Loftin
William Alexander
Loftin
(1851 - 1939)
James
Franklin
Loftin
(1827 - 1864)
Thomas
Loftin
(1798 - 185?)
James
Loftin
(1768 - 1836)
John
Loftin
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Cornelius
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Cornelius
Loftin II
(1675 - 1735)
Cornelius
Loftin I
(1648 - 1735)
Leonard
"Laughton"
Loftin
(1610 - 1678)
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Lester
Loftin
(1876 - 1937)
Mary
Frances
Loftin
(1978 - 1958)
Zettie
Wilson
Loftin
(1881 - 1956)
Arthur
Lee
Loftin
(1884 - 1950)
W. Garland
Loftin
(1887 - 1912)
Hattie
Pearl
Loftin
(1890 - 1966)
Cordie
Bland
Loftin
(1894 - 1981)
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Arthur Lee Loftin
Born: 20 Jun 1884, Catawba County, NC
Died: 30 Jun 1950Arthur Lee Loftin was the fourth child born to William Alexander Loftin and Laura Rossie Cranford. Lee was born 20 Jun 1884 in Catawba County, North Carolina.
Lee, age 10, with his mother Laura
and sister Cordie, 1894
Lee married Alice Josephine Gilleland on 23 Sep 1906. Josie was born 20 Jul 1890. She was the daughter of Mitchell Melmouth Gilleland and Delila Ann Catherine Murphy.
Lee and Josephine has eleven children.
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse Infant Son Loftin 19 Aug 1907 19 Sep 1907 Lois Virginia Loftin 13 Dec 1908 04 Jun 2015 Preston Mundy Zettie Marie Loftin 16 Dec 1910 Herman Flake Robinson Glenn Lee Loftin 01 Dec 1912 24 Dec 1981 Oda Bell Stewart William Ray Loftin 19 Aug 1914 02 Oct 1988 Martha Null Frances Bernice Loftin 21 Oct 1916 09 Oct 2012 Raymond Eugene Gilmer Coyte James Loftin 08 May 1918 16 Feb 1992 Kathleen Morrow Willard Gilleland Loftin 09 Dec 1919 17 Apr 1921
Whooping
Cough(Died in Infancy) Foy Max Loftin, PFC 24 Jul 1921 01 Dec 1943 (Never Married) Helen Josephine Loftin 15 Jun 1926 24 Jul 2014, Statesville, NC Willard White Arthur Lee Loftin & Alice Josephine Gilleland's Marriage License
The 1910 Catawba County Census shows Lee, Josephine and Lois living in the Sherrills Ford Precinct Lee is 25 and Josie is 20 and they've been married for 3 years. Lois is 1 4/12 years old. Lee's occupation is "farmer". 1910 Catawba County Census
Name Relation Sex Race Age S/M/W Yrs.
Md.Children Birth Occupation Home Last First Born Living Own
RentHouse
FarmLoftin Lee A. Head M W 25 M1 3 NC Farmer O F ----- Josephine Wife F W 20 M1 3 1 1 NC ----- Lois Daughter F W 1 4/12 S NC During an interview on 31 August 2010, Lee's daughter Lois told Curtis Loftin & Peggy Brotherton that her family had lived in a house on Pump Alley Rd where her father was a farmer. The family grew cotton and corn as well as a vegetable garden. When the Great Depression hit in 1929, Lee's family survived because they had always grown what they needed on the family farm. Lois said that Lee was also a "horse trader". Arthur Lee Loftin and his wife Alice Josephine Gilleland
(Left to Right) Lois, Josephine holding Glenn, Lee holding Marie
(Below) Josephine
Lee registered for the US Military Draft during WW1 on 13 Sep 1918. He was 34 years old. His eyes and hair color were listed as brown. Lee's WW1 Registration Card
When the great flue epidemic of 1918 (the Spanish Flu) hit the county, daughter Lois Loftin Mundy stated that most of the family ended up with the flu, too. She remembers being in bed with her aunt Pearl Loftin - who both had the flu. An estimated 50 million people (about 3% of the world's population) died of the disease. Fortunately all of the Loftin family survived. Lois remembers her mother waling around the house singing "I Love to Tell the Story". I Love to Tell the Story
I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story, because I know ’tis true;
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do.I love to tell the story, ’twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.I love to tell the story; more wonderful it seems
Than all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams.
I love to tell the story, it did so much for me;
And that is just the reason I tell it now to thee.I love to tell the story; ’tis pleasant to repeat
What seems, each time I tell it, more wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story, for some have never heard
The message of salvation from God’s own holy Word.I love to tell the story, for those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song,
’Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.The 1920 Census shows Lee and Josie living in the Catawba Township of Catawba County. They had seven children: Lois V. (Virginia) age 11, Zettie M. (Marie) age 9, Glenn L. (Lee) age7, William R. (Ray) age 5, Frances B. (Bernice) age 3 2/12, Coyte J. (James) age 1 6/12 and Willard G. (Gilleland) 4/12. Lee was 34 and Josie was 28. Glenn (spelled "Gleene" on the Census) was misidentified as a "daughter".
