Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-09
MbJ. ALONlO [0RING DEAD
Passed Away at the Home Of His
Daughter in st Louis.

SKETCH OF THE CAREER OF ONE
OF WHEEI.ING'S MOST PROMH-
NENT CITIZENS WITH
DISTINCTION IN THE MEXICAN
WAR, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT.
THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE
PASSED AT MONUMENT PLACE.
Yesterday the news was received in
this city of the death of Major Alonzo
Loring, and it called forth many ex
pressions of genuine sorrow from his
associates in business and social cir
cles, particularly from the older citi-
zens of Wheeling, by whom he was
best known. Major Loring had been
feeble for several years, and during
that period was very seldom seen in
public. Last October he went to st.
Louis, to visit his daughter, Mrs.
Charles J. Milton. While there he be-
came seriously i'll, and was confined
to his bed. Death came about 1880
o'clock Wednesday evening. He was
rs years of age.
The death OF Major Loring ends a
career of activity and usefulness, and
removes one of the best known, most
generally esteemed, and most public
spirited citizens of Wheeling He was
a prominent figure in mercantile and
manufacturing circles, through his
connection with various enterprises
up to the period of his retirement from
active life. He wcs popular in the So
cial sphere, and the entertainments at
his home have been among the most
brilliant functions in Wheeling socie-
most of the qualities which go to make
the ideal social mana southern gen
tleman. During his younger days he
took an active interest in politics. He
was an ardent and uncompromlslng
Democrat, and a southern sympathlzer
during the war between the sections
He was honored by his party with
several positions of trust. He was a
soldier in the Mexican war, and was
promoted for gallant service. As a
soldier and as civilian, he was sue
cessful in nearly everything which he
undertook. That this can be truthful
ly said of him, is largely due to the
predominant traits in his character
integrity of purpose, unf1inchlng deter
mination, and untiring energy. He
was careful to select the right course,
and was not turned aside by temporary
reverseS.
Major Loring was married to Mrs.
Mary Patterson, widow of James Pat
terson, of Belmont county 0. The
Patterson family was one of the Oldest
and most prominent in Eastern Ohio.
Mrs. Patterson was a sister OF Mrs.
James Du Bots, and both are now
dead. Three children survive Major
Loring. They are Andrew and Samuel
Patterson, step-sons, and Mrs. Chas.
j. Milton, of ST. Louis, whom Major
Loring was visiting at the time of his
death.
Alonzo Loring was born August goth,
1920, at Batavia, N. Y, and was there
fore in the Goth year of his age. His
youth was spent in that city, and at
the age of 10, in 1889, he started west
with his father, their objective point
being Chicago. In passing through
Wheeling Alonzo was very favorably
impressed with the city, and especially
with its advantages for industrial sites.
He decided to remain. and obtained
the consent of his father. That de-
cision he never regretted throughout
his career
Mr.. Loring, then young man, first
secured employment as a clerk in a
dry goods store, and after few years
became very we'll known in social cir
cles. At the outbreak of the Mexican
war he joined a Virginia company Of
volunteers, and went with them as Sec
ond Lieutenant He was transferred
December 9th. 1847. to the Eleventh
Infantry. His company had several en-
gagements with guerrillas, and he was
brevetted First Lieutenant for gallant
and meritorious conduct at Cerro Cor
do and other places.
Returning from the war Lieutenant
Loring was elected on the Democratic
ticket as Clerk of the Circuit Court, a
position which he filled with signal
ability In 1860 he was elected Sheriff
of Ohio county Mr. Joseph Seybold, of
the Bank of Wheeling, was one of his
deputiesy and his successor as Sheriff.