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Martin Looney and family lived in Bastrop Co., Texas, in 1880 and at that time he signed a power-of-attorney to his brother A.J. Looney to sell his property in Goliad Co. Among the children of Martin Van Buren and Sarah (Best) Looney were:
Benjamin 6 Boatwright Looney b. ca1858. Lived at Mineral,
Bee Co., Texas. His g.dau., Mrs. C.C. Jackson, lives
in Savinal, Texas.
Margaret 6 Looney b. ca 1860, m. Paul Reed, Esquimaux, Texas.
Edward 6 Looney b. ca 1864. Reported unmarried.
Martin Van Buren Looney married (2) reportedly at Austin, Texas, and had at
least 3 children:
Lowery 5 Booker Looney (Absalom 4, Absalom 3) was born in Alabama
5 Dec. 1830 and married in Mississippi 20 Jan. 1853 Mary An Hughes born
Tennessee 1829. They lived in Tishomingo Co., Miss., at the 1860 census and
had children:
John 6 Franklin Looney b. 1 April 1854. See * below.
James 6 Owen Looney b. 26 Nov. 1855. See * below.
William 6 M. W. Looney.
Tennessee 6 Frances Alabama Looney b. 18 May 1860, d. 6 Oct.
1918; m. ____Westerford. Ch. all of Marietta, Miss.:
Amanda Weatherford m. ___Ivy. ( Several ch)
Yettie Weatherford m. ____Writht. (No Issue)
James Weatherford. (4 ch)
Monroe Weatherford. (4 ch)
Paninah 6 Looney b. 17 Aug. 1862, d. 20 June 1894.
Lucy 6 Luvena Looney b. 17 Feb. 1864, d. 21 Feb. 1864.
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Margaret 6 Melvina Looney b. 12 May 1866, d. 22 Dec. 1887;
M.E. Hollandsworth.
Oscar 6 Hughes Looney b. 2 Feb. 1868. See***below.
* * * *
Additional descendants of Lowery 6 Booker Looney (Transferred from their regular
sequential positions above):
*John 6 Franklin Looney (Lowery 5 Booker, Absalom 4, Absalom 3)
was b. 1 April 1854 in Miss. and d. 4 May 1914 at Nashville,
Tenn. He m. 13 July 1876 Nancy Courley and their ch. were:
William 7 Lowery Looney b. 26 June 1877, d. 23 June 1932;
m. Dec. 1924 Rosalee Dortch and had
Charles Looney of Nashville.
Luke 7 Looney b. 9 June 1882, m. ____Evans, no issue;
Corinth, Miss.
Lola 7 Looney b. Feb. 1884, d. 30 Aug. 1945; m 1909
Jess Waddell; no. ch.
Arthur 7 Looney b. 1 Aug. 186, d. 16 June 1951; m.
Mabel Davis. They had:
Phillip Looney b. 1927, Lancaster, Calif; children.
Richard Looney b. Feb. 1931; Phoenix, Ariz.
Henry 7 Oscar Looney b. 1888, m. 25 Oct. 1922 Bess Jones.
Had:
Thomas Looney of Nashville.
Myrtie 7 Looney b. 28 Aug. 1891, m. 1922 C. A. Anderson.
They had:
Charles Arnold Anderson b. 7 Feb. 1924
Betty Sue Anderson b. 4 Sept. 1930.
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Pearl 7 Looney b. 26 Dec., d. 25 Aug. 1940; m. C. Guy
Bolton.
Their ch. were:
Frank Hartwelll Bolton.
Edith Pearl Bolton m. ___ Kemper.
Ollie 7 Looney b. 16 Aug. 1896, c. March 1956, 3 daus.;
Flint, Mich.
Autie 7 Looney b. 19 Oct. 1898; m. Andy Seygorth, no
ch.; Los Angeles, Calif.
Nonus 7 Looney b. 12 Feb. 1900, m. 9 May 1931, Margaret
Hurst. Children:
Nancy Jane Looney b. 15 July 1934.
David Looney b. 26 Feb. 1937.
**James 6 Owen Looney (Lowery 5 Booker, Absalom 4, Absalom 3)
was b. 26 Nov. 1855, d. 26 Sept. 1918; m. [a9 may be 19? wbl]
9 Dec. 1885, Virginia Dean. They lived in Tishomingo and Alcorn
Cos. Miss., where James Owen Looney taught school for a lifetime.
He was also Superintendent of Schools in Alcorn Co. and once
represented those counties in the State Senate. Mrs. Looney
contributed family data in 1943.
Their ch. were:
Ruth 7 Looney b. April 1887; m. 1923 to Pearl Gwinn,
Sheffield, Ala.
Ernestine 7 Looney b. Feb. 1890; m. (1) Stacey and
(2) Hymie Fisher and had 2 daus.:
Virginia Dean Fisher m. (1) Walter White. (3 s.
and 1 daus.)
Margaret Fisher.
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Prentiss 7 Looney b. 3 Feb. 1895; m. J.B. Watson. (no ch)
Hester 7 Looney, teacher, Shreveport, La.; d. unm,
Victoria 7 Looney m. A. E. Reason, Sheffield, Ala. (no ch)
Judge James 7 Cullen Looney, Edinburg, Texas, m. June
1933 Margaret Montgomery. Children:
Margaret Louisa Looney.
De Ette Looney.
James Cullen Looney, Jr.
Mildred 7 Looney, librarian, Sylvania, Ca.
Agnes 7 Looney b. ca 1908, m. Perry Sawyer. Children:
Jane Dean Sawyer, m. Ralph Taeuber.
Ruth Sawyer, airline stewardess. (A son.)
Oscar 6 Hughes Looney (Lowery 5 Booker, Absalom 4, Absalom 3) was
b. 2 Feb. 1868, d. 15 July 1938; m. 19 Nov. 1913 Myrtle Owens
b. July 1885. They lived in Nashville, Tenn. and had "the family
Bible." Mrs. Looney wrote Sunday School lessons for the Baptist S.S.
Board. In 1963 she contributed much family data. Their ch. were:
Agnes 7 Steadman Looney b. 26 Sept. 1915, m. 1 July
1942 Russel McGlothlin of Portland, Tenn. Children:
James Hughes McGlothlin b. 10 Feb. 1947.
William Steadman McGlothlin b. 27 July 1951.
Ann 7 Hughes Looney b. 26 Sept. 1915, m. 19 Nov. 1941
H. C. Cole of Franklin, Tenn. Children:
Polly Ann Cole b. 3 Feb. 1945.
Sarah Lee Cole b. 19 Nov. 1947.
Carolyn Clark Cole b. 12 Nov. 1951.
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Myrtle 7 Owens Looney b. 4 Oct. 1917, m. 22 June 1946
Richard B. Polton, Sellersburg, Ind. Children:
William David Pelton b. 28 May 1947.
Pamela Owens Pelton b. 29 Aug. 1950.
"Early Looneys in America"
by Leroy W. Tilton
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