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Loomis, F. Kent (b. 1867)
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Men of West Virginia, Volume II
Biographical Publishing Company
George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, Illinois, 1903

Pages 751-752

F. KENT LOOMIS, managing editor of the Daily News Publishing
Company, at Parkersburg, West Virginia, was born at Marietta, Ohio,
November 9, 1867, and is a son of Judge W. B. Loomis, and a brother
of Hon. F. B. Loomis, the present United States minister to
Portugal. The latter was appointed to Venezuela in 1897, by the
late President McKinley, and was transferred in 1900, having been
for the past 12 years in the diplomatic service.

Mr. Loomis who is very well known in the western section of the
State on account of his vigorous management of the Parkersburg
Daily Morning News, was educated at Marietta and graduated from
Marietta College, with the degree of M. A., in 1888. He immediately
became interested in journalistic work, residing at Parkersburg
until 1893, when he went to Cincinnati and was night editor of the
old Tribune, later the Commercial Tribune, for four years. In 1896
he was recalled to Parkersburg, to take charge as managing editor
of the State Journal, then Governor White's paper. In July, 1899,
he left the latter paper in order to re-organize and develop the
Parkersburg Daily Morning News, being backed by a strong company,
and he has remained with this paper ever since with the exception
of eight months, from May to December, 1901. On December 1, 1901,
Mr. Loomis, with Maj. Charles D. Elliott and C. B. Smith bought the
New's and the company that has since conducted the paper is known
as the Daily News Publishing Company of Parkersburg. By persistent
effort, which includes all those activities which go to the making
of a first-class newspaper, Mr. Loomis and Mr. Smith, who are
devoting their entire attention to the business, have brought the
paper from the third in circulation in the city to the first place,
and have made it a most necessary adjunct to the family and
business life of Parkersburg.

In June, 1902, Mr. Loomis was united in marriage with Mildred May
Hall, daughter of C. W. Hall, of Parkersburg. Politically he is a
Republican. Socially he is one of the directors of the
Blennerhassett Club and a member of the house committee. Music
plays a prominent part in the lives of both Mr. and Mrs. Loomis,
she being the accomplished organist at the Presbyterian Church,
while Mr. Loomis is the tenor of the paid choir.

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