John Adams Loder was the son of Benjamin Hoagland Loder (b. June 9, 1795 d. Sep 6, 1828) and Maria (pronounced Mariah) Bowie (b. Feb. 3, 1799 d. Feb. 18, 1899. His parents were married Feb. 3, 1819 in the 6th Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Adams Loder’s siblings were Jane Bowie Lodor born Nov 4, 1821 and died March 20, 1904. Napoleon Loder born Oct 10, 1823 d. aft. 1854, Sarah Lavinia Lodor born August 2, 1825 died Dec 15, 1906, Harriet South Lodor b. Aug. 28, 1827 d. March 30, 1915.

John Loder resided in Cahawba, Dallas County, Alabama in the 1840 and 1850 census of Cahawba, Alabama and the Dallas County census of 1860. He was born 6 Dec 1819 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died Nov. 5, 1865.

He was a an attorney and resided in 1840-1850 at the corner of Oak and 4th St. in Cahawba, Alabama. He married Bettie S. Duke. Bettie was born about 1826 in Kentucky. Their children were John Loder who died in infancy, A. Duke Loder born about 1851, James Craig Loder born about 1853, Napoleon Loder born about 1856 (married Susan Dabney), Reginald Heber Loder, Annie Matthews Loder, Bessie Duke Loder b. about 1858 and Edward Perrine Loder born about 1865