William Marion Loftin was born 1845 at Montgomery, AL to parents Theophilus F. Loftin (1820-1854) & Mary Louisa Loftin (1821-1892). Both parents are buried at Oak Wood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL. WM Loftin became a newspaper man at an early age - served as "society editor" of the Montgomery, AL newspaper (see 1860 census). After he served in "Hilliard's Legion" (AL CSA), he married Loreta C. Thomasson 1870 at Autauga Co., AL and worked for several more newspapers in that area. He moved his family to Pensacola, Escambia Co., FL after 1885 and founded the "Pensacola Journal" which was distributed weekly until 1897 when he was joined by Frank L. Mayes. In 1898 it became a daily paper. After the death of Wm. M. Loftin in 1899, Mayes continued publishing the daily paper which would in later years become known as the "Pensacola News Journal".
The grandfather of William M. Loftin was William Marion Loftin born 1785 Cravern Co., NC. W.M. Loftin (Sr) served in the War of 1812 as a surveyor under Andrew Jackson. In 1821 when Spain turned over "East/West FL" to the U.S. Government, FL's 1st Territorial Governor Andrew Jackson named W. M. Loftin as "Sheriff of Jackson County", one of the first five counties in the new FL Territory. W. M. Loftin Sr. & wife #2 Catherine moved their young family to St. Andrews Bay (today's Bay County) and would become a prominent promoter, land owner, U.S. Customs Officer, Bank Appraiser and was granted a permit to operate a ferry service from today's Parker, Bay Co., FL over to the peninsula to assist travelers connecting to the new communities of St. Joseph and Apalachicola, FL via the Military Road.
After the death of W. M. Loftin Sr. in 1837, his wife #2 Catherine and the children of that marriage moved up to Montgomery, AL about 1840. A National Historic site marker in Parker, Bay Co., FL now commemorates the life of this prominent early FL Territory pioneer. Descendants of his two daughters Eliza Loftin Porter and Ann E. Loftin Parker still reside in the Bay Co., FL area as well.
The grandfather of William M. Loftin was William Marion Loftin born 1785 Cravern Co., NC. W.M. Loftin (Sr) served in the War of 1812 as a surveyor under Andrew Jackson. In 1821 when Spain turned over "East/West FL" to the U.S. Government, FL's 1st Territorial Governor Andrew Jackson named W. M. Loftin as "Sheriff of Jackson County", one of the first five counties in the new FL Territory. W. M. Loftin Sr. & wife #2 Catherine moved their young family to St. Andrews Bay (today's Bay County) and would become a prominent promoter, land owner, U.S. Customs Officer, Bank Appraiser and was granted a permit to operate a ferry service from today's Parker, Bay Co., FL over to the peninsula to assist travelers connecting to the new communities of St. Joseph and Apalachicola, FL via the Military Road.
After the death of W. M. Loftin Sr. in 1837, his wife #2 Catherine and the children of that marriage moved up to Montgomery, AL about 1840. A National Historic site marker in Parker, Bay Co., FL now commemorates the life of this prominent early FL Territory pioneer. Descendants of his two daughters Eliza Loftin Porter and Ann E. Loftin Parker still reside in the Bay Co., FL area as well.
William Marion Loftin was born 1845 at Montgomery, AL to parents Theophilus F. Loftin (1820-1854) & Mary Louisa Loftin (1821-1892). Both parents are buried at Oak Wood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL. WM Loftin became a newspaper man at an early age - served as "society editor" of the Montgomery, AL newspaper (see 1860 census). After he served in "Hilliard's Legion" (AL CSA), he married Loreta C. Thomasson 1870 at Autauga Co., AL and worked for several more newspapers in that area. He moved his family to Pensacola, Escambia Co., FL after 1885 and founded the "Pensacola Journal" which was distributed weekly until 1897 when he was joined by Frank L. Mayes. In 1898 it became a daily paper. After the death of Wm. M. Loftin in 1899, Mayes continued publishing the daily paper which would in later years become known as the "Pensacola News Journal".
The grandfather of William M. Loftin was William Marion Loftin born 1785 Cravern Co., NC. W.M. Loftin (Sr) served in the War of 1812 as a surveyor under Andrew Jackson. In 1821 when Spain turned over "East/West FL" to the U.S. Government, FL's 1st Territorial Governor Andrew Jackson named W. M. Loftin as "Sheriff of Jackson County", one of the first five counties in the new FL Territory. W. M. Loftin Sr. & wife #2 Catherine moved their young family to St. Andrews Bay (today's Bay County) and would become a prominent promoter, land owner, U.S. Customs Officer, Bank Appraiser and was granted a permit to operate a ferry service from today's Parker, Bay Co., FL over to the peninsula to assist travelers connecting to the new communities of St. Joseph and Apalachicola, FL via the Military Road.
After the death of W. M. Loftin Sr. in 1837, his wife #2 Catherine and the children of that marriage moved up to Montgomery, AL about 1840. A National Historic site marker in Parker, Bay Co., FL now commemorates the life of this prominent early FL Territory pioneer. Descendants of his two daughters Eliza Loftin Porter and Ann E. Loftin Parker still reside in the Bay Co., FL area as well.
The grandfather of William M. Loftin was William Marion Loftin born 1785 Cravern Co., NC. W.M. Loftin (Sr) served in the War of 1812 as a surveyor under Andrew Jackson. In 1821 when Spain turned over "East/West FL" to the U.S. Government, FL's 1st Territorial Governor Andrew Jackson named W. M. Loftin as "Sheriff of Jackson County", one of the first five counties in the new FL Territory. W. M. Loftin Sr. & wife #2 Catherine moved their young family to St. Andrews Bay (today's Bay County) and would become a prominent promoter, land owner, U.S. Customs Officer, Bank Appraiser and was granted a permit to operate a ferry service from today's Parker, Bay Co., FL over to the peninsula to assist travelers connecting to the new communities of St. Joseph and Apalachicola, FL via the Military Road.
After the death of W. M. Loftin Sr. in 1837, his wife #2 Catherine and the children of that marriage moved up to Montgomery, AL about 1840. A National Historic site marker in Parker, Bay Co., FL now commemorates the life of this prominent early FL Territory pioneer. Descendants of his two daughters Eliza Loftin Porter and Ann E. Loftin Parker still reside in the Bay Co., FL area as well.
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