Asa Loomis, 1775-1859

According to the book DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH LOOMIS IN AMERICA, by Elias Loomis, Asa Loomis was born on September 11, 1775 to Ezekial Loomis and his wife Mable Bidwell Loomis, in Lebanon, Connecticut. Asa Loomis married Mary Gay in 1796, but Mary died in 1826. Asa and Mary Loomis had a family of ten children: Miranda, Russell, Eliza, Juliet, Lewis, Asa, George, Henry, Chauncey, and Mary Cornelia Loomis. The only personal details about Asa Loomis, written in the book DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH LOOMIS IN AMERICA were that Asa Loomis was a Whig and a Methodist.

Asa Loomis eventually moved to Sandusky, Ohio, after having lived in Utica, New York for a time. Asa Loomis died on November 14, 1859 in Sandusky, Ohio, and he was buried in Sandusky, Ohio. Read more about the Loomis family online at the Internet Archive, where the book DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH LOOMIS IN AMERICA is available full text.