Ralph was born in the Town of Hubbard, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States
Died in the Town of Sherman, Dunn County Wisconsin
Biographical Information of Ralph Loomis
History of Dunn County Wisconsin page 588 - 590
Ralph W. Loomis, who during an active career of many years was connected with several lines of industry, including farming, was born in the town of Hubbard, Dodge County, Wis., on Oct. 15, 1855, son of Richard E. and Irene (Whitney) Loomis. Both parents were born in Rutland, VT., the father, who was of English ancestry, in 1815, and the mother in 1818. The latter's ancestors were Scotch, and it is said that one of them was a member of the Plymouth Colony, having come to this country in the Mayflower in 1620. Richard E. Looms and Irene Whitney were married in Vermont, and settled in Dodge County, Wisconsin, before the breaking out of the Civil War and at a time when there was only a log cabin and a tavern on the site of the present city of Milwaukee. Mr. Loomis was the first white man to ford the Rock River at Hustisford--the first at least of whom there is any record. He and his family wee living in Dodge County when the war broke out. They were probably poor, as he enlisted at once, entering a Wisconsin infantry regiment, with which he went to Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River. While there he became nearly blind and was released from service and sent to Milwaukee for treatment. On his eyesight being restored, he re-enlisted, and being assigned to the Seventh Wisconsin Battery, served till the close of the war. He had expected that during his absence from home his wife and children would be looked after by the neighbors, as he had the latter's' assurance to that effect, but they failed to keep their promise and his family were at times in sore straits, Mrs. Loomis after the end of the first year being thrown entirely upon her own resources, the children not being able to help on account of their being too young. She was obliged to work very hard, spinning yarn, sometimes all night, with an old fashioned spinning-wheel, or doing, any honest work that would bring in a dollar, or even a few cents. For days and even weeks she and her children lived on shorts and bran without any other food, but though often hungry they managed to survive. Those wee much harder times than people in recent years have had to go through; and in many cases the head of the family never came back from the war, or came back a cripple or otherwise impaired a little after his return. It was not long after that, when Ralph W. was 11 years old, that the family moved to Missouri, driving there in tow wagons and taking six weeks in which to make the trip. They remained there but one year united, as at the end of that time Mr. Loomis, who was engaged in selling a patent-right washer, left his family there and returned to Wisconsin. At the end of six years his family returned to Wisconsin also, driving with one team and taking tow months to make the trip. This was about 1873, and from that time until 1881 they lived at Appleton, Wisconsin. They then came to Dunn County taking land in the town of Sherman, where both parents subsequently died. Their eldest child, a son, Charles, who was old enough at the time of the war to enter the army enlisted and spend three years in the service, at the end of which time he died and was buried in Memphis, Tenn. The other children were: George, deceased; Mary, wife of John Hawthorne of Cheyenne, Okla; Menette, wife of Frank Tanner, also of Cheyenne, Okla; Ralph W., the direct subject of this sketch; Myron, of Spring Valley, Pierce County, and Chester, who is deceased. Ralph W. Loomis had but limited school opportunities. For seven years he resided at Chillicothe, Mo., and then at the age of 21 left home, but he continued to help his parents for a year longer. On returning to Wisconsin he located at Appleton, but in 1876 came to Dunn County. In the summers he was engaged in clearing land and farming but for 21 winters he followed logging, being in partnership up to 1890 with John Hawthorne, and locally for several seasons with Abe C. McDougal, who was prominent in this industry during the eighties. His logging operations wee extensive, along Hay River in Dunn County, and in other sections in this part of the state