Emma Gennette “Nellie” LoftinAge: 91 years1866–1958
- Name
- Emma Gennette “Nellie” Loftin
- Given names
- Emma Gennette
- Surname
- Loftin
- Married name
- Emma Gennette Smith
- Nickname
- Nellie
 Birth | May 19, 1866 40 40 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 months)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 7 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a brother | Cicero Harris Loftin October 1868 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Loftin before 1870 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a brother | Alexander Loftin before 1870 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | July 28, 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John B Loftin October 1, 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah “Sallie” Shemwell April 17, 1882 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | Thomas L Smith — View this family April 22, 1885 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Lula Mae Smith July 11, 1886 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a son #2 | Charley Smith May 1899 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Charles Price “Charley” Smith Sr. June 19, 1900 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Jane “Betty” Loftin November 21, 1901 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Lanier before 1903 (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Wilborn Loftin — Verlina Glover — View this family April 30, 1903 (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Jacob Garfield Coggin — Lula Mae Smith — View this family June 30, 1904 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Jacob Claud Coggin August 23, 1905 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Grace Lee Coggin May 6, 1907 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | James Paul Coggin August 20, 1909 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a son | Charley Smith before 1910 (Age 43 years) |
| Census | April 28, 1910 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Mary Pauline Coggin November 11, 1910 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Joseph B “Joe” Coggin December 1914 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Lula Annie Coggin April 5, 1916 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Jefferson “T J” Loftin February 12, 1918 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Foy Thomas Coggin March 31, 1918 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 51 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a father | Wilborn Loftin August 14, 1919 (Age 53 years) |
| Census | January 8, 1920 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Catherine Jeanette Coggin September 14, 1920 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Opal May Coggin September 26, 1923 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Price “Charley” Smith Sr. — Ollie G Love — View this family April 12, 1924 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Charles Price Smith Jr April 10, 1927 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Geraldine Coggin June 20, 1927 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Joseph B “Joe” Coggin October 17, 1928 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a husband | Thomas L Smith March 6, 1930 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Charles Curtis Coggin August 21, 1930 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #13 | Donald Lee Smith May 21, 1931 (Age 65 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | Cicero Harris Loftin November 22, 1941 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 1, 1950 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Jacob Claud Coggin June 17, 1950 (Age 84 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 83 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a daughter | Lula Mae Smith May 5, 1957 (Age 90 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | April 2, 1958 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clear Springs Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Wilborn Loftin Birth: 1826 27 27 — North Carolina, United States Death: August 14, 1919 — Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Mary Lanier Birth: about 1826 — North Carolina, United States Death: before 1903 — North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1855 — |
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23 months elder sister |
Elizabeth Jane “Betty” Loftin Birth: December 9, 1856 30 30 — Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: November 21, 1901 — Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Margaret Loftin Birth: 1858 32 32 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1870 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Alexander Loftin Birth: 1860 34 34 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1870 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Thomas Jefferson “T J” Loftin Birth: April 10, 1863 37 37 — Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: February 12, 1918 — Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years herself |
Emma Gennette “Nellie” Loftin Birth: May 19, 1866 40 40 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: April 2, 1958 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Cicero Harris Loftin Birth: October 1868 42 42 — Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: November 22, 1941 — Guilford, North Carolina, United States |
| Father’s family with Verlina Glover |
| father |
Wilborn Loftin Birth: 1826 27 27 — North Carolina, United States Death: August 14, 1919 — Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| step-mother |
Verlina Glover Birth: October 4, 1849 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 9, 1922 — Alleghany, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: April 30, 1903 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Thomas L Smith |
| husband |
Thomas L Smith Birth: March 6, 1866 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 6, 1930 — North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Emma Gennette “Nellie” Loftin Birth: May 19, 1866 40 40 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: April 2, 1958 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: April 22, 1885 — |
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15 months daughter |
Lula Mae Smith Birth: July 11, 1886 20 20 — North Carolina, United States Death: May 5, 1957 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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13 years son |
Charley Smith Birth: May 1899 33 32 — North Carolina, United States Death: before 1910 — North Carolina, United States |
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14 months son |
Charles Price “Charley” Smith Sr. Birth: June 19, 1900 34 34 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: February 19, 1971 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
Emma Gennette “Nellie” Loftin has 37 first cousins recorded
Father's family (37)
Parents William Hiram Ward + Rebecca Loftin
Parents Cornelius Loftin + Honor Demanda Garner
Parents Milberry Styers + Eliza H Loftin
Parents William Moses “Willy” Loftin + Elizabeth Angelina Ward
Parents Robert Lee Tysinger + Margaret Loftin
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Wilborne Loftin - Household
Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Wilborne Loftin - Household
Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas L Smith - Household
Alleghany, Davidson, North Carolina
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas L Smith - Household
Eldorado, Montgomery, North Carolina
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas L Smith - Household
Cotton Grove, Davidson, North Carolina
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Price “Charley” Smith Sr. - Household
Elfird Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Charles Price “Charley” Smith Sr. - Household
Middle Fork, Forsyth, North Carolina
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