1920 Catawba County Census
Name Relation Home Sex Race Age S/M/W Read
WriteBirth Occupation Occupation Last First Own
RentHouse
FarmLoftin Lee O. Head O F M W 34 M Yes NC Farmer General Farm ----- Jocie A Wife F W 28 M Yes NC none ----- Lois V. Daughter F W 11 S Yes NC none ----- Zettie M. Daughter F W 9 S NC none ----- Gleene L. Daughter F W 7 S NC none ----- William R. Son M W 5 S NC none ----- Frances B. Daughter F W 3 2/12 S NC none ----- Coyt J. Son M W 1 6/12 S NC none ----- Willard G. Son M W 4/12 S NC none Willard Gilleland Loftin died on 17 Apr 1921. He was 4 months old. According to Lois Loftin Mundy, her mother suffered from a miscarriage and endured complications as a result of the miscarriage. Josephine died 03 Jun 1928 in Catawba County, NC, at the age of 37. The death certificate lists the cause of death as "Pyelitis" - an acute inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney, caused by bacterial infection. Lee was listed as the informant. The death certificate also lists her first name as Ollie instead of Alice. On her son Foy Max Loftin's death certificate her name is listed as Alice Griffin. Josephine's Death Certificate
Josephine's death certificate has her name listed as Ollie Josephine instead of Alice Josephine. Josephine is buried at Center Methodist Church.
The 1930 Census shows Lee living in the Catawba Township of Catawba County near his brother Alonzo. Lee is show on the Census is being widowed and 44 years old. He has six children at home: Glenn age 17, Ray age 15, Bernice age 13, Coyte age 11, Foy age 8 and Helen age 3. 1930 Catawba County Census
Name Relation Sex Race Age S/M/W Age
Md.School
this Yr.Read
WriteBirth Occupation Occupation Last First Loftin Alonzo L. Head M W 54 M 18 No Yes NC Farmer ---- Ida Wife F W 45 M 21 No Yes NC none ---- Thelma Daughter F W 18 S No Yes NC Knitter Elliott Knitting ---- Elma Daughter F W 18 S No Yes NC Knitter Elliott Knitting ---- Allie Daughter F W 17 S No Yes NC Knitter Elliott
Knitting---- Daisy Pearl Daughter F W 15 S Yes Yes NC none ---- Mike Son M W 14 S Yes Yes NC none ---- Samuel Son M W 11 S Yes Yes NC none ---- Oscar Son M W 9 S Yes Yes NC none ---- Frances Daughter F W 3 S No NC Name Relation Sex Race Age S/M/W Age
Md.School
this Yr.Read
WriteBirth Occupation Occupation Last First Loftin Lee A. Head M W 44 Wd 22 No Yes NC Farmer ---- Glenn Son M W 17 S No Yes NC Farm Help ---- Ray Son M W 15 S Yes Yes NC Farm Help ---- Bernice Daughter F W 14 S Yes Yes NC none ---- Coyt Son M W 11 S Yes Yes NC none ---- Foy Son N W 8 S Yes Yes NC ---- Helen Daughter F W 3 S No NC Lee married Bertha M. Kale on 20 Aug 1931. Bertha was born about 1890 and her parents were H. Logan Kale & Malissa E. Kale. Bertha had one child, Wilma, before she married Lee. Wilma was grown and already married to Lloyd Moss by the time that Lee and Bertha married.
Bertha Kale's Children Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse Wilma B. Kale Abt. 1911 Lloyd Franklin Moss
Abt. 1929(Below) Lee and Bertha at their home in Catawba
Lee died 30 Jun 1950. He buried beside of Josephine at Center Methodist Church in Catawba County, NC.
(Below) A small group of Lee Loftin's children
Ray, Marie, Bernice, Lois, Coyte, Glenn, Helen
Video Interview With Lois Loftin Mundy (age 101) from August 2010:
Lois discusses her parents (Lee & Josephine Loftin), Lee's work,
dating, typhoid fever and Marie, Dr. Fred Long,
Grandpa William Alexander "Alec" Loftin,
Grandma Laura Cranford Loftin
and Great Uncle James Edward Loftin (Alec's brother).SOURCES
Thanks to Phyllis White Mills for her help with the Arthur Lee Loftin lineage.
You can contact Phyllis at pmills@ju.eduA special thanks to Lois Loftin Mundy, Cathleen Morrow Loftin and Peggy Loftin Brotherton for the photos of Lee.
If you have additional photos or information about Lee & Josephine Loftin, please contact me.
