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GENEALOGY
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Alonzo
Lester
Loftin

(1876 - 1937)

William Alexander
Loftin

(1851 - 1939)

James
Franklin
Loftin

(1827 - 1864)

Thomas
Loftin

(1798 - 185?)

James
Loftin

(1768 - 1836)

John
Loftin

(1740 - 1793)

Cornelius
Loftin III

(1714 - 1785)

Cornelius
Loftin II

(1675 - 1735)

Cornelius
Loftin I

(1648 - 1735)

Leonard
"Laughton"
Loftin

(1610 - 1678)
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Alonzo & Ida's
Children
Were:

Charlie
Roosevelt
Loftin

(1905 - 1988)

Theodore
Roosevelt
Loftin

(1906 - 1969)

Sadie
Elizabeth
Loftin

(1909 - 2007)

Willie
Thelma
Loftin

(1911 - 1977)

Callie
Elma
Loftin

(1911 - 1992)

Sallie
Allie
Loftin

(1813 - 1986)

Daisy
Pearl
Loftin

(1914 - 1994)

Michael
Whitener
Loftin

(1916 - 1949)

Sam
William
Loftin

(1918 - 1979)

Oscar
Sherrill
Loftin

(1920 - 1986)

Glennie
Frances
Loftin

(1926 - 2015)

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FAMILY
NAMES

LOFTIN:
Beatty
Corzine
Cranford
Fisher
Givens
Harwell
Kaiser
Lanier
Lomax
McCorkle
Rudisill
Sherrill
Upright
Washington
Work


SETZER:
Aderholdt
Barringer
Bovey
Bushart
Deal
Heavner
Herman
Ikert
Miller
Motz
Rankin
Witherspoon

GOBLE:
Babst/Bobst
Douglas
Faber
Fink
Fulbright
Hefner
Meinhert
Miller
Muller
Pabst/Bobst
Robinson

JOHNSON:
Corzine
Fink
Hamilton
Kaiser
Leslie
Lewis
Moore
Sherrill
Upright
Wilkinson

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Family
SURNAMES


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Callie Elma Loftin

 

 

Born: 31 May 1911, Catawba County, NC
Died:  28 Jun 1992, Catawba County, NC

 
 

After Alonzo Lester Loftin's marriage to Ida Lillian Setzer, Ida, who was herself a twin, gave birth to her "first" set of twins on 31 May 1911 and named them Callie Elma Loftin and Willie Thelma Loftin. 

 

(Left) Elma & Thelma Loftin, (Right) Elma holding her baby sister, Frances

  

 
 
As a young girl, Elma and several of her siblings attended Waldon School on Lowrance Rd. in Catawba County, NC. 
 

Observer News Enterprise Newspaper photo from Walden School students

 

Elma (3) with her twin sister Thelma (1) and siblings Daisy Pearl (2) & Allie (4) -
First Cousins Marie, Glenn and Ray Loftin are also pictured

 

Alonzo & Ida Loftin's, children were Thelma, Daisy Pearl, Elma and Allie
Lee & Josephine Loftin's children were Marie, Glenn and Ray

 
 

Callie Elma Loftin and her twin sister Willie Thelma Loftin

 
 

(Top Row) Mae & Roy Loftin, Thelma Loftin
(Bottom Row) Daisy Pearl Loftin, Elma Loftin & Allie Loftin

Thanks to Deanie Herman Hilton for this photo from her mother's collection

 
 
 

(Below) Elma at the age of 13, 16 and 19 - She was quite a beauty

 
 

 

 
 

Elma married John Henry Huffman on 05 Nov 1932.  Family and friends called him "Jick".

 
 

A young John Henry "Jick" Huffman (right) with brother-in-law Dewey Connor.

 
 

(Below) John Henry "Jick" Huffman at the age of 19

   

 

 
 

(Left) Jick & Elma (left) with some friends at the beach.
(Right) Newlyweds, Jick & Elma Huffman

  

 

 

Elma and Jick and had four children.
 
Children of Callie Elma Loftin and John Henry "Jick" Huffman
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse
James Henry "Jimmy" Huffman 24 Jul 1934 07 Mar 2011 Faye Elizabeth Huffman
Hal Davis Huffman 28 Dec 1936 19 Mar 2000 Barbara Turbyfill
Loretta Ann Huffman 24 Jun 1938   (1) Harold Ben Harris
(2) Jack Raymond Hiatt
Lonnie Gary Huffman 27 Jan 1945 27 Jan 1945 (Died in Infancy)
 
 
 
The 1940 Census shows Jick and Elma living in Claremont, Catawba County, NC.  John Henry "Jick" was 28 years old - and so was Elma.  The Census shows that Jick had completed 8 years of school - while Elma had completed one year of high school.  Jick was working as a "Mechanic" for a local Hosiery Mill.  In 1939 he had worked 45 weeks during the year and earned $600 during the year.  They owned their home and it was valued at $1000.
 

