Luther Loomis
1816–28 September 1837 (Age 21)
Arbuckle, Mason, West Virginia, United States
The Life of Luther
When Luther Loomis was born in 1816, in Arbuckle, Mason, West Virginia, United States, his father, Calvin Loomis, was 50 and his mother, Alice Green, was 39. He died on 28 September 1837, at the age of 21, and was buried in Rushville, Gorham, Ontario, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Calvin Loomis
1766–1840
Alice Green
1777–1857
Erastus Loomis
1810–1812
Erastus Loomis
1813–
Oren Greene Loomis
1814–
Luther Loomis
1816–1837
Parents and Siblings
1766–1840Male
1777–1857Female
siblings
(4)
1810–1812Male
1813–Female
1814–Male
1816–1837Male
World Events (3)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 3
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 4
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
Age 11
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a lost place near Bury in Lancashire, recorded in the Middle Ages as Lumhalghs, and apparently named with the Old English elements lumm ‘pool’ + halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Luther Loomis, "Find A Grave Index"
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