Col. Archibald Andrew Loughry

DAR# A071785

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Lochry

While floating down the Ohio River, they stopped near present day Aurora Indiana to seek food and were surprised by Mohawk Indians commanded by George Girty,the brother of Simon Girty, and Chief Joseph Brant . Lochry lost his life after the battle when a Shawnee Indian tomahawked him. Known as "Lochry's Defeat", Lochry's Creek was named in his memory.

Further information on the Lochry family can be found here:
A brief genealogy of the Loughry family, by Julia Jewitt.

Known children:
Jane Jean Loughrey Thompson,43413254
Elizabeth Loughry, 115649297

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Archibald Lochry, who was killed and scalped by the Indians in 1781. Colonel Archibald Lochry was killed and scalped by the Indians on August 24 1781 below the mouth of the Big Maumee. He was lieutenant colonel under Colonel John Proctor First Battalion Westmoreland Associators 1776. He was county lieutenant for Westmoreland county and commanded a regiment of Westmoreland militia in General Clark's proposed expedition against the Indians. (Later known as Lochry's Expedition or Lochry's Massacre.)