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GEN. THOMAS LOOMIS
Gen. Thomas Loomis came to this country at an early day, from Otsego county originally. He was engaged in a tannery and shoe-ship, and conducted a large business; he also had a distillery, and later manufactured saleratus. He was a man of mark in the community where he lived, and in the county as well. He was of large, portly figure, a fine face, and an eagle eye, which, with his white hair, made him conspicuous wherever he was. One of his sons, Charles K., was for many years a resident of Brownville. His business career as a merchant, lumber dealer, and United States marshal, made him well known throughout the country. During the last years of his life he was general freight agent for the buffalo division of the N. Y. C. railroad, and while engaged in the duties of his position, on his way to a railroad convention, was the victim of a railroad disaster at Carr’s Rock. Another son, M. C., was engaged in business with his father for many years, and then removed to Ogdensburgh, where he still resides. General Loomis was an invalid for many years, a great but patient sufferer, and died at his residence in Brownville, April 24, 1869, aged eighty years.
Transcribed by Holice B. Young from Jefferson Co. History by L. H. Everts.
Copyright January 2000 by Sherrye Luther Woodworth