Laban Loofbourrow
John Wade Loofbourrow, the grandfather of Laban H., was a Virginian, a minister of the Baptist Church, born April 28, 1748. He married Mary Half, September 10, 1767. Their children were: Abigail, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Mary, David, John, Benjamin, Wade, Ebenezer, Thomas, and Nathan.
Nathan, the youngest son and father of Laban H, was born in Virginia, December 22, 1794, and when a small boy came to Ohio. He married Hannah Pancoast, of this county, April 13, 1815, and became the father of Laban H., Lemuel P., Sophronia, Amanda, Naomi, Pamelia and Cecelia (twins), and Mary.
Laban Haff, our subject, was born at the site of Washington C. H., July 27, 1816, and in 1835 moved with his father's family to Madison County, near Mount Sterling. He married Elizabeth Alkire, September 16, 1837. She was the first daughter of Jacob and Polly (Phebus) Alkire, of Madison County, To this marriage was born one son, Madison, February 28, 1839. Mrs. Loofbourrow died January 5, 1879. Mr. Loofbourrow married his second wife, Christina Beatty, December 25, 1879. She was the seventh daughter and youngest child of Elijah and Anna (Miller) Beatty, who were natives of Virginia. She was born in Ohio, June 20, 1837. Her grandfather, Charles Beatty, was a Baptist minister, and came to Ohio in 1818. He died in 1852.
Mr. Loofbourrow has been very successful as a farmer and trader. Besides being the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and fifty-five acres on the Deer Creek pike, he owns some valuable lands adjoining Mt. Sterling, and is a large stockholder in the Farmers Bank of Mt. Sterling.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County