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ORRIN LOOMIS, Jr., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Bloomington. The subject of this sketch was born in Medina Co., Ohio, Nov. 18, 1838; he was a son of Orrin Loomis, Sr., who was born in the State of Connecticut in the year 1791; he emigrated West and located in Ohio in 1816, and was the second settler of the township; at that time there was an abundance of game, and it was not an unusual occurrence for him to kill bears and other game; he commenced clearing the timber from the land for his own use and his neighbors. He was married in Ohio Jan. 14, 1823, to Mary Ann Eyler; she was born in Connecticut, March, 1805; they were the parents of nine children, of whom seven lived to grow up and six are now living; they lived in Ohio until 1866, when they removed to McLean Co., Ill., and lived in Old Town Township until their decease. Mrs. Loomis died Nov. 22, 1874; Mr. Loomis died Dec. 9, 1876; they lie buried in the beautiful cemetery at Bloomington, their graves properly marked by a monument of Italian marble. The subject of this sketch followed farming in Ohio until the spring of 1865, when he emigrated West, remaining one year; he then returned to Ohio, and was employed two years as express messenger with the American Express Company, after which he returned to Illinois and lived some two years, when he removed to Michigan and followed farming one year; then came back and located in Old Town Township, McLean Co., and engaged in farming, which business he has since followed; he owns eighty acres upon his own farm, all under a good state of improvement. His marriage with Marinda E. Harrington was celebrated in Ohio May 18, 1838; they were the parents of three children, of whom one died in infancy; the living are Anna V. and Saloma.