Clarence W. Lowing was born on September 27, 1848, in Burford, Ontario, Canada, the son of James O. F. (1819-1890) and Emily (d. 1904).
New York native James married Canadian-born Emily in 1845 in Burford, Canada. James brought his family to western Michigan sometime in the mid-1840s, between 1843 and 1845, eventually settling on 60 acres near his brother Stephen (see his biography below) in Georgetown, Ottawa County. By 1860 Clarence was attending school with five of his siblings and living with his family in Georgetown. By 1864, Clarence was “working for wages” on surrounding farms. According to a statement made by his sister Emily, their father was in poor health and Clarence provided substantial support for the family.
Clarence stood 5’7” with gray eyes, brown hair and a dark complexion and was a 15-year-old laborer living with his parents in Georgetown, Ottawa County when he enlisted in Company I on January 22, 1864, at Grand Rapids for 3 years, crediting Chester, Ottawa County, and was mustered the same day.
(His uncle. Captain Stephen Lowing, also from Georgetown, had enlisted as First Lieutenant in Company I in 1861.)
Clarence joined the Regiment on February 17 at Camp Bullock, Virginia. He was shot in the right thigh on May 6 at the Wilderness, Virginia, and admitted to Mt. Pleasant hospital in Washington, DC on May 16, with a gunshot wound to the right leg and groin. He was still hospitalized when he was transferred to Company I, Fifth Michigan infantry upon consolidation of the Third and Fifth Michigan Regiments on June 10, 1864, and he returned to duty from Mt. Pleasant hospital on July 8 or 9, 1864.
On August 28, 1864, from near Petersburg, Virginia, Clarence wrote his father that he recently received his
letter of the 25[th] and I was glad to hear that the folks was all well but was sorry to hear that you was sick, but I hope that you will come out all right in the end.
I will send you 40 [dollars] more as soon as we get paid and I will be more careful and get it home but what [is] done cannot be helped. Well pa this is the first time I have heard from you since I was on the other side of the James [river] and I began to think that you had forgot me.
I was sorry to hear that Mortimer had enlisted but I hope that he will like it but I don’t think that he will. I hear that Mr. John [?] is not expected to live. I hope that he will get well for I have taken quite a liking to him for he was good enough to try and get me a furlough when I was wounded and when I did not care whether I ever got home again or not for I was well and would not give a straw whether the next day I commenced bleeding and bled until I was so weak that is all over and I am all right again.
I was in a battle a week ago yesterday and got hit with a spent ball in the knee and it lamed me . . . but it did not last long for the next morning joined the company again and then we came here.
Well tell Mortimer to fetch me a couple of shirts and get good ones . . . for I have only got one and it keeps me washing all the while to keep clean but tell him not to fetch much of a load for he may find us. I not going on a long march. Well I must close give my love to all and be good.
Clarence was reportedly taken prisoner on October 27, 1864, at Boydton Plank road, near Petersburg, Virginia. In fact, it seems that Clarence was killed in action. Some years after the war, former Company I Captain Simon Brennan stated that Clarence had in fact been killed in action on October 27.
In 1870 his parents were still living in Georgetown, Ottawa County. In 1889 his mother was apparently residing in Utah when she applied for and received a dependent’s pension (no. 341,460).
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Charles Bean Loverin
Charles Bean Loverin was born on September 26, 1838, in (probably) Sutton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, the son of Timothy (1812-1885) and Julia M. (Wadleigh, 1814-1905).
Both New Hampshire natives Charles’ parents were married in 1835 in New Hampshire and by 1850 Charles was attending school with his older sister Adaline and living with his family in Warner, Merrimack County, New Hampshire where Timothy worked as a cooper. The family left New Hampshire and moved west, eventually settling in western Michigan, probably Ionia County.
Charles was living in Ionia County where he married Michigan native Lois Ann Forman (1839-1924),and they had at least two children: Mrs. Lois Hoyt Estabrook (b. 1860) and Edward (b. 1868). Lois was the sister of Francis and Horace Forman, both of who would also enlist in the Old Third and were also from Ionia County.
By 1860 Charles was working as a carpenter living with his wife in Ionia, Ionia County.
