Individual Notes

Note for: Jacobus Loucks, 23 DEC 1783 - Index

Event:
     Type:   Bapt'sd
     Date:   24 DEC 1783
     Place:   Reformed Church, German Flats, NY

Individual Notes

Note for: Susanna Stamm, 26 AUG 1746 - 1832 Index

Alias: Anna /Stamm/

Individual Note:
from W. F. Loucks genealogy (quoted in Genealogy of Loucks Family by Edwin Merton McBrier, John S. Swift Co., Inc. 1940, Part III, pp 157)):

"Peter Loucks, Sr, was a Lieut. in Capt. Fox's Company, Col. Klocks Reg., 2nd Tryon Co. NY troops. His commission was issued in 1778 and he served until 1783. He was in the battle of Oriskany and his name is inscribed on the monument erected on that battlefield. A descendant of his, Daniel Loucks of Little Falls, R. D. No. 1, has the sword he carried in that battle. Jacob Stamm, father of the said Anna Stamm, wife of said Peter Loucks, was a member of the 2nd Tryon Co. NY troops -- See Simms Hist. of New York."

Individual Notes

Note for: Elizabeth Loucks, 18 OCT 1785 - Index

Event:
     Type:   Bapt'sd
     Date:   23 OCT 1785
     Place:   Reformed Church, German Flats, NY

Individual Notes

Note for: Nicholas Loucks, 23 NOV 1811 - Index

Event:
     Type:   Bapt'sd
     Date:   23 NOV 1811
     Place:   & rec'd mem'br Ref'd Dutch Ch, Stone Arabi

Individual Notes

Note for: Severinus Loucks, 15 NOV 1795 - Index

Event:
     Type:   Bapt'sd
     Place:   Reformed Church, Stone Arabia, NY

Individual Notes

Note for: Daniel Loucks, 31 JUL 1808 - AFT 1854 Index

Occupation:
     Date:   MAR 1822
     Place:   Appentice in tanning and shoemaking in Herkimer, Herkimer Co., NY

Individual Note:
     from "History of Lewis Co., NY" by Franklin B Hough, opp. pp 465:
     "In March 1822, his parents removed to Lowville, Lewis County, and at the age of 17 he went to the town of Herkimer, in the county of that name, as an apprentice in the tanning and shoemaking trade. There he remained about two years; but his father, old and in feeble health, required his aid in caring for the family, and he returned to Lewis County, and engaged in the multifarious labors of farm life until he was 24 years old. He received his education in the common schools of Lowville, and remined at home until 24 years of age when on the 10th day of Dec. 1831, he married Julia Ann Strader, and took up his residence in the town of Martinsburgh. In the spring of 1832, he took a contract for a tract of land on which he remained a few years and then removed to West Martinsburgh where he has since resided. He worked at the trade of shoemaking until the year 1863, when he and his two eldest sons, Hudson and Charles, engaged in the hop growing industry, in which they continued until the death of Hudson. After that he and Charles kept up the business until the death of the latter, and since that time he has virtually retired from business."
      "On the 14th of December, 1854, his wife died of consumption. He has served as Justice of the Peace in Martinsburgh 36 years, and is numbered among the estimable and representative men of the town. His children were 7 in number, as follows:"[see listing]

Individual Notes

Note for: Thomas Shannon, 12 JUL 1876 - 27 MAY 1963 Index

Occupation:
     Place:   Lumbering, Farming

Residence:
     Place:   Patchin boarding home, Felts Mills, NY

Event:
     Type:   Event 2
     Date:   27 APR 1946
     Place:   14T truck pinned his leg for 45 min.

Event:
     Type:   Burried
     Date:   29 MAY 1963
     Place:   Fairview Cemetary, Carthage, NY (Jack & Irene's plot)

Individual Note:
     Emigrated to USA from South Gloucester, Ontario, Canada on ferry boat from Prescott, Ontario to Ogdensburg, NY in Spring of 1879. Petitioned for Naturalization on Sep 22, 1910 at Cauton, NY in the Superior Court of State of NY. Camer J. Fenton, Carpenter and Fred D. Hazelton, Farmer both of Harresville FRD2 stood up for Thomas -- knowing him from Jan 1, 1893 to Sep 22, 1910 -- having "personal knowledge that the said petitioner is a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and that the petitioner is in every way qualified, in his opinion, to be admitted a citizen of the United States."

All children were born in Kularah, NY. Moved family to Lewisburg, NY in May, 1919 after death of wife in April.

Operated farms in the Copenhagen and Harrisville, NY areas.

Died in Ogdensburg Hospital, Monday, May 27, 1963. Funeral Wednesday at 9:30am in St. James Church. Burial in Fairview Cemetery, Carthage, NY.