1940 Catawba County Census

 
Home
Value
Last Name First Name Relation Sex Age Wd
Md
S
*
Sch
Birth **
Hrs
Wkd
Occup. Industry Wks
Wkd
1939
Wages
for
1939
O-$1000 Huffman John H. Head M 28 M 8 NC 24 Mechanic Hosiery Mill 45 $600
  ----- Elma Wife F 28 M H1 NC          
  ----- James Son M 5 S   NC          
  ----- Hal Son M 3 S              
  ----- Loretta Daughter F 1 S              
* Highest Grade of School Completed: H1 is 1st year of High School
** The Number of Hours Worked during the week of March 24 - 30, 1940
 
 
 
Loretta recalls her mother being pregnant with Lonnie Gary, "There were baby clothes at the house, but when mother came home from the hospital, there was no baby.  They didn't really explain why there was no baby.  They just didn't talk about stuff like that back then."
 

Elma and John Henry "Jick" resided in Claremont, NC.  The family attended Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Claremont.

 

Elma & Thelma outside the Loftin house on Sherrills Ford Rd. in Catawba County, NC

 
 

Ida Loftin birthday dinner

Ida, standing center-left wearing black

(Right side of table - Right to Left)
Willie Goble Loftin, Elma & John Henry "Jick" Huffman, Theodore "Speedo" & Marie Loftin

 
 
Jick & Elma's Children
 

Jick and Elma with their children (left to right) Jimmy, Loretta and Hal

 

James "Jimmy" Henry Huffman

  

 

Jick with Jimmy, Loretta and Hal

 

Loretta Ann Huffman

  

 

Elma and Loretta 1946

 

Hal Huffman

   

 

(Left) Hal, (Right) Jimmy, Loretta and Hal

    

 

(Tow Row) Cyrus "Buddy" Grazier (Son of Zelda Huffman Frazier), John Henry "Jick" Huffman, Jackie Frazier, (Bottom Row) Hal Huffman and Loretta Huffman - Oct1944

 

(Below) Jick & Elma

 

 

 

(Below) Elma & Jick in December 1986, age 75

 

 

Elma and Jick with Hal & Barbara's children
(Left to Right) Melissa, Elma, Jason, Jonathan, John Henry "Jick" and Jodie

 

Elma & Jick at the Balls Creek Campground

 

Elma - Christmas Eve 1978

 

Elma - Christmas Eve 1979

 
 

Jick and Elma's home in Claremont, NC

 
 
 
John Henry Huffman died 05 Jan 1990.  Callie Elma Loftin Huffman died 28 Jun 1992.  They are buried in the Claremont Cemetery.
 

 

Cemetery photo shows the grave stones for Elma & John Henry "Jick",
James "Jimmy" & Faye, and Lonnie

 
 

Jick & Elma's Children & Grandchildren

 

Jimmy & Faye Huffman a few months after their wedding

 

March 1963 - Elma and Jick with Linda, Jimmy Jr. and Gary (Jimmy & Faye's children)

 

 

  Jimmy & Faye Huffman's Children

(Top Row) Gary, Jimmy Jr. & Jerry
(Bottom Row) Janice, Linda & Bonnie

 
 

  Jimmy & Faye Huffman's 50th Wedding Anniversary

(Top Rows) Jimmy Jr., Bonnie, Gary, Janice, Jerry, Linda

(Bottom Row) Jimmy & Faye

 
 

Hal & Barbara Huffman's Children
(Top Row) John, Jason, Missy & Jody
(Bottom Row) Hal & Barbara

 
 

March 1962 - Ben Harris, Jick Huffman, Hal Huffman and Jimmy Huffman Jr.

 

(Left) 1963 - Loretta pregnant with twins, Kelly Leah & Shelly Lynn Harris
(Right) Ben Harris

   

 
 

Loretta Huffman Harris Hiatt's Children
Kelly Leah & Shelly Lynn Harris

 

 

(Left) Cynthia Lorelei Harris,  (Right) Kelly, Lori & Shelly

 

 
Ida Setzer Loftin was a twin - her daughter Elma was a twin (to Thelma) - Elma's daughter Loretta had twins (Kelly & Shelly).  

 

29 Mar 1980 - Loretta with her 2nd husband, Jack Hiatt, Tampa, FL

 
 

Jick & Elma's Children - Jimmy, Loretta and Hal

 
 
SOURCES
 

A special thanks to Loretta Huffman Hiatt, Logan Fajkus, Barbara Huffman, Frances Loftin Cook, Willie Goble Loftin,
Linda Huffman McCoy and Deanie Herman Hilton for information and photos of Elma and her family.

 
 
 

If you have additional photos or information about Jick & Elma, please contact me.