He stood 5’7” with gray eyes, auburn hair and a light complexion and was 22 years old and probably still living in Ionia when he enlisted in Company E on May 13, 1861 -- Company E was composed in large part by men from Clinton and Ingham counties, as well as parts of Ionia County. (Charles is found in the Regimental history and the descriptive rolls for both the Third Michigan infantry and the Engineers and Mechanics; see below.) Charles was probably wounded on August 29, 1862, at Second Bull Run. In any case, he remained absent sick in a hospital from August of 1862, until he was discharged on November 24, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for “chronic nephritis and weakness of back.”
After he was discharged Charles returned to Michigan where he reentered the service in Company E, First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics on December 22, 1863, at Grand Rapids for 3 years, and was mustered on January 5, 1864, crediting Ionia. Charles probably joined the regiment somewhere along the rail line between Decatur and Stevenson Alabama, where elements of the Engineers were repairing and building blockhouses, probably until May of 1864. Charles was sick at Bridgeport, Alabama, from June 24, 1864 through July.
The Regiment was on duty on the Atlantic & Western Railroad building block houses, etc., till September when it was ordered to Atlanta, Ga., September 25. Old members were mustered out October 31, 1864. It remained on duty at Atlanta September 28 to November 15; and participated in the March to the sea destroying railroad track, bridges and repairing and making roads November 15-December 10; in the siege of Savannah December 10-21, in the Carolina Campaign January to April, 1865; in the advance on Raleigh April 10-14, and occupation of Raleigh April 14; in the surrender of Johnston and his army. The regiment then marched to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20, and was in the Grand Review on May 24. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., June 6; then to Nashville, Tenn. Duty at Nashville July 1 to September 22.
He was mustered out as an Artificer on either April 22 or (with the regiment) on September 22, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee. The regiment was discharged at Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan on October 1.
Charles listed Ionia as his mailing address on his discharge paper, and in fact returned to Ionia County where he worked for some years on the Ionia & Lansing railway (later renamed the Pere Marquette railroad). (His father was working as a cooper and he and Charles’ mother were still living in Ionia County in 1870.)
By 1880 he was working as a laborer and living with his wife and son in Ionia’s fourth Ward. He lived most of his life in Ionia’s Fourth Ward, indeed for some 50 years he resided in the neighborhood of East Main Street in Ionia; he was living at 637 East Main Street around 1900. In 1920 he and Lois were living in Ionia, Ionia County.
He was a member of the Old Third Michigan Infantry Association and of Grand Army of the Republic William Borden post no. 211 in Ionia, and he attended the 1910 reunion of the First Michigan E & M Association. He was also a Mason. In 1880 he applied for and received a pension (no. 334833).
Charles died a widower, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lois Estabrook, in Grand Rapids on March 11, 1930, and the funeral service was held at the Church of Christ, probably in Ionia, at 2:30 p.m. on March 13. He was buried in Highland Park cemetery, Ionia: section 6 lot 69.
Both New Hampshire natives Charles’ parents were married in 1835 in New Hampshire and by 1850 Charles was attending school with his older sister Adaline and living with his family in Warner, Merrimack County, New Hampshire where Timothy worked as a cooper. The family left New Hampshire and moved west, eventually settling in western Michigan, probably Ionia County.
Charles was living in Ionia County where he married Michigan native Lois Ann Forman (1839-1924),and they had at least two children: Mrs. Lois Hoyt Estabrook (b. 1860) and Edward (b. 1868). Lois was the sister of Francis and Horace Forman, both of who would also enlist in the Old Third and were also from Ionia County.
By 1860 Charles was working as a carpenter living with his wife in Ionia, Ionia County.
He stood 5’7” with gray eyes, auburn hair and a light complexion and was 22 years old and probably still living in Ionia when he enlisted in Company E on May 13, 1861 -- Company E was composed in large part by men from Clinton and Ingham counties, as well as parts of Ionia County. (Charles is found in the Regimental history and the descriptive rolls for both the Third Michigan infantry and the Engineers and Mechanics; see below.) Charles was probably wounded on August 29, 1862, at Second Bull Run. In any case, he remained absent sick in a hospital from August of 1862, until he was discharged on November 24, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for “chronic nephritis and weakness of back.”
After he was discharged Charles returned to Michigan where he reentered the service in Company E, First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics on December 22, 1863, at Grand Rapids for 3 years, and was mustered on January 5, 1864, crediting Ionia. Charles probably joined the regiment somewhere along the rail line between Decatur and Stevenson Alabama, where elements of the Engineers were repairing and building blockhouses, probably until May of 1864. Charles was sick at Bridgeport, Alabama, from June 24, 1864 through July.
