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ABRAM LOUGHRIDGE
Abram Loughridge was born in Ogle County, Illinois in 1850. He was the son of Abram and Margaret Linn Loughridge. The year he was born, his father died of a brain fever. The year 1850 must have been a devastating year for Margaret. She was left with no husband, gained a new son, and had to worry about the other children.
Abram Loughridge met and married Marietta Sturdevant in 1872. Marietta was born on 25 Jan 1852 at Ashtabula County, Ohio. They lived at West Side, Crawford County, Iowa for the first few years of their marriage. They lived on a well established farm where Abram was a lumber dealer. The 1880 U.S. Census listed Abram, age 29; Marietta, age 28; and children, Ada, age 6; Edna, age 4; Orlin, age 2; Jessie (my grandmother), age 11 months.
The westward pioneering spirit overcame Abram and he managed to talk Marietta into selling their farm. The family left Iowa and they first settled in the Caddo Indian Territory which was just a few miles north of the Texas border. The land around the house and yard was so embedded with indianheads that it was impossible even to raise a vegetable garden. They learned later that the farm area had been an Indian battlefield. They added another daughter, Alice, to the family while living in the Oklahoma I.T. They moved on to Arkansas and finally settled at Rocky Hollow near Boonesville. Their last child, Anna Mae, was born in Fort Smith.
While he farmed, he was also a traveling peddler selling different goods to customers. Later, he took a job hauling freight by wagon from Ft. Smith, Arkansas to Alderson Indian Territory near McAlester. He would move again for the last time to Alderson about 1900. Alderson was a boom town, the coal mines were in full operation and new immigrants were moving into the area every day. He opened a furniture - hardware store right off the main street of Alderson. Abram was a big Irish man with a florid complexion. He had lots of charm and personality. He evidently was a good salesman too. It was said that he sold a stove to just about everyone in town and in the surrounding area.
Marietta died of pneumonia on 17 Jan 1912 at the early age of 59. She was buried at the Northtown cemetery at McAlester, Oklahoma. Abram married again in 1920 to Imogene Desanto. He was almost 70 years old and she was only twenty-six. Ada, the oldest daughter, was mentally challenged and was age 46 when they married. I believe Abram felt he needed help with the house and his daughter. He remained married to Imogene for the rest of his life. He closed out his store and retired on his farm.
He died on 25 July 1930 and was buried in the Northtown cemetery in McAlester beside his first wife and the mother of his children. Abram raised six children. They in turn, gave him twenty-two grandchildren and a multitude of descendents scattered across the United States.
MORE FAMILY:
Jessie Loughridge, Abram's fourth child, was my grandmother. She married John Williams (our mystery man) who was born in Toronto, Canada. They had three daughters: Velma, Carmen, and my mother, Rita. Robert died in 1926 and was buried at Ardmore,Oklahoma. Jessie died on 16 July 1944 and she was buried at Rattan, Oklahoma.
Rita Williams married Byron Fleming in 1933 at Ardmore, Oklahoma. They had two children: Billy Ray and Patricia Ann. Byron Fleming was mostly a farmer and rancher. He walked the Christian path most of his whole life and he died on Easter Sunday in 1995. He is sorely missed! Rita, my mother, lived on the home place in Oklahoma. She played piano for church and other activities. She wrote poetry, songs, and was going strong in her early eighties! She passed away on July 17, 2001 while going through a knee operation at age 84. Both of my parents are buried at the Darwin Cemetery near Antlers, Oklahoma.
Bill (Billy Ray) Flemming was born 29 July 1936 at Ardmore, Oklahoma. After high school, I joined the U.S. Air Force and stayed with it for almost 23 years. I met a beautiful girl by the name of Waltraut (Wally) and we were stationed all over the world. Our children were born along the way: Kathy in Germany, Allan in Missouri, Michael in France, and Linda in Texas. We now have nine grandchildren.
OTHER THINGS OF INTEREST:
Wally and I enjoy traveling when ever we can. To do my genealogy on the way, we have to make stops at Branson, Nashville, and other places to keep her happy. We both love country music, and seeing those grandkids when we can.
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CHARLOTTE - Charlotte in Montgomery County, Ohio - descendant and researcher of Abram Loughridge and other related families. Family names that connect with the Loughridges are: Long and Holladay. She is willing to share and swap information on any of these names.
Email: JOHN - John Fields in Colorado - researcher of George Loughridge in Maryland; Josephus and Frederick Pharo Loughridge in Indiana and other related families. He is a member of the LOKRIG Family Association. He is willing to share and swap information on any of these names.
POET'S CORNER
We have several Fleming-Loughridge relatives that write and publish poetry.
HOLD FORTH THE WORD
Hold forth the Word of Life;
It hath the power
To change a drunk to a sober man
Within an hour!
Hold forth the Word of Life;
Do not ever doubt
That God will touch a man in sin
And bring him out!
Hold forth the Word of Life;
There is no other
That touches long sworn enemies
And makes them brothers!
Hold forth the Word of Life;
For every man is lost
"Til they believe that Christ
Has paid sin's cost!
Hold forth the Word of Life,
For Jesus paid it all;
Hold forth the Word of Life;
On Him they'll call!
Hold forth the Word of Life,
For Christ brings life indeed,
For men will trust who hear His Word,
And then adopt His Creed!