when the pine was in its prime. One tract of land that he cleared was 80 acres in the town of Hay River, that he had bought in 1883, and on which he erected a good set of frame buildings. In the spring of 1888 he went to Glenwood City, St. Croix County, and entered in the employ of the Glenwood Mill Co., as a saw filer. In 1890 he bought of the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company, 190 acres of timber land in Section 16 town of Sherman, and 160 acres adjoining the Harrington estate, on which latter he made him home, building a log house for a first dwelling, and logging the timber off the Knapp-Stout tract of 190 acres and selling it back to them to pay for his land. He bought 80 acres of his farm under the plow and in 1910 built a good eight-room brick house. While living on this place he was engaged from 1984 to 1896 in the wholesale fruit business. In 1915 he sold out and, going to Downsville, opened a general merchandise store, which he conducted for four and a half years. In 1918 he bought the Ed Peterson place, an improved farm of 80 acres on Section 29, town of Sherman. This was a well improved place, with a good frame house, a tile silo and other buildings on it, located on State Highway No. 79, half way between Menomonie and Boyceville. Moving to this place after selling his Downsville store, Mr. Loomis cultivated it for the rest of his life, clearing 15 additional acres, and keeping grade Holstein cattle with a pure bred sire. He had a good equipment and followed general farming and dairying successfully until his death, which took place Jun 24, 1925. His health had not been good for a year, but he seemed to be regaining it when an attach of pneumonia unexpectedly ended his life. Mr. Loomis was first married on July 3, 1884 to Mary Brewster, who was born in Olmstead County, Minnesota, in 1856, and who was for 11 years a school teacher in Dunn County, Wisconsin. They were married in the Hotel Nicolet, Minneapolis, Minn., and lived in happy wedlock for over 11 years when Mrs. Mary Loomis died, in September, 1895. She had borne him three children; Chalres, now of St. Paul, Minn.; Harold B., a salesman residing in Menomonie, and Brewster, who is deceased. Charles, who enlisted for World War service, trained at various camps, but owing to an attack of the "flu," from which he nearly died, he did not go over seas with his regiment, though he was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the Tank Corps, and was in New Jersey ready to leave when the armistice was signed. Harold B. was married July 1, 1919, to Faith Clark of Menomonie and they have one child, Harold B., Jr. On April 13, 1898, Mr. Loomis married, secondly, Evelyn Burrett who was born Nov. 13, 1876, in Trempealeau, Wis., in Trempealeau County on the Mississippi River, daughter of William H. and Emeline (Decker) Burrett. The children of this second marriage were: Gladys L., born Sept. 18, 1900; and Florence I., born Aug. 29, 1904. The former, Gladys, was married in October, 1921, to Raymond Hosford, who was born in Menomonie, where he was reared. After this country entered into the World War, he enlisted on April 18, 1917--only 12 days after the United States declared war on Germany--becoming a member in the local company, Co. H, 32nd Regt., W. N. G. He was sent to Superior for training, and from there to Camp McArthur at Waco, Texas,as a member of the 28th Inf., 32nd Division. He was transferred to Co. I, 29th Inf., First Division, and went overseas in February 1918, after his arrival being immediately sent into the trenches. At Cantigny on June 19 her received 14 shrapnel wounds and was subsequently discharged as 50 per cent disabled. In 1923 the government sent him to California University, where he studied tow years. he is now a student at Corvallis College, Oregon, where he will graduate with the class of 1926. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hosford have two children, Ray, Jr., and Robert. Florence I. Loomis born Aug, 29, 1903, is a graduate of the Boyceville High School with the class of 1920, and of the Dunn County, Normal School, class of 1922. She is now a teacher in the Dunn County rural schools. Mr. Loomis is a Blue Lodge Mason and a member of Menomonie Temple No. 64. The family worship with the First Congregational Church of Menomonie.
