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Looney Cemetery Summary Report, page 6
the medallion dout, said fo be ooh ooe at two m Athens, is a special pride of rhe Looneys li n composed of two thicknesses of glass with a medallion etched between them, and show* one color from rhe ins de and another shade from the exterior Much of the antique fumirure tn the house has been passed down through rhe Looney famih Robert b>one> wa* apparent!* the first representative of ili.it lamil* in America Hr received a patent of J M nm of land nn ihr upper Potomac Hi ter (then called the Co-he n January 18)2 of the first canal of Alabama, connecting HunrsvtUe with Looney's Landing Fearn's Canal was nor a successful venture, however hdin and Nancy Loooey sold the remainder of their Madnco County property in 1848 and began the long jour nr* to Texas, where they had purchased some 2000 acre* of land around Goliad The journey was laier drsenhed by a granddaughter. Mary Ellen (Campbell) < apen Nancy Looney and her mothrr rude all the way tn a handsome carriage with silk lining, tassels, folding •rep* and glass doors A hack and several covered wagon* housing furniture, childrrn. and slaves, com plrird the westbound train John Warren Looney died not far from Nagadcxhe* after rntrrating his wife to proceed ■ uG'tliad As the porn came ro the drsrrtrd adobe build ng* of la Bahia ihr members stopped at a little store ra/b* and asked how far it was tn Goliad When they wrrr inld ihai they were ia Goliad their disappointment wi *o hiiter that one of the family returned to Alabama Nam* Loire'* stayed, however, and seems tu have prospered although times were difficult and she was forced to •ell much id the land The I860 census of Goliad County listed her teal estate value as 150,000 and personal valur m ihr umr amuunt She died in Goliad in IR68 A remnant of the Looney family remained in Limestone C.imniy Turhrvdlr Looney. oldest son id John and Nancy, matrird Martha H Bade* in 1641 and lived in this county wmIi thru four suns William (ca I84M) James B 1164^ Aug 5. I9IO|, John (ca >84' >). and Henry (ca iso •) Whrn Martha dn*d sunn after the birth of Henry lutbevillr went tu Texas, taking William with him He left ihr uthrr three children with Martha's family They wrrr trarrd by their grandmother. Sarah F Hailey, and alter lri death they were taken into the home of David and Sarah I Hailey) Blackburn, who treated the boys as their "?*wn children All the kind treatment in the world, how ■ er. iuuld am have detrrred James B Looney from en listing in Cd F 9th Ala Inf , C S A , at the age ul 16 He w.- sent h-mr when his true age wa* discovered, bur in iNTil he enhsted with Co C. 9th Ala Cavalry and remained with it fur rhe duration of the war On May 51 he married Sarah Ellen Sanderfer and they put chased this house about 1905 Jame* Bailey and Sarah Ellen (Sanderfer) I ooney were parents of B.B.am Hr nr* (JBBe 21 166'Junr T 15T) md Ora Lelia Sbcraariii daugbirr of Jesse and Annie (Cartwright) Aber oath* on Des 22. 169? They had (I) Frank Marinos (see THE LI RE AND LORE OF LIMESTONE COLINTY lAhbanu). by Quit FJwm Ji Fay Axford. I •PH: published for the Limestone County Huron oi Society ATHENS 6 - (3228)