When Lemuel Loftis was born on 17 February 1846, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, his father, Pleasant Andrew Loftis, was 31 and his mother, Eliza Russell, was 28. He married Sarah Jane Colvin on 27 February 1868, in Jones, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 10 Military Springs, Sanford, Alabama, United States in 1870 and Election Precinct 12 Trulls, Lamar, Alabama, United States in 1900. He died on 22 December 1901, in Lamar, Alabama, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Old Asbury Cemetery, Lamar, Alabama, United States.
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In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: February 4, 1867: Jones, Alabama, United States November 13, 1867 Abolished and returned to Marion County October 8, 1868: Sanford, Alabama, United States February 8, 1877: Lamar, Alabama, United States
English: variant of Loftus 1.
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