Died in the Town of Sherman, Dunn County Wisconsin
Biographical Information of Ralph Loomis
History of Dunn County Wisconsin page 588 - 590
Ralph W. Loomis, who during an active career of many years was connected with several lines of industry, including farming, was born in the town of Hubbard, Dodge County, Wis., on Oct. 15, 1855, son of Richard E. and Irene (Whitney) Loomis. Both parents were born in Rutland, VT., the father, who was of English ancestry, in 1815, and the mother in 1818. The latter's ancestors were Scotch, and it is said that one of them was a member of the Plymouth Colony, having come to this country in the Mayflower in 1620. Richard E. Looms and Irene Whitney were married in Vermont, and settled in Dodge County, Wisconsin, before the breaking out of the Civil War and at a time when there was only a log cabin and a tavern on the site of the present city of Milwaukee. Mr. Loomis was the first white man to ford the Rock River at Hustisford--the first at least of whom there is any record. He and his family wee living in Dodge County when the war broke out. They were probably poor, as he enlisted at once, entering a Wisconsin infantry regiment, with which he went to Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River. While there he became nearly blind and was released from service and sent to Milwaukee for treatment. On his eyesight being restored, he re-enlisted, and being assigned to the Seventh Wisconsin Battery, served till the close of the war. He had expected that during his absence from home his wife and children would be looked after by the neighbors, as he had the latter's' assurance to that effect, but they failed to keep their promise and his family were at times in sore straits, Mrs. Loomis after the end of the first year being thrown entirely upon her own resources, the children not being able to help on account of their being too young. She was obliged to work very hard, spinning yarn, sometimes all night, with an old fashioned spinning-wheel, or doing, any honest work that would bring in a dollar, or even a few cents. For days and even weeks she and her children lived on shorts and bran without any other food, but though often hungry they managed to survive. Those wee much harder times than people in recent years have had to go through; and in many cases the head of the family never came back from the war, or came back a cripple or otherwise impaired a little after his return. It was not long after that, when Ralph W. was 11 years old, that the family moved to Missouri, driving there in tow wagons and taking six weeks in which to make the trip. They remained there but one year united, as at the end of that time Mr. Loomis, who was engaged in selling a patent-right washer, left his family there and returned to Wisconsin. At the end of six years his family returned to Wisconsin also, driving with one team and taking tow months to make the trip. This was about 1873, and from that time until 1881 they lived at Appleton, Wisconsin. They then came to Dunn County taking land in the town of Sherman, where both parents subsequently died. Their eldest child, a son, Charles, who was old enough at the time of the war to enter the army enlisted and spend three years in the service, at the end of which time he died and was buried in Memphis, Tenn. The other children were: George, deceased; Mary, wife of John Hawthorne of Cheyenne, Okla; Menette, wife of Frank Tanner, also of Cheyenne, Okla; Ralph W., the direct subject of this sketch; Myron, of Spring Valley, Pierce County, and Chester, who is deceased. Ralph W. Loomis had but limited school opportunities. For seven years he resided at Chillicothe, Mo., and then at the age of 21 left home, but he continued to help his parents for a year longer. On returning to Wisconsin he located at Appleton, but in 1876 came to Dunn County. In the summers he was engaged in clearing land and farming but for 21 winters he followed logging, being in partnership up to 1890 with John Hawthorne, and locally for several seasons with Abe C. McDougal, who was prominent in this industry during the eighties. His logging operations wee extensive, along Hay River in Dunn County, and in other sections in this part of the state when the pine was in its prime. One tract of land that he cleared was 80 acres in the town of Hay River, that he had bought in 1883, and on which he erected a good set of frame buildings. In the spring of 1888 he went to Glenwood City, St. Croix County, and entered in the employ of the Glenwood Mill Co., as a saw filer. In 1890 he bought of the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company, 190 acres of timber land in Section 16 town of Sherman, and 160 acres adjoining the Harrington estate, on which latter he made him home, building a log house for a first dwelling, and logging the timber off the Knapp-Stout tract of 190 acres and selling it back to them to pay for his land. He bought 80 acres of his farm under the plow and in 1910 built a good eight-room brick house. While living on this place he was engaged from 1984 to 1896 in the wholesale fruit business. In 1915 he sold out and, going to Downsville, opened a general merchandise store, which he conducted for four and a half years. In 1918 he bought the Ed Peterson place, an improved farm of 80 acres on Section 29, town of Sherman. This was a well improved place, with a good frame house, a tile silo and other buildings on it, located on State Highway No. 79, half way between Menomonie and Boyceville. Moving to this place after selling his Downsville store, Mr. Loomis cultivated it for the rest of his life, clearing 15 additional acres, and keeping grade Holstein cattle with a pure bred sire. He had a good equipment and