Lucretia W. King
Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Patricia Jane Loomis ← Edward Byron Loomis ← Isaac Hayes Loomis ← Byron Taylor Loomis ← Lucretia King
Family
Children
- A. P. Loomis
Siblings
- One Brother
In brief
Born December 14, 1812, in Utica, New York. She married Utica, New York.
Life story
A Woman of Strong Faith
Lucretia W. King was born on December 14, 1812, in Utica, New York, and married in Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 17, 1836. Raised by Presbyterian parents, she joined the Baptist church as a young woman and later became an active member of the Christian Church, worshiping on Sycamore Street in Cincinnati before helping lead the Christian Church congregation in Vinton, Iowa, after the family moved there in 1866. She was remembered as having “a strong mind, more than ordinary intelligence, earnest purpose, and strong faith.”
At a glance
Sources (2)
- “Death of Mrs. Doan,” The Vinton Eagle (Vinton, IA), 29 December 1882, page 4, col 2; web archives (https://bentoncounty.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 29 August 2026).
- “Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993,” images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61378/images/TH-1-18059-102259-14 : accessed 9 September 2026), Marriage Record for Josiah S. Doan and Lucretia W. Loomis; citing Marriage Records, Ohio Marriages, Various Ohio County Courthouses.