Written By: Darrel H. Heath Date: May 16, 1981
Copyright © 1997 by Darrel H. Heath
If you enjoyed this poem, you can view more at:SELECTED POEMS
Visit Darrel's own page at: Church Web Page
MORE POETRY
ABRAM LOUGHRIDGE
My Great Grandfather was a pioneer man
Abram Loughridge was his name;
Because he helped settle new areas,
The West would never be the same.
He moved westward and lived with the Indians
In the new Oklahoma Indian Territory;
He farmed the land and trained wild horses;
His strength was legend and so was his story.
He hauled freight as a Drayman for a while;
Lifting heavy barrels to the wagon's bed;
He moved these supplies to Alderson
For the coal miners there, it was said.
He opened a general hardware store
Off of the main street of town;
He sold stoves, beds, and materials
To everyone from the richest man on down.
Abram raised six children
As he moved from each place and town;
It was devastating when he lost his wife, Marietta,
But her death did not keep him down.
He lived each day the best that he could;
He worked hard each day through;
He tried to raise his children right,
So they would amount to something too.
Since we were not there, we really can not tell,
All the good deeds that Abram has done;
With his pioneering spirit and desire to see new lands,
There's no doubt he was part of how the West was won.
Written By: Bill Flemming, 1998
Copyright © 1998 by Bill Flemming
LOKRIG NAME
Lokrig represents the entire surname of the clan;
There is an association by that same name;
Whether your name is Loughridge, Lockridge,
Lothridge or Laughridge, We really are all the same.
In Scotland, we were Lochridge;
In Ireland, we were Loughridge;
In America, we have so many variations,
To represent us all, someone came up with Lokrig.
To the East, there is the name Loughrige;
To the South, there is the name Loughridge;
To the West, there is the name Lothridge;
And throughout the U.S., there is Lockridge.
I hope I didn't leave any name out,
It would be embarrassing for me, it's true;
Ever how you spell or pronounce your name
I know it's important to you.
It doesn't matter how you spell your name,
We have so many different names, it's confusing;
If your last name begins with an "L",
You could be a cousin, it's so amusing.
Written By: Bill Flemming, 1998
Copyright© 1998 by Bill Flemming
Abram Loughridge Family
ABRAM LOUGHRIDGE
Abram Loughridge, born in 1850 at Pine Creek, Ogle County, IL. He married Marietta Sturdevant from Ohio. She was born 25 Jan 1852 at Ashtabula, IL. Her parents were Joshua Moses Sturdevant and Abigail Sloot. Children born to this union were:
1. Ada Loughridge, born 1875 at West Side, Crawford, Iowa. She died in 1935 and was buried at Chismville, Arkansas.
2. Edna Leona Loughridge, born Apr 1877 at West Side, Iowa. She married Asa F. Holladay in Jul 1907. She died in 1918 and was buried in McAlester, Pittsburg Co., OK.
3. Orlinn Loyd Loughridge, born Oct 1878 at West Side, Iowa. He married Sarah Roseanna Young in Oct 1898. He died in May 1949 and was buried at Chismville, AR at the Spring Hill Cemetery.
4. Jessie Loughridge, born Jul 1879 at West Side, Iowa. She married Robert John Williams in 1901. She died in Jul 1944 at Rattan, Pushmataha Co., OK.
5. Alice Loughridge, born Apr 1884, in Oklahoma Indian Territory. She married Robert E. Lee Patterson in 1902. She died and was buried in California.
6. Anna Mae Loughridge, born Jun 1886 at Ft. Smith, AR. She married George W. McBee in Mar 1914. She died in Mar 1963 and was buried at Mcalester, OK at the Oak Hill cemetery.
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PARENTS OF ABRAM
Abraham Loughridge was born in 1813 in Pennsylvania. His parents were George Loughridge and Mary Linn. In his early years he learned to be a stone mason or stone cutter as were his father and brothers. They worked primarily in a stone quarry located in Washington County, Maryland.
In 1840, Abraham married, a first cousin, Margaret Linn. They first lived in Maryland and then moved to Ogle County, Illinois sometime between 1842 and 1845. Abraham's name was on the plat books there as early as 1841 when the land first went up for sale. He may have made a trip there before actually moving his family to Illinois.
The year 1850 must have been a tragic year for the family. Abraham died of a brain fever on 14 Aug 1850; his son, William died at about three years old for reasons unknown; Baby Abram was born into this world the same year. Margaret had her hands full with the family.
Both Abraham's and William's head stones are in the fence row of the old home place to this day.
Here is an Ogle County link that contains information about
their head stones.
Loughridge Head Stone Information
Margaret Linn was born 26 Mar 1822 at Concord, Franklin Co., PA. Her parents were Hugh Linn II and Mary Linn. Margaret's parents were cousins as well. She married Abraham when she was 18 years old. After the death of Abraham in 1850, she lived in Ogle County, IL during the 1860 U.S. Census.
The family next appears in the 1870 U.S. Census for Crawford County, West Side Township, Iowa. She organized a Methodist Church while she was at West Side.
During the 1900 U.S. Census, Margaret was 78, widowed, living with Ann Dewitt, also a widow, and niece, Anna Woolhiser.
In 1905, when Dr. Wilds wrote the "Clan Linn" book, only Margaret Loughridge of West Side, Iowa, and Arabella M. Bloom of Las Vegas, New Mexico were still alive. Margaret died sometime after this date and she was buried at Lake View, Sac, Iowa.
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