David Thomas Loofbourrow, a State pioneer, aged 85, died at his home, 1135 Second Avenue, Oakland, [Ca] after a lingering illness, Sunday March 29, 1914.
He was a native of Ohio and came across the plains in 1850, settling in Placerville and engaging in mining and the general merchandise business for over fifty years. In 1901 David is mentioned in a volume of memoirs of early California citizens. You can read the portion of the memoir that covers David here.
He was elected a Democratic member of the ninth session of the Legislature and afterward served as Chief Clerk of the Assembly for one term.
He was an advanced thinker and in later years was identified with the Socialist movement.
He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Loofbourrow; a sister, Mrs. Emma Randall, of Broadhead, Wis., and ten children: Wade J., of Tucson, Ariz; Mrs. E. L. Roussin, of Sacramento; Mrs. R. M. Wren, of Placerville; Mrs. H. L. Carpenter, of Richmond, and Paul Charles F., Margie H. Clance E., Agnes Loofbourrow and Mrs. Albert F. Bliss of Oakland.
The Remains were cremated in Oakland.” From Oakland Newspaper March 1914
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Research from Margie (Hockaday) Kinnaman (more, coming soon)
