Polk County, Missouri Biographies - James E. LOAFMAN, M. D.
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri; 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 672, 673
Polk County Biographies Section

    James E. Loafman, M. D., was born in Allen County, Ky.,
September 7, 1834, his parents being William P. and Ellen 
(Pulliam) Loafman, both of whom were reared in Kentucky, and
were members of the Baptist Church.  When our subject was eleven
years of age his father died; his mother still lives.  James E.,
the eldest of six children, had a liberal education, receiving
most of it at home under his father, but also attended the public
schools.  Having farmed and taught till twenty-three years of age,
he began the study of medicine under Prof. Joseph W. Benson, and
took his first course of lectures in the medical department of
the University at Louisville, Ky., in 1859-60.  In the spring of
1860 he came to Polk County, and entered upon the practice of his
profession.  April 14, 1860, he married Dulcena Vaughn, of Barren
County, Ky., by whom he had six children, Fannie E., Mary P., 
Virginia F., James R., Lizzie G. and Alice V., the last two having
died.  His wife died in 1878, and in 1887 he married Arpha J. 
Delaplain, a native of this county, and by her has had one child,
Grace Y.  In 1862 he moved to Dallas County, but returned in 1865,
and has since lived in this county, being occupied in practice
until 1869, when he took a second course of lectures in the 
St. Louis School of Medicine, graduating in the spring of 1870.  
He and both wives were Baptists.  He is interested in farming, 
having 120 acres of land.  During the war he was appointed 
examining surgeon for Dallas County.  He is now, and for six 
years has been, treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Southwest
Baptist College.  He is a member of the Southwest Missouri 
Medical Society, and of the Missouri Medical Association; and
is president of the Board of Examining Surgeons for the Pension
Department; a Mason, and a Republican.
====================================================================
     USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
         free information on the Internet, data may be used by
         non-commercial entities, as long as this message
         remains on all copied material. These electronic
         pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
         or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

         Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
         for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
         written consent of the file contributor.

         This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
         Archives by: Kay Griffin Snow <kgsno@primary.net>
====================================================================