The Regiment was on duty on the Atlantic & Western Railroad building block houses, etc., till September when it was ordered to Atlanta, Ga., September 25. Old members were mustered out October 31, 1864. It remained on duty at Atlanta September 28 to November 15; and participated in the March to the sea destroying railroad track, bridges and repairing and making roads November 15-December 10; in the siege of Savannah December 10-21, in the Carolina Campaign January to April, 1865; in the advance on Raleigh April 10-14, and occupation of Raleigh April 14; in the surrender of Johnston and his army. The regiment then marched to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20, and was in the Grand Review on May 24. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., June 6; then to Nashville, Tenn. Duty at Nashville July 1 to September 22.
He was mustered out as an Artificer on either April 22 or (with the regiment) on September 22, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee. The regiment was discharged at Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan on October 1.
Charles listed Ionia as his mailing address on his discharge paper, and in fact returned to Ionia County where he worked for some years on the Ionia & Lansing railway (later renamed the Pere Marquette railroad). (His father was working as a cooper and he and Charles’ mother were still living in Ionia County in 1870.)
By 1880 he was working as a laborer and living with his wife and son in Ionia’s fourth Ward. He lived most of his life in Ionia’s Fourth Ward, indeed for some 50 years he resided in the neighborhood of East Main Street in Ionia; he was living at 637 East Main Street around 1900. In 1920 he and Lois were living in Ionia, Ionia County.
He was a member of the Old Third Michigan Infantry Association and of Grand Army of the Republic William Borden post no. 211 in Ionia, and he attended the 1910 reunion of the First Michigan E & M Association. He was also a Mason. In 1880 he applied for and received a pension (no. 334833).
Charles died a widower, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lois Estabrook, in Grand Rapids on March 11, 1930, and the funeral service was held at the Church of Christ, probably in Ionia, at 2:30 p.m. on March 13. He was buried in Highland Park cemetery, Ionia: section 6 lot 69.
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Don George Lovell - update 8/30/2016
Don George Lovell was born on September 13, 1841, in Ionia County, Michigan, the son of Vermonter George Grout Lovell (1814-1901) and possibly Susan (1822-1854).
In 1850 Don (listed as George D.) was living with his parents and siblings in Spring Lake, Ottawa County. That same year there was a 50-year-old Vermont native named Mary Lovell living with and working as a servant for W. D. Foster in Grand Rapids, Kent County. (Foster was married to Fanny Lovell who was probably the sister of Don’s father, George G.) By 1860 Don was a tinner’s (or tinsmith) apprentice working for and/or living with his uncle (?) W. D. Foster, a hardware merchant in Grand Rapids’ 1st Ward. By 1860 his father George was working as a lumberman and living in Spring Lake with three of Don’s siblings: Ellen (b. 1840), Charles P. (1849-1873), and Lewis (b. 1852). By 1864 George G. was serving as Ottawa County treasurer and living in Grand Haven.
Shortly after the battle of first Bull Run, Virginia, on Sunday, July 21, 1861, Don was reported “a little sick” by William Drake, also of Company A. Lovell was a Sergeant and wounded in the hip at Fair Oaks, Virginia, on May 31, 1862; he was soon reported to be getting around on crutches. He was sick in the hospital in July of 1862, reportedly in Washington, but soon returned to the Regiment and was wounded in the groin and right knee on August 29, 1862, at Second Bull Run.
Sometime between September 1 and October 7, Don returned to Grand Rapids where he was promoted and transferred to the Sixth Michigan cavalry on October 7, 1862. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, commissioned on October 13, 1862, at the organization of that unit, and transferred to Company F, Sixth Michigan cavalry, and was mustered the same day at Grand Rapids, crediting and giving his place of residence as Grand Rapids where the regiment was being organized. He was commissioned a First Lieutenant on May 9, 1863, replacing Lieutenant Batchelder. The Sixth remained on duty at Grand Rapids until December 10 when it left for Washington where it participated in the defenses of the capital until June of 1863. The Sixth occupied Gettysburg, Pennsylvania briefly on June 28 and while it was engaged at Hanover, Pennsylvania on June 30 and participated in the Battle of Gettysburg from July 1-3 as well as in the pursuit of Lee’s forces back into Virginia.
