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Wash Loomis

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Wash Loomis

Leader of the Loomis Gang


Who was George Washington Loomis?

aka Wash Loomis

Wash Loomis was the leader of the notorious Loomis Gang. The gang operated mostly in the Nine Mile Swamp area of Madison County, New York, throughout the early and mid-nineteenth century. They were known for theft, burglary, horse thieving, rustling, and counterfeiting. In 1865, a group of masked men raided the Loomis home and murdered Wash Loomis. It was said that the back of his head was smashed in and his face so disfigured that he was unrecognizable.

Famous Kin

Wash Loomis's U. S. Presidential kin include Ulysses S. Grant, Millard Fillmore, Grover Cleveland, and Gerald Ford. He has family connections to a number of famous historical people including painter John Trumbull, abolitionist John Brown, Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith, artist Norman Rockwell, aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright, and signers of the U. S. Declaration of Independence Oliver Wolcott and William Williams.

Wash Loomis has a number of literary kin including Stephen Crane, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Emily Dickinson. Celebrity kin include Humphrey Bogart, Richard Gere, Oliver Platt, Jodie Foster, Amy Grant, Ellen DeGeneres, and Donny & Marie Osmond.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Wash Loomis

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Harry Gordon Selfridge

Founder, Selfridges & Co.

6th cousin 1 time removed
via Joseph Loomis

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Sidney Dillon Ripley

Secy. of the Smithsonian, WWII Spy

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Robert White

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Ann M. Martin

Children's Author

6th cousin 4 times removed
via Thomas Holcombe

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Ann M. Martin

Children's Author

7th cousin 5 times removed
via Robert White

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Benton MacKaye

Co-Founder, Appalachian Trail

6th cousin 2 times removed
via Joseph Loomis

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Henry Howard Sessions

Railroad Car Inventor

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Robert White

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Vanessa Hudgens

TV, Movie and Stage Actress

7th cousin 5 times removed
via Robert White

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Henry P. Baldwin

15th Governor of Michigan

7th cousin
via Robert White

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Christopher Reeve

Movie Actor

6th cousin 5 times removed
via John Drake

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Dewey F. Bartlett

19th Governor of Oklahoma

5th cousin 4 times removed
via Matthew Grant

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Dewey F. Bartlett

19th Governor of Oklahoma

6th cousin 4 times removed
via Joseph Loomis

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Dr. Peggy Whitson

NASA and Axiom Space Astronaut

6th cousin 5 times removed
via John Drake

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Bob Barker

TV Game Show Host

6th cousin 2 times removed
via Joseph Loomis

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John Dewey

Philosopher and Education Reformer

6th cousin 1 time removed
via Joseph Loomis

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Austin Blair

13th Governor of Michigan

5th cousin
via John Drake Jr.

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Austin Blair

13th Governor of Michigan

6th cousin
via Joseph Loomis

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Ava Michelle

Model and Actress

6th cousin 7 times removed
via Joseph Loomis

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Amber Stevens West

TV and Movie Actress

5th cousin 5 times removed
via John Loomis

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

5th cousin 4 times removed
via John Loomis

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Brewster H. Shaw

NASA Astronaut

6th cousin 5 times removed
via Joseph Loomis

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Zoe Kazan

TV, Movie and Stage Actress

6th cousin 5 times removed
via Joseph Loomis

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Hiram Bingham

69th Governor of Connecticut

5th cousin 2 times removed
via Matthew Grant

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Hiram Bingham

69th Governor of Connecticut

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Robert White

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Rainn Wilson

TV and Movie Actor

5th cousin 6 times removed
via Samuel Bissell

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Joe Keery

TV and Movie Actor

5th cousin 6 times removed
via John Loomis

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