Reva Marie Looney
1. Reva Marie Looney Family/Spouse: Meade. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. William Melvin Looney was born on 31 Jul 1898 in Zalma, Bollinger County, Missouri (son of Joseph Allen Looney and Ida Ann Allen); died on 27 Mar 1979. William married Stella Mae Feather. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Stella Mae Feather Children:
Generation: 3
4. Joseph Allen Looney was born on 29 Jun 1874 in Hamilton County, Tennessee (son of Joseph Albert Looney and Almeda Penney); died on 8 Jul 1939 in McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas; was buried in McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas. Joseph married Ida Ann Allen about 1896 in Glenn Allen, Bollinger County, Missouri. Ida was born on 1 Jan 1876; died on 29 Nov 1964 in McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas; was buried in McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Ida Ann Allen was born on 1 Jan 1876; died on 29 Nov 1964 in McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas; was buried in McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas. Children:
- Joseph Edward Looney was born in 0Feb 1896; died in in Hunter, Woodruff County, Arkansas.
- 2. William Melvin Looney was born on 31 Jul 1898 in Zalma, Bollinger County, Missouri; died on 27 Mar 1979.
- John Robert Looney
- Roy Albert Looney was born on 25 Sep 1902; died on 15 Apr 1954 in McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas.
- Ethel Victoria Christine Looney was born on 29 May 1905; died on 18 Jul 1960 in Cotton Plant, Woodruff County, Arkansas.
- Lola Beatrice Looney was born on 25 Jun 1907.
- Clarence Herbert Looney was born on 25 Oct 1910; died in in Bradford, White County, Arkansas.
- Reba Ellen Looney was born on 27 Aug 1912.
- Gladys Nadine Looney
- Pearl May Looney
- Cleo Sue Looney was born on 18 Mar 1919 in Dogwood, White County, Arkansas; died on 22 Nov 1993 in Lee County, Florida.
Generation: 4
8. Joseph Albert Looney was born in in Tennessee; died on 21 Oct 1895 in Zalma, Bollinger County, Missouri. Notes:
Joseph died in late October of 1895, and is buried at Hall's Cemeteryat Gipsy, Bollinger County, Missouri. Almeda is buried to his left in anunmarked grave. His son Andrew Looney is buried next to him. There isalso an unmarked grave outlined with rocks. This is probably Andrew'swife, Ibb Ellen Kerr Looney.
Joseph served in the Civil War and fought for the Union. He was aPrivate in Company I, 2nd Infantry Regiment of the 2nd TennesseeVolunteers. Most of Company I enrolled at Sale Creek, Hamilton County,Tennessee and mustered n at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky, 28 February 1862.Muster out date not known. Muster rolls of the regiment are defective, alarge portion of them were captured along with the Regiment atRogersville on 6 November 1863. In his declaration for pension, madeJuly 12 1893, Joseph stated he was hurt by a wagon turning over while ona retreat from Cumberland Gap to the Ohio River when in service.Physical description was given as 5'11" with light complexion, light hairand blue eyes.
Almeda filed for and received a pension for Joseph's Civil Wayservice. On the pension application the mustering out date is listed as31 October 1864. Age 20 (which would make his birth date 1844) andother personal descriptions not of record. A very interesting medicalnote: Medical records show him treated July 25 to August 31, 1864 fortraumatic stricture of the urethra. Says when a boy was crushed abouthis privates in fall between two millstones. Surgery was performedincluding a circumcision and removal of a tumor.
According to Dessie Looney Perkins, her grandfather, Joseph Looney,left home at age 14. None of the children or grandchildren knew anythingabout the Looney family.Joseph married Almeda Penney on 20 Jun 1860 in Igou Ferry, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Almeda (daughter of Thomas Mathias Penney and Malinda Lindsey Gann) was born on 22 Nov 1844 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 23 Feb 1923 in Zalma, Bollinger County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Almeda Penney was born on 22 Nov 1844 in Hamilton County, Tennessee (daughter of Thomas Mathias Penney and Malinda Lindsey Gann); died on 23 Feb 1923 in Zalma, Bollinger County, Missouri. Notes:
The James Forbish, William Lemons (Laymon) and John Smith familiesjoined Joseph and Almeda on a wagon train headed for Bollinger County,Missouri in the early to mid 1870's. The 1880 Census of Wayne County,Missouri, Mill Spring Township shows the Looney (Louny), Forbush andLemon (Lamon) families. No mention of the Smiths. It also shows Josephand Almeda's children, 4 born in Tennessee and 2 in Missouri. FirstMissouri birth June, 1874, so we can assume they left Tennessee by 1873.
Notes:
Records cannot be found for the marriage of Almeda Penney and JosephLooney. Among Almeda's pension application papers is an attest from theCounty Clerk of Hamilton County. It states that all records prior to1864 were destroyed during the late (Civil) war.
Children:
- William L. Looney was born in 0Jun 1862 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 9 Oct 1939 in Bollinger County, Missouri.
- Andrew J. Looney was born on 26 Sep 1865 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 14 Aug 1896 in Gipsy, Wayne Township, Bollinger County, Missouri.
- Mary Elizabeth Looney
- Catherine Millie Looney was born on 11 Dec 1869 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 28 Apr 1923 in Peach Orchard, Clay County, Arkansas.
- Willey C. Looney
- 4. Joseph Allen Looney was born on 29 Jun 1874 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 8 Jul 1939 in McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas; was buried in McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas.
- James Albert Looney was born on 29 Mar 1876 in Zalma, Bollinger County, Missouri; died on 12 Feb 1967 in Bollinger County, Missouri.
- Charles Franklin Looney was born on 20 Jun 1884 in Missouri; died on 18 Jul 1964.
- Cora Isabel Looney was born on 1 Apr 1886 in Bollinger County, Missouri.