followed general farming and dairying successfully until his death, which took place Jun 24, 1925. His health had not been good for a year, but he seemed to be regaining it when an attach of pneumonia unexpectedly ended his life. Mr. Loomis was first married on July 3, 1884 to Mary Brewster, who was born in Olmstead County, Minnesota, in 1856, and who was for 11 years a school teacher in Dunn County, Wisconsin. They were married in the Hotel Nicolet, Minneapolis, Minn., and lived in happy wedlock for over 11 years when Mrs. Mary Loomis died, in September, 1895. She had borne him three children; Chalres, now of St. Paul, Minn.; Harold B., a salesman residing in Menomonie, and Brewster, who is deceased. Charles, who enlisted for World War service, trained at various camps, but owing to an attack of the "flu," from which he nearly died, he did not go over seas with his regiment, though he was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the Tank Corps, and was in New Jersey ready to leave when the armistice was signed. Harold B. was married July 1, 1919, to Faith Clark of Menomonie and they have one child, Harold B., Jr. On April 13, 1898, Mr. Loomis married, secondly, Evelyn Burrett who was born Nov. 13, 1876, in Trempealeau, Wis., in Trempealeau County on the Mississippi River, daughter of William H. and Emeline (Decker) Burrett. The children of this second marriage were: Gladys L., born Sept. 18, 1900; and Florence I., born Aug. 29, 1904. The former, Gladys, was married in October, 1921, to Raymond Hosford, who was born in Menomonie, where he was reared. After this country entered into the World War, he enlisted on April 18, 1917--only 12 days after the United States declared war on Germany--becoming a member in the local company, Co. H, 32nd Regt., W. N. G. He was sent to Superior for training, and from there to Camp McArthur at Waco, Texas,as a member of the 28th Inf., 32nd Division. He was transferred to Co. I, 29th Inf., First Division, and went overseas in February 1918, after his arrival being immediately sent into the trenches. At Cantigny on June 19 her received 14 shrapnel wounds and was subsequently discharged as 50 per cent disabled. In 1923 the government sent him to California University, where he studied tow years. he is now a student at Corvallis College, Oregon, where he will graduate with the class of 1926. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hosford have two children, Ray, Jr., and Robert. Florence I. Loomis born Aug, 29, 1903, is a graduate of the Boyceville High School with the class of 1920, and of the Dunn County, Normal School, class of 1922. She is now a teacher in the Dunn County rural schools. Mr. Loomis is a Blue Lodge Mason and a member of Menomonie Temple No. 64. The family worship with the First Congregational Church of Menomonie.
Ralph was born in the Town of Hubbard, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States
Died in the Town of Sherman, Dunn County Wisconsin
Biographical Information of Ralph Loomis
History of Dunn County Wisconsin page 588 - 590
Ralph W. Loomis, who during an active career of many years was connected with several lines of industry, including farming, was born in the town of Hubbard, Dodge County, Wis., on Oct. 15, 1855, son of Richard E. and Irene (Whitney) Loomis. Both parents were born in Rutland, VT., the father, who was of English ancestry, in 1815, and the mother in 1818. The latter's ancestors were Scotch, and it is said that one of them was a member of the Plymouth Colony, having come to this country in the Mayflower in 1620. Richard E. Looms and Irene Whitney were married in Vermont, and settled in Dodge County, Wisconsin, before the breaking out of the Civil War and at a time when there was only a log cabin and a tavern on the site of the present city of Milwaukee. Mr. Loomis was the first white man to ford the Rock River at Hustisford--the first at least of whom there is any record. He and his family wee living in Dodge County when the war broke out. They were probably poor, as he enlisted at once, entering a Wisconsin infantry regiment, with which he went to Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River. While there he became nearly blind and was released from service and sent to Milwaukee for treatment. On his eyesight being restored, he re-enlisted, and being assigned to the Seventh Wisconsin Battery, served till the close of the war. He had expected that during his absence from home his wife and children would be looked after by the neighbors, as he had the latter's' assurance to that effect, but they failed to keep their promise and his family were at times in sore straits, Mrs. Loomis after the end of the first year being thrown entirely upon her own resources, the children not being able to help on account of their being too young. She was obliged to work very hard, spinning yarn, sometimes all night, with an old fashioned spinning-wheel, or doing, any honest work that would bring in a dollar, or even a few cents. For days and even weeks she and her children lived on shorts and bran without any other food, but though often hungry they managed to survive. Those wee much harder times than people in recent years have had to go through; and in many cases the head of the family never came back from the war, or came back a cripple or otherwise impaired a little after his return. It was not long after that, when Ralph W. was 11 years old, that the family moved to Missouri, driving there in tow wagons and taking six weeks in which to make the trip. They remained there but one year united, as at the end of that time Mr. Loomis, who was engaged in selling a patent-right washer, left his family there and returned to Wisconsin. At the end of six years