Alexander Loomis

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Alexander Loomis

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New York
Death: October 31, 1898 (55)
Moomaw, Sheridan County, Nebraska
Place of Burial: Box Butte County, Nebraska
Immediate Family:

Son of Morgan Loomis and Charlotte Loomis
Husband of Clementina N Loomis
Father of William Daniel Loomis; Edward Loomis and Charles Harry Loomis
Brother of Maria E. Cowlin; David Loomis; William Banks Loomis; Justin R Loomis; Harriet L Ferrin and 4 others
Half brother of Albertis Eugene Loomis

Managed by: Alice Zoe Marie Knapp
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About Alexander Loomis

At age, 18 years. Enlisted, October 19, 1861, at Decatur, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. A, October 20, 1861; promoted corporal, prior to June, 1863; sergeant, April 1, 1864; wounded in action, May 6, 1864, at the Wilderness, Va.; discharged, November 10, 1864, at Elmira, N. Y., During the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, about 6 May 1864, family tradition in the Loomis family says that Matthew Cowlin saved the life of Alexander Loomis, a fellow soldier, by shooting a sniper who attempted to fire on Loomis. Alexander's pension and military records indicated that Cowlin was an orderly Sgt. who sent Loomis to the hospital.

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Alexander Loomis's Timeline

1843
October 18, 1843
New York
1868
1868
Junction City, Geary County, Kansas, United States
1877
April 14, 1877
Nebraska, United States
1880
February 3, 1880
IL, United States
1898
October 31, 1898
Age 55
Moomaw, Sheridan County, Nebraska
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Pioneer Cemetery, Box Butte County, Nebraska