The Shemwell Family

Nona Lee LoftinAge: 92 years19061999

Name
Nona Lee Loftin
Given names
Nona Lee
Surname
Loftin
Married name
Nona Lee Skeen
Birth December 13, 1906 25 27
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 paternal grandmotherElizabeth Angelina Ward
August 3, 1918 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 paternal grandfatherWilliam Moses “Willy” Loftin
August 14, 1919 (Age 12 years)
Census January 19, 1920 (Age 13 years)
MarriageHobson Dewey SkeenView this family
October 3, 1925 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 fatherCharles Clay “Charlie” Loftin
September 28, 1932 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 motherLouzina “Zannie” Elliott
January 6, 1967 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 of a husbandHobson Dewey Skeen
December 18, 1992 (Age 86 years)
Death January 8, 1999 (Age 92 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Charles Clay “Charlie” Loftin
Birth: February 4, 1881 45 35Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 28, 1932Davidson, North Carolina, United States
mother
Louzina “Zannie” Elliott
Birth: June 20, 1879North Carolina, United States
Death: January 6, 1967Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: January 7, 1903Davidson, North Carolina, United States
4 years
herself
Nona Lee Loftin
Birth: December 13, 1906 25 27Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 8, 1999High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Family with Hobson Dewey Skeen - View this family
husband
Hobson Dewey Skeen
Birth: July 26, 1901Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 18, 1992Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
herself
Nona Lee Loftin
Birth: December 13, 1906 25 27Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 8, 1999High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: October 3, 1925Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

Nona Lee Loftin has 49 first cousins recorded

Father's family (49)

Parents Dr. William Robert Loftin Sr. + Ella May Cray
1Lavina E Loftin18931914
3Nona Lee Loftin18981987
4Albert L Loftin19011957
5Ella Mae Loftin19041993
Parents Dr. William Robert Loftin Sr. + Gertrude May “Gertie” Bobo
Parents John Howard Loftin + Aquilla Finch “Quilla” Morgan
1Bertha Lou Loftin18921918
2Lee Mock Loftin18991980
Parents Moses Lee Loftin + Sarah Louella Riley
1Fred Loftin18921915
3Clyde Loftin18971979
4Piccola Loftin19001968
Parents Moses Lee Loftin + Chapel Ellen Surratt
Parents John Thomas Chandler + Lula C Loftin
2Maud Chandler18921932
4Opal Lula Chandler18951953
Parents Albert B Loftin + Nancy “Nannie” Morris
1Gean Kerney Loftin18971948
2Robert Guy Loftin19001948
Parents Edward Hoke Loftin + Minnie M Riley
2Edith Lee Loftin19041999
4Julia Mae Loftin19092003
5Robert Hoke Loftin19111976
Parents John Duckery “Duck” Morgan + Pallie Loftin
2Robert Paul Morgan19111981
Parents Pleasant Everett Hall + Della Ann Loftin
1Harris Leon Hall19051911
4Albert Clegg Hall19122000
6Scott Eugene Hall19172007
7Arthur Rand Hall19191959
Parents Zebulon Vance Loftin + Freda Venie Bean
1Infant Loftin19091909
2Lula Loftin19102000
4William Lee Loftin19131914
5Jewel Loftin19162010
6Mable Marie Loftin19201991

Mother's family (0)

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles Clay “Charlie” Loftin - Household

Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Loftin, Charlie C CheadMW29M16NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Loftin, Lou ZwifeFW30M1611NCNCNCFarmLaborer
Loftin, NonadaughterFW3SNCNCNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Clay “Charlie” Loftin - Household

Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Loftin, C CheadMW39MNCNCNCFarming
Loftin, LouisawifeFW40MNCNCNC
Loftin, NonadaughterFW13SNCNCNC