Gazlay Family History
William Henry Loomis
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
William Henry Loomis7 (Maria Purdy,6 Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
William Henry Loomis7 (Maria Purdy,6 Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Anson C. Loomis (23 July 1807 - 21 May 1856) |
| Mother | Maria Purdy (25 November 1811 - 9 December 1883) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 19 October 2022; Last Edited: 23 October 2022 |
| Person ID | 12531 |
| Name | William Henry Loomis |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 28 February 18411 |
| Died | 16 June 1908 in Border City, Seneca County, New York2 |
| Buried | in Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York3 |
Biography
From the Geneva Daily Times and Courier newspaper: William H. Loomis, a recluse aged about 68 years, was found dead lying in a pool of blood back of the bar in the little shack in which he conducted a small saloon and made his home at about a quarter of eight this morning.2
Sources
- Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America and his Antecedents in the Old World, the original published by Elias Loomis LLD. 1875, Revised by Elisha S. Loomis Ph.D. 1908. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Family of 1518. Anson C. Loomis and Maria Purdy, married on 2 November 1835, and including the names and birth dates of their four children: Henry B., Van Wyck, William Henry, and Lafayette.
- Deaths, Geneva Daily Times and Courier, Geneva, New York, 17 June 1908, Brutal Murder at Border City. The article details the murder of William H. Loomis the day before [16 June] in the saloon he operated in Border City [a hamlet of Waterloo, Seneca County, New York]. The article mentions that he is the nephew of Henry Loomis and the brother of Van Wyck Loomis.
- Find a Grave (website). Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York, William H. Loomis, born: unknown; died: unknown (from record, which includes a note naming his parents, grandparents, and wife).