Tuesday, 4/2/1946 Watertown Daily Times:
     "Four persons were injured, one seriously, and a fith escaped unhurt when a 14-ton tractor-trailer carrying a load of beer to this city from Troy failed to make the right angle curve at the junction of State and Gifford streets and demolished the living quarters of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shannon, operators of the gasoline station there owned by Samuel S. Trobert, 519 Mundy street, at 5:45 this morning.
     The big vehicle smashed the 18 by 30 foot wing of the building to matchwood as it crashed through a room where the Shannons were sleeping and cme to a stop after the cab had passed through the rear of the structure.
     Injured in the freak accident, which officials of the sheriff's office said was one of the most unusual in many years, were:
     Thomas Shannon 69, of 2001 State Street, who suffered lacerations about the face, bruises, and contusions about his ankles.
     Mrs. Ada Shannon 71, his wife, who had cuts about the face.
     Fred Oeffler, Troy, driving the truck, who received a skull fracture, cuts and bruises about the forehead and hand, and chest injuries. He is in the House of the Good Samaritan.
     Patrick Bloomfield, 39, Troy who received a possible skull fracture, a deep laceration in the left side of his neck and suffered from shock and loss of blood. He also suffered a brain concussion and chock. He is in a semi-conscious condition at the House of the Good Samaritan. He has a bad cut on the left side of his forehead and scalp lacerations. His chest, back and skull likely be X-rayed.
     Herbert Connor, 29, Troy, who, investigators said, was the regular driver of the truck, emereged from the wreckage of the accident with only a skinned nose and started aiding victims.
     The most miraculous escape from death was the experience of Mr. Shannon. He was asleep in the south side of the building when the truck struck it. Deputy Sheriff George Wilson of the sheriff's office, said that Shannon was carried through the rest of the building for a distance of 35 feet as the big truck smashed walls, the roof and the furnishings. When the truck stopped, Shannon was still on his mattress with both legs binned under the right front wheel fo the tractor.
     It was 45 minutes before a wrecker arrived at the scene and when it did, police said Shannon directed his own rescue. Dr. T. P. Hamilton, who was called to the scene, ordered Shannon and other victims removed to the local hospital."

[S. Patrick Shannon, son of Thomas Shannon, relates that it was he who directed that the wrecker lift the damaged truck straight up instead of horizontally haulling the truck off his father. Because of this manuver, his father was saved from further damage.]

     "A moment after the truck came to a halt after its grinding trip through the wood frame building, Connor emerged from the completely demolished cab and removed Mrs. Shannon from beneath the wreckage of a protion of the roof. Then he turned his attention to aiding the other victims.
     Neither Mr. or Mrs. Shannon lost consciousness but talked with friends and relatives at the scene until they were removed to the Mercy Hospital.
     None of the big truck's beer cargo was lost, investigators said and the trailer protion of the trucking unit was not damaged. No tires on truck blew out.
     How the accident occurred is uncertain. Deputy Sheriff Wilson said Connor told him that the men in the cab of the truck were familiar with the road. The pavement was wet at the time and it was snowing just as dawn was breaking.
     The sheriff's office and local police were notified of the accident by Mrs. Charles Brooker, 1901 State Street who was awakened by the terrific impact.
     During the early morning hours the accident scene presented a serious traffic problem as hundreds of persons visited the spot to inspect the wreckage.
     Damage to the gas station wing, including goods stored there and furnishings was estimated at about $2,500. The truck cab bore the brunt of the impact as it crashed through the building and the heavy steel doors, top and front were shredded and torn loose until the debris was level with the seat. Part of the building roof was over part of the wrecked cab when the truck stopped. The motor was also badly damaged, officials said.
     Mr. and Mrs. Shannon said they were awakened by a terrific crashing sound when the truck struck the front of the wing. It tore through the refreshment stand in a fraction of a second before it demolished the Shannons' living quarters.
     Furnitture was ground under the wheels of the heavy truck although a small air compressor that was near Shannon's bed was not moved or damaged although investigators said Shannon must have passed around or over it.
     Mr. and Mrs. Shannon have operated the Strobert gas station for about a year. The present Mrs. Shannon is Mr. Shannon's third wife. He has three daughters and three sons: Mrs. Lillian Homer and Mrs. Bessie Hamilton, Syracuse; Mrs. Mary Jarvis, Carthage; Patrick Shannon, 629 Gotham Street; John Shannon, Carthage, and William Shannon, Canada.
     The tractor-trailer involved in the accident is owned by the H. L. and L. McBride Brothers, Goshen, N.Y."

Individual Notes

Note for: Rachael Matilda Young, 20 MAR 1878 - 22 APR 1919 Index

Event:
     Type:   Burried
     Place:   Harrisville, NY

Burial:
     Place:   Harrisville, NY

Individual Notes

Note for: William Thomas Shannon, 19 JUL 1897 - 23 DEC 1980 Index

Occupation:
     Place:   Farmer

Residence:
     Place:   Moved in 1946 to Route 1, Redwood, NY

Event:
     Type:   Event 2
     Place:   Moved to Saskatchewan, Canada in 1924

Event:
     Type:   Ethnicity/Relig.
     Place:   Catholic

Event:
     Type:   Burried
     Date:   1981
     Place:   St. Francis Xavier Cemetary, Redwood, NY

Burial:
     Place:   Alexandria Bay, NY

Individual Note:
     Farmed near Natural Bridge, NY. Lewisburg section until 1924.
Went to Ernfold, Saskatchewan, Canada for 22 years on farm.
Moved back to near Redwood, NY in 1946.