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Biographies from Ulysses Township, Potter Co., PA, Submitted by Barb Hyde
CORNELIUS H. LOUCKS, P.O. Ulysses, son of Cornelius and Naomi Loucks, was born in Cortland county, N.Y., in 1831. His parents came to Hector Township, Potter Co., Penn., and located on the farm now owned by Clarence Stiles, where the father was a lumberman and farmer, and where they both died. Their children were
- Mary J. (Mrs. Russel Potter, of Skaneateles, N.Y.),
- Cornelius H.,
- Mehitabel (deceased),
- Betsy (deceased),
- Steven L. (who enlisted and died in the army, aged twenty-six years) and
- William J.
Cornelius H. Loucks remained with his parents until 1853, when he married Arty C. Calkins, and located on the farm adjoining the old homestead, where they remained several years.
In 1864 he enlisted in Company G, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, and on Friday, March 31, 1865, in battle in front of Petersburg, Va., he received a wound in the left shoulder joint which necessitated the amputation of his arm. He was discharged June 12, 1865,
and returned to his old home, subsequently removing to Lewisville, where he now lives. His wife died, leaving four children:
- Frank (since deceased),
- Darius,
- James and
- John,
and March 26, 1883, he married Mrs. Louisa V. Stout, daughter of James J. Stewart.
Mrs. Loucks is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Loucks is a member of O.A. Lewis Post, No. 279, G.A.R; in politics he is a Republican,
has been supervisor of Hector township, and has held various offices in his township.
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