He was serving with the regiment when it participated in the Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, on June 9, 1863. (This action is considered to have been the largest cavalry engagement during the entire war.) According to J. H. Kidd, also of the Sixth Michigan cavalry, Lovell was in fact “the senior officer present with the regiment” and greatly distinguished himself in the difficult duty of guarding the rear, meeting emergencies as they arose with the characteristic courage and coolness which distinguished him on all occasions on the field of battle.”
Many years later Kidd referred to Lovell as “one of the most dashing and intrepid officers in the brigade. He was always cool and never carried away with excitement under any circumstances. “ Kidd, who was commanding the regiment at that time, also reported that during the action at Buckland Mills, Virginia, on October 19, 1863, Lovell was riding with him. The Sixth cavalry had been ordered by Custer to take a position in the some alongside the Gainesville-Warrenton pike not far from Broad Run.
The Sixth had gone out about 250 or 300 yards and was approaching a fence which divided [a] farm into fields, when Captain . . . Lovell, who was riding by the side of the commanding officer of the regiment, suddenly cried out:
“Major, there is a mounted man in the edge of the woods yonder,” at the same time pointing to a place direclty in front and about 200 yards beyond the fence.
A glance in the direction indicated, revealed the truth of Captain Lovell’s declaration but, recalling what General Custer had said, I replied:
“The general said we might expect some mounted men of the Seventh [Michigan cavalry] from the direction.”
“But the vidette is a rebel,” retorted Lovell, “he is dressed in gray.”
“It can’t be possible,” was the instant reply, and the column kept moving.
Just then. the man in the woods began to ride his horse in a circle.
“Look at that,” said Lovell, “that is a rebel signal; our men don’t do that.”
The Union forces were routed at Buckland Mills (also known as the “Buckland Race”) and were pursued halfway to Gainesville. The Sixth cavalry eventually went into winter quarters near Stevensburg, Virginia, and Don was absent sick in December of 1863 and January of 1864. He was promoted to Captain of Company F in March of 1864, commissioned October 22, 1863, replacing Captain Heyser (or Hyser).
Don was wounded on June 11, 1864, and in early July he returned home to Grand Rapids. According to the Eagle, Lovell was in Grand Rapids “on a visit to his sister, Mrs. W. D. Foster. The captain is one of the gallant officers of [the 6th cavalry] who was quite severely wounded in one of the battles before Richmond and we are pleased to know that he is rapidly recovering from his injury.”
He remained absent wounded through August, but eventually rejoined the Regiment and in November and December of 1864 he was commanding the Third Battalion. In January of 1865 he was detached on a court martial board, and from February through August (and probably through September as well) he was again commanding the Third Battalion.
Don was probably serving with the 6th Cavalry when it participated in Lee’s surrender in April of 1865 and in the Grand Review in Washington on May 23. On June 1 the Sixth was moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and consolidated with the First Michigan cavalry later that month. Lovell was commissioned Major on June 21, 1865, and mustered out November 24, 1865, probably at Fort Leavenworth.
Following his discharge from the army Don returned to Grand Rapids where he married New York native Maggie G. Blakeslee on January 17, 1867, and they had at least four children” Fannie F. (b. 1868), a son, Mary (b. 1872) and Nellie (b. 1878).
By 1868-69 Don had resumed his trade as a tinsmith and was residing with his wife at 24 Washington Street in Grand Rapids. In 1870 Don owned some $7000 worth of real estate and was working as a tinsmith and living with his wife and daughter in Grand Rapids’ 3rd Ward; also living with them was Maggie’s mother Mary. That same year George G. Lovell was reported lived with his wife a widow Vermont native Ellen Turner Perkins (1827-1897), two teenage children named Perkins, Ella (b. 1857 in Michigan) and May (b. 1859 in Michigan), both attending school, and an infant named George Lovell (8 months) and Lewis (b. 1852 in Michigan). George was working as a horticulturalist and owned some $6000 worth of real estate and another $2200 in personal property and living with his family in Tallmadge, Ottawa County.
