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GENEALOGY
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Nannie
May
Loftin
(1895 - 1982)

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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Nannie's
Siblings

Lillie
Stamey
Loftin
(1897 - 1988)

Roy
Henry
Loftin
(1899 - 1972)

Floye
Hovis
Loftin
(1901 - 1973)

Verdie
Lee
Loftin
(1903 - 1993)

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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Nannie May Loftin   Born: 08 Nov 1895, Catawba County, NC Died:  15 Jul 1982, Catawba County, NC                                 Nannie May Loftin was the first child born to Alonzo Lester Loftin and Cornelia Estelle Lowrance.  Nannie was born 08 Nov 1895 in Catawba County, NC.  She was infant baptized on 19 Oct 1897 at the Catawba Methodist Church.                                                             Alonzo Lester Loftin & Cornelia Estelle Lowrance Loftin (Left to Right) Nannie, Alonzo, Roy, Cornelia holding Floye and Lillie                               When Cornelia died form pneumonia on 11 Feb 1904, most of their children were sent away to live in an orphanage.   1910 McDowall County Census   Number Last Name First Name Relation Sex Race Age S/M/W Birth Place 11 Loftin Nannie Student F W 15 S     Nannie Loftin, age 15, is listed on line 11 on the 1910 McDowall County Census as residing at the Elhanan Training Institute as a student.   Nannie married Wade Vernon Martin in 1915 and spent the first few years of their marriage in Gastonia, NC.  Their first daughter, Cornelia Lucille Martin, was born 29 Dec 1915.   1920  Gastonia City Census   Last Name First Name Relation Sex Race Age S/M/W Can Read Can Write Birth Place Occupation Industry Martin Wade V. Head M W 25 M Yes Yes NC Manager Repair Shop ----- Nannie M. Wife F W 24 M Yes Yes NC None   ----- Cornelia L. Daughter F W 4 S     NC None   Loftin Lillie S. Sis-in-law F W 22 S Yes Yes NC Operator Telephone Office ----- Floye H. Sis-in-law F W 18 S Yes Yes NC Operator Telephone Office ----- Verdie L. Sis-in-law F W 16 S Yes Yes NC Knitter Hosiery Mill   According to the 1920 Gastonia City Census, Wade & Nannie were renting a house there.  At the time Wade was 25, Nannie was 24, and their daughter Lucille was 4 years old.  Also living with them were all of Nannie’s younger sisters, Lillie 22, Floye 18 and Verdie Lee 16.  Roy was living nearby.  Wade was managing a shop, Lillie and Floye were working as telephone operators, and Verdie Lee was working in a hosiery mill.           (Left) Nannie Wade and Nannie soon returned to Newton and moved into a house on West C Street where their second daughter, Nancy Wadine Martin, was born 14 Mar 1930.  Children of Wade Martin and Nannie May Loftin Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse Cornelia Lucille Martin 29 Dec 1915 03 Sep 1998 (1) William E. Wolf (2)Robert Michael Holmes Nancy Wadine Martin 14 Mar 1930   Howard Alexander Smith Jr.   (Below) Nannie with her Step-Mother, Ida, and many of her sisters and brothers (Left to Right) Elma, Speedo, Charlie, Thelma, Frances, Roy, Ida, Sadie, Verdie Lee, Lillie, Mike, Nannie       (Right) Nannie & Wade Martin   The family eventually moved into a large two-story, white-frame house on North College Avenue, just two blocks up from the court square, beyond the State Theatre.  They lived there for thirty years and the upstairs rooms in Martin’s Boarding House were soon filled with tenants. Nannie & Wade sold the big house in 1964 and moved into a smaller house on South Main Avenue.  This was the house where Wade and Nannie spent the rest of their lives.  Wade and Nannie were members at First Methodist Church in Newton.  Wade died 29 Jan 1975.  Nannie died 15 Jul 1982.  They are buried at Hopewell Methodist Church, the Martin Family home church, in Sherrills Ford, NC.                                   (Below) Hopewell Methodist Church in Sherrills Ford, NC                                                                                                     SOURCES   A special thanks to John Smith and Frances Loftin Cook for the photos of Nannie.             If you have additional photos or information on Nannie May Loftin, please contact me.