his family returned to Wisconsin also, driving with one team and taking tow months to make the trip. This was about 1873, and from that time until 1881 they lived at Appleton, Wisconsin. They then came to Dunn County taking land in the town of Sherman, where both parents subsequently died. Their eldest child, a son, Charles, who was old enough at the time of the war to enter the army enlisted and spend three years in the service, at the end of which time he died and was buried in Memphis, Tenn. The other children were: George, deceased; Mary, wife of John Hawthorne of Cheyenne, Okla; Menette, wife of Frank Tanner, also of Cheyenne, Okla; Ralph W., the direct subject of this sketch; Myron, of Spring Valley, Pierce County, and Chester, who is deceased. Ralph W. Loomis had but limited school opportunities. For seven years he resided at Chillicothe, Mo., and then at the age of 21 left home, but he continued to help his parents for a year longer. On returning to Wisconsin he located at Appleton, but in 1876 came to Dunn County. In the summers he was engaged in clearing land and farming but for 21 winters he followed logging, being in partnership up to 1890 with John Hawthorne, and locally for several seasons with Abe C. McDougal, who was prominent in this industry during the eighties. His logging operations wee extensive, along Hay River in Dunn County, and in other sections in this part of the state when the pine was in its prime. One tract of land that he cleared was 80 acres in the town of Hay River, that he had bought in 1883, and on which he erected a good set of frame buildings. In the spring of 1888 he went to Glenwood City, St. Croix County, and entered in the employ of the Glenwood Mill Co., as a saw filer. In 1890 he bought of the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company, 190 acres of timber land in Section 16 town of Sherman, and 160 acres adjoining the Harrington estate, on which latter he made him home, building a log house for a first dwelling, and logging the timber off the Knapp-Stout tract of 190 acres and selling it back to them to pay for his land. He bought 80 acres of his farm under the plow and in 1910 built a good eight-room brick house. While living on this place he was engaged from 1984 to 1896 in the wholesale fruit business. In 1915 he sold out and, going to Downsville, opened a general merchandise store, which he conducted for four and a half years. In 1918 he bought the Ed Peterson place, an improved farm of 80 acres on Section 29, town of Sherman. This was a well improved place, with a good frame house, a tile silo and other buildings on it, located on State Highway No. 79, half way between Menomonie and Boyceville. Moving to this place after selling his Downsville store, Mr. Loomis cultivated it for the rest of his life, clearing 15 additional acres, and keeping grade Holstein cattle with a pure bred sire. He had a good equipment and followed general farming and dairying successfully until his death, which took place Jun 24, 1925. His health had not been good for a year, but he seemed to be regaining it when an attach of pneumonia unexpectedly ended his life. Mr. Loomis was first married on July 3, 1884 to Mary Brewster, who was born in Olmstead County, Minnesota, in 1856, and who was for 11 years a school teacher in Dunn County, Wisconsin. They were married in the Hotel Nicolet, Minneapolis, Minn., and lived in happy wedlock for over 11 years when Mrs. Mary Loomis died, in September, 1895. She had borne him three children; Chalres, now of St. Paul, Minn.; Harold B., a salesman residing in Menomonie, and Brewster, who is deceased. Charles, who enlisted for World War service, trained at various camps, but owing to an attack of the "flu," from which he nearly died, he did not go over seas with his regiment, though he was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the Tank Corps, and was in New Jersey ready to leave when the armistice was signed. Harold B. was married July 1, 1919, to Faith Clark of Menomonie and they have one child, Harold B., Jr. On April 13, 1898, Mr. Loomis married, secondly, Evelyn Burrett who was born Nov. 13, 1876, in Trempealeau, Wis., in Trempealeau County on the Mississippi River, daughter of William H. and Emeline (Decker) Burrett. The children of this second marriage were: Gladys L., born Sept. 18, 1900; and Florence I., born Aug. 29, 1904. The former, Gladys, was married in October, 1921, to Raymond Hosford, who was born in Menomonie, where he was reared. After this country entered into the World War, he enlisted on April 18, 1917--only 12 days after the United States declared war on Germany--becoming a member in the local company, Co. H, 32nd Regt., W. N. G. He was sent to Superior for training, and from there to Camp McArthur at Waco, Texas,as a member of the 28th Inf., 32nd Division. He was transferred to Co. I, 29th Inf., First Division, and went overseas in February 1918, after his arrival being immediately sent into the trenches. At Cantigny on June 19 her received 14 shrapnel wounds and was subsequently discharged as 50 per cent disabled. In 1923 the government sent him to California University, where he studied tow years. he is now a student at Corvallis College, Oregon, where he will graduate with the class of 1926. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hosford have two children, Ray, Jr., and Robert. Florence I. Loomis born Aug, 29, 1903, is a graduate of the Boyceville High School with the class of 1920, and of the Dunn County, Normal School, class of 1922. She is now a teacher in the Dunn County rural schools. Mr. Loomis is a Blue Lodge Mason and a member of Menomonie Temple No. 64. The family worship with the First Congregational Church of Menomonie.
