Lacrosse-Fond Du Lac County WI Archives Biographies.....Loomis, N. D. 1827 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 16, 2007, 11:57 pm Author: Unknown N. D. LOOMIS, West Salem; born in the town of Roxbury, Washington Co., Vt., in 1827; he came to Fond du Lac, Wis., March, 1850, and to La Crosse Co., March, 1851, and located a farm in Section 30, town of Hamilton; he then returned to Vermont, thence to Massachusetts, and engaged in railroading; thence to Chicago, where he was engaged in the construction of the N. W. R. R. In the spring of 1852, he engaged in bridge-building for Stone, Boomer & Co., in Illinois; in September, 1854, he settled on his farm in Hamilton, where he lived till 1874, when he came to the village of Salem; he still owns his farm. His wife was Miss Elsie A. Thacker, of Cook Co., Ill.; they have two children - Hattie and Elsie M. His farm contains 240 acres. Additional Comments: From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 825. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/loomis515gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb