Re: Loftis in Van Buren County, Arkansas
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In reply to:
Re: Loftis in Van Buren County, Arkansas
12/15/01
John, thanks for your reply to my post.Since I posted last February, I've found a wealth of information.I bought the Loftis book and was finally able to find my husband's great-grandfather in it.His name was James McKenzie Loftis, but he's not listed that way.In the book he is listed by his nickname "Kens" Loftis.It took me a while to figure that out.After making the discovery, I was able to trace him back to the Tennessee Loftis family.He traveled to visit the Missouri Loftis family, lived there a while and married there.Then he went to Van Buren County,Arkansas, where he lived for some time.When his son Charles and his family moved to Oklahoma, he and his wife went with them -- and that's how my husband's family ended up in Oklahoma. Kens was a Church of Christ minister and founded a church in Van Buren County.