Eleanor Loop

Eleanor Loop

• Father: Andrew Loop b. 3 June 1765, d. circa 1856
• Mother: Susannah Beech b. circa 1764, d. 1805

• A single grave marker identifies the graves of Eleanor Loop.
• She was born on 20 April 1787 in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York.
• She married Kiliab Lindsey, son of Archibald Lindsey, on 15 January 1807 in Warren County, New York.
• Kiliab Lindsey and Eleanor Loop appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Attica, Wyoming County, New York. Other members of the household included Almira Lindsey and Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey.
• Kiliab Lindsey became a widower at her death.
• Eleanor Loop died on 15 April 1869 at age 81 in Wyoming County, New York.
• She was interred at Maxon Cemetery, Attica, Wyoming County, New York.
• Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey was born on November 24, 1831, and died October 18, 1918, having spent his entire life on the same farm. A grandson, Glen H. Sierk, was the last descendant to own and occupy the farm. Grandfather Carmi attended district school and assisted his father with choses and general farm work. They made maple syrup and sugar in the springtime, boiling the sap in a large iron kettle. One morning Carmi's father sent him to the woods to see how much sap was in the wooden buckets. On the way home Carmi hurried down a steep hill and, as frost was coming out of the ground, he slipped and clutched a small hemlock tree beside him to break his fall. The tree jerked out by the roots. He carried it home and transplanted it near the old house which stood by the roadside across the driveway from the present large house. The tree grew well, to be admired by his descendants for many years. /P/ After finishing studies he was able to teach for a few terms and then turned his attention to sawing lumber. He purchased a sawmill and log skidway full of logs. In order to complete the sawing before spring ploughing he worked 7 days and 3 whole nights per week for 6 weeks, which illustrates the ambition and persistence which were his traits. He used waterpower for sawing. The mill was located on Lindsey Creek, east of Rt. 98. /P/ Grandfather next took over management of the farm. After he bought it, he bought another farm on the back crossroad (Austin Rd.) from his brother, William. The two farms aggregated about 212 acres. In order to create a dairy enterprise he built a cheese factory and hired a cheesemaker. Neighborhood farmers brought in milk for manufacture of cheese. The dairy enterprise was continued for many years until it became more profitable to ship whole milk to Buffalo by way of Sierk's Station on the now partially defunct Attica & Arcade Railroad and the Erie Railroad. /P/ Grandfather Carmi began tending honey bees when a young man and continued the business for 61 years. His apiary varied in size from a few colonies to 300. His honey supplied local customers, village grocers, and commission merchants in Buffalo. Preparing honey boxes and beehive equipment kept him busy on rainy days and also some days in winter. Along with many farm crops he had an apple orchard to keep pruned and fruit harvested. I remember how he liked those yellow Pound Sweet apples! /P/ He never had a silo to preserve dairy feed but raised mangel-wurtzells, a large type of beet, which he ran through a slicer in the wintertime. Dry corn stalks were chopped for cow feed with a "horsepower" (a capstan) to provide power for the chopper after ears had been husked. /P/ Grave marker for Carmi and Lovisa Smith Lindsey may be found in the old Maxon Cemetery on Tonawanda Creek Rd. (Rt. 98) four miles south of Attica. [From "Descendants of Kiliab Lindsey 1786-1875," compiled by Ray G. Sierk, Darien Center, New Yorik.]

• Last Edited: 21 Jun 2011