Ohio County KyArchives Biographies.....Loney, Levi Pendleton March 2, 1857 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Smith Gibertini Gibby0111@att.net March 25, 2009, 8:10 am Author: Hartford Republican Newspaper - Friday, 04 Mar 1892 - County Court Biographies LEVI PENDLETON LONEY IS THE THIRD IN A FAMILY OF NINE CHILDREN, THE SON OF JAMES AND REBECCA WISE LONEY AND WAS BORN MARCH 2, 1857. LEE, AS HE IS USUALLY CALLED, LABORED ON THE FARM TO ASSIST IN THE SUPPORT OF THE FAMILY, AND HAD THE ADVANTAGES OF ONLY THE COMMON SCHOOLS, UNTIL THE SPRING OF 1878, WHEN HE ATTENDED THE WEST KENTUCKY COLLEGE AT SOUTH CARROLTON. HE ATTENDED AGAIN THE SPRING OF 1879. HE ALSO ATTENDED HARTFORD COLLEGE IN 1883. AS A STUDENT HE BROUGHT THE SAME ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM INTO PLAY THAT CHARACTERIZE HIS EVERY DAY LIFE. HE WAS A FAVORITE AMONG BOTH HIS TEACHERS AND SCHOOLMATES. DURING THE YEARS FROM 1878 TO 1883, EXCEPT THE TIME SPENT AT COLLEGE, MR. LONEY WAS ENGAGED AS A TEACHER IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY. HERE HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND SOON WAS FOR HIMSELF THE REPUTATION OF BEING ONE OF THE BEST TEACHERS IN THE COUNTY. ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1885, HE WAS MARRIED TO SERELDA E. TICHENOR, A POPULAR AND ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG LADY OF THE CENTERTOWN COUNTRY. THEY HAVE ONE CHILD, CLARENCE PENDLETON, A BRIGHT LITTLE FELLOW OF FIVE SUMMERS. MR. LONEY ASSUMED THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF UNDER SHERIFF R. P. HOCKER IN JANUARY, 1883, WHICH POSITION HE HELD UNTIL HE WAS ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IN 1886. IN BOTH OF THESE POSITIONS HE DISCHARGED HIS DUTY TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE PEOPLE AND IN THE LATTER OFFICE HE LABORED EARNESTLY AND SUCCESSFULLY TO BUILD UP THE SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY. IN THE FALL OF 1890 HE WAS MADE DEPUTY CLERK UNDER ROWAN HOLBROOK, WHICH POSITION HE HAS SATISFACTORILY FILLED, AND WHICH HE STILL HOLDS. HE IS A MAN OF VERY PLEASING ADDRESS, TIRELESS ENERGY, AND UNBOUNDED ENTHUSIASM. IN SHORT, A PRINCE OF GOOD FELLOWS, AND ENJOYS A PERSONAL POPULARITY OF WHICH FEW MEN IN THE COUNTY CAN BOAST.   Additional Comments: Registry #0006381 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/ohio/bios/loney76bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/kyfiles/