Elmer "Happy" Arthur Loy
1899 - 1964 (64 years)-
Name Elmer "Happy" Arthur Loy Nickname Happy Born 20 Sep 1899 Jackson County, IL 
Gender Male Died Sep 1964 Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL Person ID I4612 Bradley Family Last Modified 5 Apr 2009
Father Alfred Greenwood Loy, b. 1 Jan 1870, Ava, Jackson County, IL , d. 27 Feb 1952, Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL (Age 82 years) Mother Amy Burton, b. 8 Dec 1873, East St. Louis, St. Clair County, IL , d. 4 Jun 1929, Somerset, Jackson County, IL (Age 55 years) Married 25 Apr 1891 Jackson County, IL Family ID F848 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Virginia Rolens, b. 26 Sep 1903, East St. Louis, St. Clair County, IL , d. 27 Aug 1998, Green River, Sweetwater, WY (Age 94 years) Married 1 Feb 1921 Children 1. William A. Loy, b. 21 Dec 1921, Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL , d. 8 Sep 1995, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO (Age 73 years)2. Mary Amy Loy, b. 5 Jan 1924, Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL , d. 27 Jul 1964, White Plains, Westchester County, NY (Age 40 years)3. Frances Jean Loy, b. 9 Jun 1928, Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL , d. 23 Sep 1976, Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL (Age 48 years)Last Modified 26 Aug 2004 Family ID F1668 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - WWI Veteran
- (Research):Talked to Grandma and Uncle Bill today....got some info on the Ku Klux Klan connection. Grandpa was indeed part of the Klan for a year or so around WWI. Apparently there was a lot of trouble around prohibition, trouble-makers coming in from St. Louis, a lot of violence....At that time in M'boro, the Klan was more or less a young vigilante group trying to stop out-of-town bootleggers and control the rampant prostitution in the area -- at the time, apparently, the anti-black, anti-Catholic agenda took a back seat to more pressing problems. Grandma said when the Klan began to take on that flavor, Grandpa got out of it...as I said, he was only involved for about a year. So--rumor was right, and that's the story on it I have. (From Wendy Vincent Stoll via email 27 March 1995).