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Leah Loomis

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Leah Loomis

Birth
Lexington County, South Carolina, USA
Death
12 Jun 1883 (aged 70)
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Square 38, Lot 18, Grave 11
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She can be found on the 1850 US Census for Columbia, Richland, SC at age 38 living with Cyrenus, age 45, who is a marshall at SC College, and Charles E., 16, Mary L., 14, Sarah E., 12, John H., 10, Hayne H., 8, Lavinia, 6, and Cornelia, 9/12. She was born in SC as were all her children. Cyrenus was born in NY.

Found in the book, Death and Marriage Announcements From the Columbia Daily Register, January 1878 through December 1885, Volume One, abstracted by Mark J. Lynn, 2007, page 104: Wed., Jun. 13, 1883: Mrs. Leah Loomis, a native of Lexington but a resident of Columbia for the greater portion of her life, died at her residence on Pendleton street yesterday afternoon, in the seventieth year of her age, after an illness of four or five days...She leaves two sons and three daughters and a number of grandchildren, all of whom except one are absent in other states.

The funeral invitation was found in the Columbia Daily Register 15 June 1883.
She can be found on the 1850 US Census for Columbia, Richland, SC at age 38 living with Cyrenus, age 45, who is a marshall at SC College, and Charles E., 16, Mary L., 14, Sarah E., 12, John H., 10, Hayne H., 8, Lavinia, 6, and Cornelia, 9/12. She was born in SC as were all her children. Cyrenus was born in NY.

Found in the book, Death and Marriage Announcements From the Columbia Daily Register, January 1878 through December 1885, Volume One, abstracted by Mark J. Lynn, 2007, page 104: Wed., Jun. 13, 1883: Mrs. Leah Loomis, a native of Lexington but a resident of Columbia for the greater portion of her life, died at her residence on Pendleton street yesterday afternoon, in the seventieth year of her age, after an illness of four or five days...She leaves two sons and three daughters and a number of grandchildren, all of whom except one are absent in other states.

The funeral invitation was found in the Columbia Daily Register 15 June 1883.

Gravesite Details

Transcribed from the book Interment Records of Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC (three volumes)



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  • Created by: rdsxfan
  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95525187/leah-loomis: accessed ), memorial page for Leah Loomis (2 Aug 1812–12 Jun 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95525187, citing Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by rdsxfan (contributor 47525613).