Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....John LOMAS, 1884

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Daily Local
West Chester, Pennsylvania
March 1, 1884
 
OBITUARY
 
DEATH OF JOHN LOOMIS
 
John Loomis, the father of Prothonatary Davis K. Loomis, died last evening at 
his home in Nantmeal Village, Chester County.  Deceased had resided in the above 
named village ever since 1840.  His family for two generations preceding him 
had lived in that neighborhood.  His mother was a sister of Judge Nimrod Strickland.  
His wife, Rebecca, whose maiden name was Rebecca Davis, died in March 1871.  
She bore him eight children, of whom two are dead.  The second of their sons, 
and their third child is Davis K. Loomis, the present Prothonotary.   The deceased 
had a severe attack of pneumonia several weeks ago from which he had so far 
recovered as to be about.  On Thursday evening he was at the store in the village 
and was suddenly stricken with apoplexy.  He was taken home but only lived about 
two hours, breathing his last about 11 o'clock.  Deceased was a blacksmith by 
occupation and up to 1871 he worked at the trade.  He was in early life a Whig and 
afterwards a Republican.  He took an interest in political affairs but never held 
office.  He was a citizen well esteemed among his neighbors.  He was not a member 
of any religious denomination but adhered to the Methodist Episcopal Church and 
was a regular attendant upon the services of that denomination in Nantmeal Village.  
The deceased was in his sixty-sixth year.  The funeral will take place upon Tuesday 
next, and his remains will be laid to rest in the M. E. graveyard at Nantmeal Village. 
 
Loomis – In Nantmeal Village, on February 28th, 1884 of apoplexy, John Loomis in the 
66th year of his age.
 
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral from his late 
residence, on Tuesday, March 4th, at 11 o'clock.  Interment at the Nantmeal Village 
Cemetery.