Died in the Town of Sherman, Dunn County Wisconsin
Biographical Information of Ralph Loomis
History of Dunn County Wisconsin page 588 - 590
Ralph W. Loomis, who during an active career of many years was connected with several lines of industry, including farming, was born in the town of Hubbard, Dodge County, Wis., on Oct. 15, 1855, son of Richard E. and Irene (Whitney) Loomis. Both parents were born in Rutland, VT., the father, who was of English ancestry, in 1815, and the mother in 1818. The latter's ancestors were Scotch, and it is said that one of them was a member of the Plymouth Colony, having come to this country in the Mayflower in 1620. Richard E. Looms and Irene Whitney were married in Vermont, and settled in Dodge County, Wisconsin, before the breaking out of the Civil War and at a time when there was only a log cabin and a tavern on the site of the present city of Milwaukee. Mr. Loomis was the first white man to ford the Rock River at Hustisford--the first at least of whom there is any record. He and his family wee living in Dodge County when the war broke out. They were probably poor, as he enlisted at once, entering a Wisconsin infantry regiment, with which he went to Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River. While there he became nearly blind and was released from service and sent to Milwaukee for treatment. On his eyesight being restored, he re-enlisted, and being assigned to the Seventh Wisconsin Battery, served till the close of the war. He had expected that during his absence from home his wife and children would be looked after by the neighbors, as he had the latter's' assurance to that effect, but they failed to keep their promise and his family were at times in sore straits, Mrs. Loomis after the end of the first year being thrown entirely upon her own resources, the children not being able to help on account of their being too young. She was obliged to work very hard, spinning yarn, sometimes all night, with an old fashioned spinning-wheel, or doing, any honest work that would bring in a dollar, or even a few cents. For days and even weeks she and her children lived on shorts and bran without any other food, but though often hungry they managed to survive. Those wee much harder times than people in recent years have had to go through; and in many cases the head of the family never came back from the war, or came back a cripple or otherwise impaired a little after his return. It was not long after that, when Ralph W. was 11 years old, that the family moved to Missouri, driving there in tow wagons and taking six weeks in which to make the trip. They remained there but one year united, as at the end of that time Mr. Loomis, who was engaged in selling a patent-right washer, left his family there and returned to Wisconsin. At the end of six years his family returned to Wisconsin also, driving with one team and taking tow months to make the trip. This was about 1873, and from that time until 1881 they lived at Appleton, Wisconsin. They then came to Dunn County taking land in the town of Sherman, where both parents subsequently died. Their eldest child, a son, Charles, who was old enough at the time of the war to enter the army enlisted and spend three years in the service, at the end of which time he died and was buried in Memphis, Tenn. The other children were: George, deceased; Mary, wife of John Hawthorne of Cheyenne, Okla; Menette, wife of Frank Tanner, also of Cheyenne, Okla; Ralph W., the direct subject of this sketch; Myron, of Spring Valley, Pierce County, and Chester, who is deceased. Ralph W. Loomis had but limited school opportunities. For seven years he resided at Chillicothe, Mo., and then at the age of 21 left home, but he continued to help his parents for a year longer. On returning to Wisconsin he located at Appleton, but in 1876 came to Dunn County. In the summers he was engaged in clearing land and farming but for 21 winters he followed logging, being in partnership up to 1890 with John Hawthorne, and locally for several seasons with Abe C. McDougal, who was prominent in this industry during the eighties. His logging operations wee extensive, along Hay River in Dunn County, and in other sections in this part of the state when the pine was in its prime. One tract of land that he cleared was 80 