Don and his family left Michigan and by 1872 had settled in Colorado. By 1880 he was working as a stock dealer and living with his wife and children in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In June of 1882 Don was residing in Colorado Springs when he testified in the pension claim of Emery Moon. He eventually moved on to Tacoma, Washington and by 1889 was working as a teamster and living at 743 Tacoma Avenue. The following year he was a deputy U. S. Marshal working at 5 Marketplace and living at N. 8th Street northwest corner of Q Street. He was still a deputy marshal in 1891 and living at 743 Tacoma. In fact he probably lived the rest of his life in Tacoma. By mid-1891 he was Commander for the Grand Army of the Republic Department of Washington and Alaska, and by 1900 was still living in Tacoma.
He was a member of both the Sixth Michigan Cavalry Association and the Old 3rd Infantry Association. In 1870 he applied for and received a pension (no. 103308). He was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist.
Don died on October 25, 1907, in Tacoma, and was buried Tacoma Cemetery.
In 1907 his widow applied for and received a pension (no. 637976).
In 1850 Don (listed as George D.) was living with his parents and siblings in Spring Lake, Ottawa County. That same year there was a 50-year-old Vermont native named Mary Lovell living with and working as a servant for W. D. Foster in Grand Rapids, Kent County. (Foster was married to Fanny Lovell who was probably the sister of Don’s father, George G.) By 1860 Don was a tinner’s (or tinsmith) apprentice working for and/or living with his uncle (?) W. D. Foster, a hardware merchant in Grand Rapids’ 1st Ward. By 1860 his father George was working as a lumberman and living in Spring Lake with three of Don’s siblings: Ellen (b. 1840), Charles P. (1849-1873), and Lewis (b. 1852). By 1864 George G. was serving as Ottawa County treasurer and living in Grand Haven.
Shortly after the battle of first Bull Run, Virginia, on Sunday, July 21, 1861, Don was reported “a little sick” by William Drake, also of Company A. Lovell was a Sergeant and wounded in the hip at Fair Oaks, Virginia, on May 31, 1862; he was soon reported to be getting around on crutches. He was sick in the hospital in July of 1862, reportedly in Washington, but soon returned to the Regiment and was wounded in the groin and right knee on August 29, 1862, at Second Bull Run.
Sometime between September 1 and October 7, Don returned to Grand Rapids where he was promoted and transferred to the Sixth Michigan cavalry on October 7, 1862. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, commissioned on October 13, 1862, at the organization of that unit, and transferred to Company F, Sixth Michigan cavalry, and was mustered the same day at Grand Rapids, crediting and giving his place of residence as Grand Rapids where the regiment was being organized. He was commissioned a First Lieutenant on May 9, 1863, replacing Lieutenant Batchelder. The Sixth remained on duty at Grand Rapids until December 10 when it left for Washington where it participated in the defenses of the capital until June of 1863. The Sixth occupied Gettysburg, Pennsylvania briefly on June 28 and while it was engaged at Hanover, Pennsylvania on June 30 and participated in the Battle of Gettysburg from July 1-3 as well as in the pursuit of Lee’s forces back into Virginia.
He was serving with the regiment when it participated in the Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, on June 9, 1863. (This action is considered to have been the largest cavalry engagement during the entire war.) According to J. H. Kidd, also of the Sixth Michigan cavalry, Lovell was in fact “the senior officer present with the regiment” and greatly distinguished himself in the difficult duty of guarding the rear, meeting emergencies as they arose with the characteristic courage and coolness which distinguished him on all occasions on the field of battle.”
Many years later Kidd referred to Lovell as “one of the most dashing and intrepid officers in the brigade. He was always cool and never carried away with excitement under any circumstances. “ Kidd, who was commanding the regiment at that time, also reported that during the action at Buckland Mills, Virginia, on October 19, 1863, Lovell was riding with him. The Sixth cavalry had been ordered by Custer to take a position in the some alongside the Gainesville-Warrenton pike not far from Broad Run.
The Sixth had gone out about 250 or 300 yards and was approaching a fence which divided [a] farm into fields, when Captain . . . Lovell, who was riding by the side of the commanding officer of the regiment, suddenly cried out:
“Major, there is a mounted man in the edge of the woods yonder,” at the same time pointing to a place direclty in front and about 200 yards beyond the fence.
A glance in the direction indicated, revealed the truth of Captain Lovell’s declaration but, recalling what General Custer had said, I replied:
“The general said we might expect some mounted men of the Seventh [Michigan cavalry] from the direction.”
“But the vidette is a rebel,” retorted Lovell, “he is dressed in gray.”
“It can’t be possible,” was the instant reply, and the column kept moving.
