Robert Looney Jr. Branch
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Annora E. Looney b. 20 June 1874, d. 2 Feb. 1949; m. 2 Feb.
1896 Nicholas Lone, d. 23 Apr. 1947.
(One child).
W. I. (or J.) Reed Looney b. 24 May 1876, d. 20 July 1939; m. Mabel
Davis. (Two children).
Walter Ottis Looney b. 29 Dec. 1879, d. 8 Oct. 1918; m. 8 Feb 1901
Myrtle Wilson. (No children).
Albert Dennis Looney b. 8 Mar. 1881, d. 24 Jun 1942; m. 4 Dec. 1901
Clara Cruse.William 6 Marion Looney (Isaac 5, John 4, Benjamin 3) was born 31 Oct. 1829 in the present Monroe County, Mo., died 4 Feb. 1913; married by T.J. Kelley, minister, 5 May 1848, to Dorcas Looney (his second cousin) who was b. 5 April 1827, d. 1891, daughter of Allen 5 (Isam 4, Benjamin 3) Looney. He married (2) 1892 Sally Ann Fuller, who d. 1937.
Louisa 6 Looney (Isaac 5, John 4, Benjamin 3) was born 12 June 1834, probably in the present Monroe County, Mo. She died 17 Apr. 1920. Her marriage to Alfred A. Stephen Demondson took place 16 Sept. 1852 in Greene County, Mo. He was born 5 Mar. 1833, died 22 Dec. 1904.
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Arthur Looney (Isaac 5, John 4, Benjamin 3) was born 16 July 1838 at about the time his parents removed from Monroe to Greene County, Mo. He died 27 Nov. 1912; married (1) 29 Feb. 1864 in Polk County, Mo., Sarah Corbin. They eloped to Illinois, and she died ca 1865 and was buried with their first child. Her father hired Wm. M. Looney to go to Illinois by wagon and bring back the bodies to Missouri for reburial.
Arthur Looney married (2) 26 Aug. 1866, Nancy J. Hineshaw (?) d. 24 Jan. 1916. They had the following children according to Mrs. Robert Brim Looney of Dickinson, North Dakota:
William Looney
Virgil Looney b. ca 1873
Jennie Looney b. ca 1875; m. Jacob Oxley
Rose Looney b. ca 1877; m. _____ Hall
Anna (Toad) Looney b. ca 1879; first grade teacher for 25 years
at Walnut Grove, Mo.
Lula Looney b. ca 1881; m. _____ Gifford.
James (Jack) Looney b. ca 1883, depot agent, d. 1935.
Robert Brim Looney b. 23 Sept. 1885, d. 11 Sept. 1938; m. 12 Feb.
1913 Bessie Raines, b. 5 Aug. 1890.
Samuel Looney b. ca 1887, d. 1932 or 1933; m. 8 Aug.1912
Nora Canfield.
End Page - 112 -David 6 R. Looney (Isaac 5, John 4, Benjamin 3) was born in 1840 in Greene County, Mo., married 17 July 1859 Mary E. Simpson. David and Mary Looney were enumerated in Jackson Township, Polk County, Mo., in 1860 with no children. On 1 Mar. 1864 David R. and wife Mary E. made a deed to Wm. Looney for the NE ¼ of Section 13 and the SE ¼ of Section 12, Twp. 31, Range 14, in Greene and Polk Counties. This deed was for the interest of David R. Looney in lands of his father Isaac 5 Looney. Thus David R. certainly was not "killed at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark." In March of 1862, "or at Chickamagua" in 1863. He may have died or been killed during the Civil War.
Their daughter Annie R. Looney was reared in part by Louisa (Looney) Edmondson. She married 16 May 1885 Samuel Box and had 12 children, including Pierce Box. David’s widow, as Sarah E. Looney, married 26 June 1873, Samuel J. Nash.
Kennon 6 Pain (or Preston) Looney (Absalom 5, John 4, Benjamin 3) was born in 1835. He married 23 Nov. 1854 Mary M. Malroy (or Maloy) in Polk County and had:
Samuel Looney b. ca 1859. See 1860 census Polk Co., Mo.
Mary Belle Looney (1880-85) in Iowa. Married James D. Jones
(buried in Levade Cemetery) and had children:
Charles Jones
Albert Jones of Penalosa, Kansas
Carl D. Jones of Penalosa, Kansas
Vernon P. Jones
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Iva Jones, m. Dick Hoskins of
Penalosa
Edith Jones, m. John Duncan
Ethel Jones, m. Clyde Beymer of
Lakin, Kansas.
Archibald 6 Jesse Looney (Absalom 5, John 4, Benjamin 3) was born ca 1839 in
Polk County, died March 1905. He served in the U.S. Army, 1863-65; was a
Methodist Minister, and storekeeper at Lockwood, Mo.
Married (1) 7 July 1859 Larinda Maloy in Polk County. Had a son,
Bud Looney by first (or second) marriage.
Married (2) 25 May 1865 Mary T. Meek, buried Lockwood, Mo.
Married (3) 11 Jan. 1899, Lockwood, Mo., Alena Maude Smith (b. 29 Sept.
1874, Heason, Tenn., d. 3 July 1844, Watertown, S.D.; daughter
of John and Elizabeth (Waters) Smith) and had:
Charles Smith Looney b. 26 June 1900; m. 29 Aug. 1924 Muriel
Dodd. Lived at Twin Falls, Idaho, and had:
Richard Dodd Looney b. 23 Apr. 1925
Mary Elizabeth Looney, b. 20 July 1926
Charles Robert Looney, b. 7 Feb. 1928
Patricia Ann Looney, b. 17 Mar. 1935
James Oliver Looney, b. & d. 1942
Daniel Stephen Looney, b. 16 Apr. 1946
Luther Chapman Looney b. 30 Dec. 1901
Otto Harold Looney 20 Mar. 1903, d. 20 Mar. 1949
End Page - 114 -John F. Looney (Allen 5, Isam 4, Benjamin 3) was born 25 Sept. 1834, d. 11 April 1917. He married 25 Nov. 1858 Spicey Cassander Appleby, b. 13 Jan. 1842 (daughter of William), d. 20 Jan. 1927. They lived near Walnut Grove and had seven children, including:
Elminie Jane Looney b. 3 Dec. 1859, d. 6 Jan. 1877.
Emules Walter Looney b. 17 Jan. 1866, d. 15 June 1915; m. 27 Oct.
1892 Ida Lawrencel
Welden Glover Looney b. 13 Nov. 1868, d. 4 April 1917, unmarried.
Orville Allen Looney b. 24 Oct. 1871, Walnut Grove; m. 3 Feb. 1901
Lillie Belle Wheeler, b. 8 Aug. 1877, d. 2 Nov.
1959. Their children:
Allen Looney, b. April 1915
Marjorie Eunice Looney, b. 27 May
1907, m. Paul Fite, Tulsa, Ok.
Cora Annie Looney b. 21 July 1872, m. John A. J. Kelly.
Lillie Bell Looney b. 15 Jan. 1879, m. Cooper Jones.
Dela Overia Looney b. 6 May 1885, d. 13 Dec. 1886.William 6 January Looney (Benjamin 5, Isam 4, Benjamin 3) was born ca January 1836, probably in northern Alabama. He married in Missouri 12 Jan. 1855 Malissa Strong and went to Oklahoma and/or Texas, then returned to Missouri. They had nine children, including:
Benjamin F. Looney of Republic, Mo.
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