OBIT: Mary (Hunt) Loomis; formerly of Sherburne, Chenango Co., NY

submitted 2001 by Mary Gilmore(seylochist@adelphia.net)

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Found this in our newspaper "The Auburn Daily Advertiser," pg. one (1) 
Saturday October 8, 1910

Civil War Heroine Dead, Chicago, Oct. 8 - Mrs. Mary Hunt Loomis, Chicago
society woman and heroine of the Civil war died yesterday leaving a fortune
of $1,250,000.00 to the Loomis Institute, an educational institution at
Windsor, Conn., founded 18 years ago by Mrs. Loomis's husband and his
brothers and a sister. Mrs. Loomis who was the widow of Colonel John Mason
Loomis, was born at Sherburne, N.Y., 81 years ago. She was married to
Colonel Loomis in New York 60 years ago coming to Chicago immediately after
the wedding. At the outbreak of the Civil War she accompanied her husband to
the front on the Union side and became head of a company of Red Cross Nurses.
Colonel Loomis died 10 years ago. He had no children and the death of Mrs.
Loomis removes the last member of his family. His brothers and sisters were
James C. Loomis of Bridgeport, Conn., Hezekiah B. and Robert Loomis of New
York and Mrs. Abbie Hayden of Windsor, Conn.
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Mary Gilmore, History Room
Seymour Library, Auburn, N.Y.