acres in the town of Hay River, that he had bought in 1883, and on which he erected a good set of frame buildings. In the spring of 1888 he went to Glenwood City, St. Croix County, and entered in the employ of the Glenwood Mill Co., as a saw filer. In 1890 he bought of the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company, 190 acres of timber land in Section 16 town of Sherman, and 160 acres adjoining the Harrington estate, on which latter he made him home, building a log house for a first dwelling, and logging the timber off the Knapp-Stout tract of 190 acres and selling it back to them to pay for his land. He bought 80 acres of his farm under the plow and in 1910 built a good eight-room brick house. While living on this place he was engaged from 1984 to 1896 in the wholesale fruit business. In 1915 he sold out and, going to Downsville, opened a general merchandise store, which he conducted for four and a half years. In 1918 he bought the Ed Peterson place, an improved farm of 80 acres on Section 29, town of Sherman. This was a well improved place, with a good frame house, a tile silo and other buildings on it, located on State Highway No. 79, half way between Menomonie and Boyceville. Moving to this place after selling his Downsville store, Mr. Loomis cultivated it for the rest of his life, clearing 15 additional acres, and keeping grade Holstein cattle with a pure bred sire. He had a good equipment and followed general farming and dairying successfully until his death, which took place Jun 24, 1925. His health had not been good for a year, but he seemed to be regaining it when an attach of pneumonia unexpectedly ended his life. Mr. Loomis was first married on July 3, 1884 to Mary Brewster, who was born in Olmstead County, Minnesota, in 1856, and who was for 11 years a school teacher in Dunn County, Wisconsin. They were married in the Hotel Nicolet, Minneapolis, Minn., and lived in happy wedlock for over 11 years when Mrs. Mary Loomis died, in September, 1895. She had borne him three children; Chalres, now of St. Paul, Minn.; Harold B., a salesman residing in Menomonie, and Brewster, who is deceased. Charles, who enlisted for World War service, trained at various camps, but owing to an attack of the "flu," from which he nearly died, he did not go over seas with his regiment, though he was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the Tank Corps, and was in New Jersey ready to leave when the armistice was signed. Harold B. was married July 1, 1919, to Faith Clark of Menomonie and they have one child, Harold B., Jr. On April 13, 1898, Mr. Loomis married, secondly, Evelyn Burrett who was born Nov. 13, 1876, in Trempealeau, Wis., in Trempealeau County on the Mississippi River, daughter of William H. and Emeline (Decker) Burrett. The children of this second marriage were: Gladys L., born Sept. 18, 1900; and Florence I., born Aug. 29, 1904. The former, Gladys, was married in October, 1921, to Raymond Hosford, who was born in Menomonie, where he was reared. After this country entered into the World War, he enlisted on April 18, 1917--only 12 days after the United States declared war on Germany--becoming a member in the local company, Co. H, 32nd Regt., W. N. G. He was sent to Superior for training, and from there to Camp McArthur at Waco, Texas,as a member of the 28th Inf., 32nd Division. He was transferred to Co. I, 29th Inf., First Division, and went overseas in February 1918, after his arrival being immediately sent into the trenches. At Cantigny on June 19 her received 14 shrapnel wounds and was subsequently discharged as 50 per cent disabled. In 1923 the government sent him to California University, where he studied tow years. he is now a student at Corvallis College, Oregon, where he will graduate with the class of 1926. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hosford have two children, Ray, Jr., and Robert. Florence I. Loomis born Aug, 29, 1903, is a graduate of the Boyceville High School with the class of 1920, and of the Dunn County, Normal School, class of 1922. She is now a teacher in the Dunn County rural schools. Mr. Loomis is a Blue Lodge Mason and a member of Menomonie Temple No. 64. The family worship with the First Congregational Church of Menomonie.
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