NY father born Germany mother born England reads, writes and speaks English, rents farm #13 1880 Census of Chautauqua town, Chautauqua County, NY, Volume 9, E.D. 4 3, Sheet 17: Loop, Henry age 46 farmer born NY father born mother born Luana 36 keeping house NY father born NY mother born NY E. Myrtle 13 at school NY father born NY mother born NY E. Bertha 9 at school NY father born NY mother born NY 1865 Census of Chautauqua Twp, Chautauqua Co., NY, 13 JUN 1865: 117 121 frame house worth $200 Henry Loop age 32 born Chautauqua County 1st marriage farmer voter owns land Loana Marsh age 22 wife born PA 1st marriage, no children 116 Sherwood Marsh age 62 born Cayuga Betsy Marsh age 60 wife born Cayuga, mother of three marriages during year ending 1 JUN 1865: Henry Loop, 31, single, and Loana (Marsh) Loop, 21, single, 30 JUN in Dewittville by a Justice of the Peace. agricultural information: Henry Loop, 65 acres improved, 80 unimproved, value of farm $5800, value of stock $1200, value of tools $200, 10 acres plowed, 40 acres pasture, 35 acres meadow, 35 tons hay, 2 acres wheat for 12 bushels, 6 acres oats for 75 bushels, 3 acres corn for 100 bushels, 1/2 acre potatoes for 45 bushels, 200 apple trees for 150 bushels and 1 barrel cider, 180 lbs maple sugar, 1 gallon maple molasses, 3 calves, 14 cows for 1200 lbs butter, 1 cow slaughtered, 2 horses, 3 pigs, 2 pigs slaughtered for 250 lbs pork, 20 sheep shorn for 70 lbs wool, poultry worth $5, eggs worth $16, 70 yards of flannel. 1860 Census of Ellery Town (Dewittville), Chautauqua County, NY: 2649-2618 Nicolas Thumb age 86 Farmer born NY Anna " age 74 Housekeeper born NY Angeline " age 47 House work born NY Laura Hiser age 42 House work born NY Henry Loop age 28 Farm laborer born NY Elizabeth Strong age 24 House work born NY William " age 2 born NY 1855 Census of Ellery Town, Chautauqua County, NY: house# 55, value $800, family# 55 Nicolas Thum age 81, born Herkimer Co., in town 33 yrs Anna age 68, born Columbia Co., 2nd wife Angeline age 42, born Herkimer Co., daughter Laura Hiser age 36, born Onondaga Co., daughter Henry Loop age 26, born unknown, adopted son, farmer George Chipman age 28, born Penn., hired servant, farmer 1850 Census of Onondaga County, Clay Township: 681 684 Martin Loop age 48 carpenter born NY Hannah Loop age 40 born ? George Loop age 21 boatman born NY Betsy Loop age 18 born NY Henry Loop age 14 born NY Ephraim Loop age 6 born NY [some non-Loops] Henry Loop age 21 born NY 1850 Census of Ellery Town, Chautauqua County, NY: 2354-2430 Nicolas Thumb age 76 Farmer $8400 born NY Anna " age 64 born NY Angeline " age 36 born NY Laura Hiser age 32 born NY Elijah Greene age 24 Farm laborer born NY 1840 Census of Ellery Town, Chautauqua County, NY: Nicolas Thumb 2 males 20 < 30 1 male 60 < 70 1 female 10 < 15 2 females 20 < 30 1 female 50 < 60 1830 Census of Chautauqua County, NY, Ellicott Township: Henry Loop 1 male under 5 1 female 5 and under 10 1 male 5 and under 10 1 female 30 and under 40 1 male 15 and under 20 1 male 30 and under 40 Jessemin [?] Drake (next door) 1835 NY State Census, Chautauqua County, Ellicott Twp, not Jamestown: John Loop 6 males, 3 females, 1 male 16 to 45, 1 male voter 1 married female under 45, 1 unmarried 16 to 45, no unmarried females under 16, 1 male birth in year. 5 acres improved, 1 cow, no horses, pigs or sheep. Jessamin Drake, same page 5 males, 2 females James Drake, same page 1 male, 1 female From a letter from Leon Niles or Dewittville, NY: Nicholas Thum 1774 - 1864, son of Melchior and Elizabeth Thumb Nicholas m. 1st in 1800 Margaret 1780 - 1808 Nicholas m. 2nd in 1809 Anna Ackley 1786 - 1869 Children: Caty 1801 - 1810 Ira 1811 - 1811 Melchert 1804 Angeline 1812 - 1897 Elizabeth 1804 Asa 1815 - 1880 Ann 1815 - 1860 Laura 1818 Mary 1810 Elizabeth 1818 Notes of Ray Douglas: 1804 Henry went to Chautauqua Co., as a pioneer. His son Henry married Louana Marsh. Two children: Bertha and Myrtle. Chautauqua County Court Records, County Clerk's Office, Mayville: Judgement Docket, 1830-1841 John Townshend vs. Henry Loop and Amas Gilson; charges $77.68, costs $15.16, total $97.84; filed 30 Aug. 1831; attorney: J. Wait; 16 June 1837, satisifed. Chautauqua County Deeds: 70:488 7 NOV 1855, Peter E. Freeman and Anna his wife of the Town of Chautauqua, for $1000, to Henry Loop of the Town of Ellery, land in the Town of Chautauqua, part of Lot 10 in Township 4, Range 13 of the Holland Land Company Purchase, 49 92/100 acres. 103:1 29 APR 1864, Henry Loop of the Town and County of Chautauqua, for $1250, to James T. Crandall of the same place, land in Chautauqua Co., Lot 10 in Township 4, Range 13 of Holland Land Company Survey, 49 92/100 acres. Chautauqua county Surrogate's Court: I, Henry Loop, of the Village of Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, being of sound mind and memory do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in the manner following, to wit: First: I direct the payment of my just debts and funeral expenses. Second: I give, devise and bequeath all of my property, both read, personal and mixed to my daughter, Bertha Edith Smith and her heirs forever. Lastly: I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my said daughter Bertha Edith Smith sole executrix of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof, I ahve hereunto subscribed my name this eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord 1910. Witnessed by Oscar E. Smith and H. A. Clark both of Fredonia. Noted as deceased 25 JAN 1911.