Loose, Joseph B.

Born: 1810-08-14 Pennsylvania

Died: 1884-04-06 Maryland

Flourished: 1839-1847 Springfield, Illinois

Sometime prior to 1840, Loose moved westward and settled in Springfield, Illinois. In 1844, while home in Maryland for a visit, he married Henrietta Baechtel. By 1852, Loose had moved back to Hagerstown, Maryland permanently, where he took over the management of his father-in-law's estate. Politically, Loose was a Democrat. Religiously, he was a Presbyterian, and served as an elder in his church in Maryland. In 1860, Loose owned $49,000 worth of real estate and $25,000 worth of personal property.

Thomas J. C. Williams, A History of Washington County Maryland (Hagerstown, MD: n.p., 1906), 2:617; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 22 May 1840, 1:6, 2 May 1844, 4:2; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Hagerstown, Washington County, MD, 25; Gravestone, Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD.