Susan Loan nee Potts

 

 

 

Born: 1800 in Union County, South Carolina

Passed: June 28, 1870 in Platte County, MO

 

She was married to Joseph Wright Loan on July 20, 1818.

 

Her obituary was published in the Reveille Newspaper of Platt City, MO on July 1, 1870.

 

Her living children attending the funeral included

  1. Benjamin Franklin Loan (1819 – 1881)

  2. Mary Cain nee Loan (1824 – 1899)

  3. Richard Loan (1838 – 1892)

  4. Laura Grimes nee Loan (1848 – 1866)

 

“On last Tuesday, Mrs. Susan Loan, wife of Joseph Loan, died at her residence near Platte City of dropsy.  Mrs. Loan was seventy years of age and one of the pioneer women of Platte, having immigrated to this State from South Carolina some thirty years ago.   All her living children were present when she died – a sad family reunion at the brink of the grave.”