Just then. the man in the woods began to ride his horse in a circle.
“Look at that,” said Lovell, “that is a rebel signal; our men don’t do that.”
The Union forces were routed at Buckland Mills (also known as the “Buckland Race”) and were pursued halfway to Gainesville. The Sixth cavalry eventually went into winter quarters near Stevensburg, Virginia, and Don was absent sick in December of 1863 and January of 1864. He was promoted to Captain of Company F in March of 1864, commissioned October 22, 1863, replacing Captain Heyser (or Hyser).
Don was wounded on June 11, 1864, and in early July he returned home to Grand Rapids. According to the Eagle, Lovell was in Grand Rapids “on a visit to his sister, Mrs. W. D. Foster. The captain is one of the gallant officers of [the 6th cavalry] who was quite severely wounded in one of the battles before Richmond and we are pleased to know that he is rapidly recovering from his injury.”
He remained absent wounded through August, but eventually rejoined the Regiment and in November and December of 1864 he was commanding the Third Battalion. In January of 1865 he was detached on a court martial board, and from February through August (and probably through September as well) he was again commanding the Third Battalion.
Don was probably serving with the 6th Cavalry when it participated in Lee’s surrender in April of 1865 and in the Grand Review in Washington on May 23. On June 1 the Sixth was moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and consolidated with the First Michigan cavalry later that month. Lovell was commissioned Major on June 21, 1865, and mustered out November 24, 1865, probably at Fort Leavenworth.
Following his discharge from the army Don returned to Grand Rapids where he married New York native Maggie G. Blakeslee on January 17, 1867, and they had at least four children” Fannie F. (b. 1868), a son, Mary (b. 1872) and Nellie (b. 1878).
By 1868-69 Don had resumed his trade as a tinsmith and was residing with his wife at 24 Washington Street in Grand Rapids. In 1870 Don owned some $7000 worth of real estate and was working as a tinsmith and living with his wife and daughter in Grand Rapids’ 3rd Ward; also living with them was Maggie’s mother Mary. That same year George G. Lovell was reported lived with his wife a widow Vermont native Ellen Turner Perkins (1827-1897), two teenage children named Perkins, Ella (b. 1857 in Michigan) and May (b. 1859 in Michigan), both attending school, and an infant named George Lovell (8 months) and Lewis (b. 1852 in Michigan). George was working as a horticulturalist and owned some $6000 worth of real estate and another $2200 in personal property and living with his family in Tallmadge, Ottawa County.
Don and his family left Michigan and by 1872 had settled in Colorado. By 1880 he was working as a stock dealer and living with his wife and children in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In June of 1882 Don was residing in Colorado Springs when he testified in the pension claim of Emery Moon. He eventually moved on to Tacoma, Washington and by 1889 was working as a teamster and living at 743 Tacoma Avenue. The following year he was a deputy U. S. Marshal working at 5 Marketplace and living at N. 8th Street northwest corner of Q Street. He was still a deputy marshal in 1891 and living at 743 Tacoma. In fact he probably lived the rest of his life in Tacoma. By mid-1891 he was Commander for the Grand Army of the Republic Department of Washington and Alaska, and by 1900 was still living in Tacoma.
He was a member of both the Sixth Michigan Cavalry Association and the Old 3rd Infantry Association. In 1870 he applied for and received a pension (no. 103308). He was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist.
Don died on October 25, 1907, in Tacoma, and was buried Tacoma Cemetery.
In 1907 his widow applied for and received a pension (no. 637976).
Friday, August 07, 2009
Lewis Thorp Lovejoy - updated 1/18/2016
Lewis Thorp Lovejoy was born on May 8, 1835, in Lodi, Cattaraugus County, New York, probably the son of Almon (born 1792 in Connecticut, died in 1880) and Hannah Ames (born 1796 in New York, died in 1880).
Lewis’ parents moved to Steuben County, Indiana and then on to Hillsdale County, Michigan sometime in the 1840s eventually settling in Kent County.
Lewis was probably living in Michigan when he married Pennsylvania native Lydia Spotts (b. 1835) on August 19, 1852 in Hillsdale County and they had at least three children: Sarah (b. 1855), Amanda (1858-1920) and Mary Catherine (1863-1947).
By 1860 Lewis was working as a farmer living with his wife and two daughters in Caledonia, Kent County. Almon was working as a master carpenter living in Paris, Kent County.
