Family bible has George's birthday on Nov. 21, 1848. George married Sallie about 1864 in Jackson County, TN and had the following children:

1) Abner Melton Loftis
b. 21 August 1865, Gainesboro, TN
d. 28 January 1938 of liver cancer in Holdenville, OK
md 28 October 1888,"Vina" Melvina E. Carter
b. Flynn's Creek, Jackson Co., TN.

He was a member of the Church of Christ. He moved from TN to McKinney, Sherman, TX on a farm and moved from there to Indian Territory in 1905/06. He ran a grocery store in Holdenville, OK and had a cotton exchange, buying thousands of bales of cotton for Lloyds of London, England. There is a notation in his handwriting in his Family Bible dated 28 November 1897 which states "by the help of God, I've quit drinking". He married Melvina in the Church of Antioch, TN. She was born on Flynn's Creek, Jackson Co., TN and a member of the Methodist Church. She died of a heart attack. Her family Bible (97 yrs. old in 1990) was bought from a peddler and she paid for it with chickens. Her brother John Carter died of lung cancer. She lived to raise 3 granddaughter after her daughter Ruby had a nervous breakdown. Her son-in-law's mother raised Ruby's 3 sons.

2) Martha Elizabeth Loftis
b. 22 August 1866, Jackson Co., TN
d. 21 March 1941
md 16 May 1886, William M. L. Dennis -
s/o Benjamin Franklin Dennis and Floretta Tina Putty

3) James M. Loftis
b. 1869/70, Jackson Co., TN
d. 1933, Texola, OK
md Clora Perly Fox d/o Uriah H.W. & Dicey L. (Whitehead) Fox
James had a cotton business he ran in Texola, OK.

4) Parzetta C. Loftis
b. 6 February 1873, Jackson Co., TN - d. 30 August 1950, Holdenville, OK
md George Rugust Gentry
b. 29 March 1874, Denton, TX
d. 1957, Holdenville, OK - s/o Hiram W. & Minerva Gentry

5) Harriett Loftis - b. 6 April 1875, Jackson Co., TN -
d. 15 October 1944, Jackson Co., TN
md 4 January 1894, Hickman Pulaski Gentry & Harriett Loftis
Hickman Pulaski Gentry
b. 14 June 1874, Jackson Co., TN
d. 12 October 1922, Jackson Co., TN

1880 census: District 9, Jackson, Tennessee:

George R. Loftis 32
Sallie Loftis 34
Abner Loftis 14
Martha E. Loftis 12
James M. Loftis 10
Parsetta C. Loftis 8
Harriett Loftis 3
Sallie E. Loftis 1

(from J. Parker)