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GENEALOGY
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Grady
Adams
Loftin
Jr.

(1924 - 2005)

Grady
Adams
Loftin
Sr.

(1893 - 19??)

Alonzo
Kelly
Loftin

(1857 - 19??)

Langdon A.
Loftin

(1825 - 1891)

Eldridge
Edward
Loftin

(178? - 1842)

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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Grady's
SIBLINGS:

Lettie
Inez
Loftin

(1888 - 19??)

Lawrence K.
Loftin

(1891 - 1???)

Claude
Loftin

(1897 - 1???)

Eldridge
Leroy
Loftin

(1901 - 19??)

Margorie
Loftin

(1907 - 19??)
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Grady Adams Loftin, Jr.

                             

 

                           

Born: 12 Jul 1924

Died: 28 Nov 2005

 
 

  (Left) Grady Adams Loftin, Jr.
  Grady Adams Loftin, Jr. was born 12 Jul 1924.  He was the first child born to Grady Adams Loftin, Sr. and Sallie Akiss.

Grady's Grandparents were Alonzo Kelly Loftin and Sarah Ida Otta Sigman.

Grady's paternal Great-Grandparents were Langdon Loftin (b. 26 Feb 1826) and Sena "Cenie" Link. 

Grady's paternal Great-Great-Grandparents were Eldridge Edward Loftin and Mary Sherrill.

His paternal Great-Great-Great-Grandparents were John Loftin (b. 29 Nov 1740) and Martha Lanier.
                 

Thanks to Mike Talbot and Lynn Baker Loftin
for the photo of Grady Adams Loftin Jr.

               
 
 
The 1930 Census shows that 36-year-old Grady Sr. and his family were living in the Otter River District of Campbell County, VA.  The Census lists Sallie's age as 31.  Grady Sr. and Sallie had two sons - Grady, Jr., age 5, and Clayton, age 2 1/2.  The family also had a 14-year-old female Negro cook living with them, by the name of Rosine Hogue.
 

1930 Campbell County, Virginia Census

 
Name Relation Real
Estate
Value
Sex Race Age Md/S Age
Md.
Attend
School
Can
Write
Born Born Occupation
Last First Dad Mom Industry
Loftin Grady A. Head $6500 M W 36 M 27 No Yes NC NC VA Cedar
Plant
----- Sallie Wife   F W 31 M 25 No Yes VA VA VA None
Loftin Grady
Jr.
Son   M W 5 S   No   VA NC VA None
----- Clayton Son   M W 2
6/12
S   No   VA NC VA None
Hogue Rosine Servant   F Neg 14 S   No Yes VA VA VA Cook /
Private
Family
 
 
 
Grady Jr. attended Virginia Episcopal School at the time of World War II.  The events of Pear Harbor affected him greatly and he enlisted in the US Army on 18 Oct 1943 in Richmond, Virginia.  He was living in Campbell County, VA, at the time. 
 
At the end of WWII, Grady returned to the US and started college.  He spent a year in pre-med at the request of his mother, but soon discovered it wasn't what he wanted to do.
 
Grady Jr. met Mary Emma Rush while he was getting a geology degree at Indiana University.  He married Mary in 1950 and they moved to Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C.  While living there, daughter Sallie C. Loftin was born in D.C.
 
The family moved to Seattle, WA, where Grady Jr. planned to study oceanography.  He, however, hadn't sent in an application, so he didn't get into Scripps Institute.
 
They moved back to Bloomington and then to Louisiana where he was hired by General Geophysical.  In 1961, the family settled across the river from New Orleans in Gretna, LA and Grady Jr. went to work for an information trading business that dealt with shot records for oil companies.  In 1973, Grady Jr. started Geophysical Data Banks.  From 1993 to 1995, Grady lived at 801 Smith Dr, Metairie, LA.  The home phone number was 504-837-7721.
 
Grady Loftin Jr. and Mary Emma Rush divorces in 1975.  Mary and Sallie moved from Gretna, LA to Santa Fe, NM in 1975 while the divorce was being finalized.
 
Children of Grady Adams Loftin Jr. and Emma Rush
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse
Sallie C. Loftin     Donald L. Henderson, Jr.
 
 
Grady stayed in Metairie until 1995/1996 when Lynn's job took them to Okinawa, Japan.  They returned to Louisiana two years later, settling in New Iberia and them finally moving to Zachary, LA where Lynn took a position at Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA.
 
Grady and Lynn lived at 1646 2. Columbine St, Baton Rouge, LA in 1998.  Home phone number was 504-761-1625.  In 2001, Grady and Lynn lived at 2616 Lester St., New Iberia, LA and the home phone number was 337-367-5578.  At the time of Grady's death, 28 Nove 2005, he was living at 70791 Zachary, East Baton Rouge, LA.
 
 
 
 
Grady and Mary's daughter, Sallie, met Donald L. Henderson, Jr. in Alamogordo, NM.  They were married in 1980, but Sallie did not change her name.  Sallie acquired her Masters in Education.
 
Children of Sallie Loftin and Donald L. Henderson
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse
Brigid K. Henderson      
Lee K. Henderson      
Morgan M. Henderson      
 

 

 
SOURCES
 
 

Grady Adams Loftin, Sr. (b. 19 Jan 1893) lineage courtesy of  Sallie C. Loftin/Henderson, New Mexico.
You can contact Sallie through her email at
dragonhavn@gmail.com

 
     
 

Photos of Grady Adams Loftin, Jr., courtesy of Mike Talbot and Lynn Baker Loftin. 
You can contact Mike at
mtaht@cox.net

 
 
 

If you have additional photos or information about Grady Adams Loftin, Sr., or his family, please contact me.