Lewis stood 6’2” with gray eyes, brown hair and a light complexion. Had been working as a butcher, and was 25 years old and possibly living in Jamestown, Ottawa County when he enlisted in Company I on May 13, 1861. He was reported in the hospital from April of 1862 through July, and allegedly deserted on August 18, 1862, but was in fact discharged on March 27, 1862, at Annapolis, Maryland, for chronic ulceration of the leg.
It is not known if Lewis returned to Michigan after his discharge.
He may have been living in Wisconsin when he married his second wife Ohio native Anna Louise Rist (1849-1917), and they had at least two children: Almon (1867-1948) and James Edward or Edwin (1868-1956). (It is unknown what became of Lydia.)
Lewis and his wife Anna were living in Wisconsin between 1867 and 1869 but had moved to Michigan and by 1870 he was working as a brick mason and living with Anna and two children in Lowell, Kent County; his parents were living in Tyrone, Kent County in 1870 and in 1880. By 18809 Lewis (or Louis) was living with his niece Helen Hough and her family in Pleasant, Harvey County, Kansas. Also living with them was one Angelette Lovejoy (possibly a stepdaughter). Sometime after 1880 Lewis moved to California where he lived for many years. By 1896 Lewis was running a boarding house in Los Angeles, California, and living at 518 Crocker Street.
He was still living in Los Angeles when he married his third wife Elizabeth Cone (1852-1940) on June 27, 1896 in Los Angeles.
By 1900 Lewis had moved to Camden, DeKalb County, Missouri and in 1910 was living in Adams, DeKalb County, Missouri. Sometime after moving to Missouri he married his fourth wife, Minerva Killingsworth in Missouri.
In 1875 he applied for and received a pension (no. 152453).
Lewis was probably still living in DeKalb County, Missouri when he died on February 12, 1912 and was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Weatherby, DeKalb County, Missouri.
Lewis’ parents moved to Steuben County, Indiana and then on to Hillsdale County, Michigan sometime in the 1840s eventually settling in Kent County.
Lewis was probably living in Michigan when he married Pennsylvania native Lydia Spotts (b. 1835) on August 19, 1852 in Hillsdale County and they had at least three children: Sarah (b. 1855), Amanda (1858-1920) and Mary Catherine (1863-1947).
By 1860 Lewis was working as a farmer living with his wife and two daughters in Caledonia, Kent County. Almon was working as a master carpenter living in Paris, Kent County.
Lewis stood 6’2” with gray eyes, brown hair and a light complexion. Had been working as a butcher, and was 25 years old and possibly living in Jamestown, Ottawa County when he enlisted in Company I on May 13, 1861. He was reported in the hospital from April of 1862 through July, and allegedly deserted on August 18, 1862, but was in fact discharged on March 27, 1862, at Annapolis, Maryland, for chronic ulceration of the leg.
It is not known if Lewis returned to Michigan after his discharge.
He may have been living in Wisconsin when he married his second wife Ohio native Anna Louise Rist (1849-1917), and they had at least two children: Almon (1867-1948) and James Edward or Edwin (1868-1956). (It is unknown what became of Lydia.)
Lewis and his wife Anna were living in Wisconsin between 1867 and 1869 but had moved to Michigan and by 1870 he was working as a brick mason and living with Anna and two children in Lowell, Kent County; his parents were living in Tyrone, Kent County in 1870 and in 1880. By 18809 Lewis (or Louis) was living with his niece Helen Hough and her family in Pleasant, Harvey County, Kansas. Also living with them was one Angelette Lovejoy (possibly a stepdaughter). Sometime after 1880 Lewis moved to California where he lived for many years. By 1896 Lewis was running a boarding house in Los Angeles, California, and living at 518 Crocker Street.
He was still living in Los Angeles when he married his third wife Elizabeth Cone (1852-1940) on June 27, 1896 in Los Angeles.
By 1900 Lewis had moved to Camden, DeKalb County, Missouri and in 1910 was living in Adams, DeKalb County, Missouri. Sometime after moving to Missouri he married his fourth wife, Minerva Killingsworth in Missouri.
In 1875 he applied for and received a pension (no. 152453).
Lewis was probably still living in DeKalb County, Missouri when he died on February 12, 1912 and was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Weatherby, DeKalb County, Missouri.
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