| Birth: | Mar. 20, 1825 Wayne Kennebec County Maine, USA | | Death: | Mar. 18, 1904 Janesville Rock County Wisconsin, USA |  Mr. Lovejoy grew up in Maine and learned the carpenter trade. In 1850 he moved to Janesville Wisconsin and worked as a builder. He started a lumberyard and branched out to own a few. He purchased several thousand acres of land in Michigan for his lumberyards. He was President of The Janesville Machine Company from 1875-1892 and the Director and a large stockholder in The Janesville Cotton Mills. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Legislature in 1869, served as Mayor of Janesville in 1881 and was elected to the state senate in 1887 and 1889. On May 29, 1880 he married Julia Stow and they were the parents of 4 children: Allen Perry Jr., Henry S., Julia S., and Webster Ellis. Family links: Spouse: Julia Isbell Stow Lovejoy (1849 - 1953) Children: Webster Ellis Lovejoy (1891 - 1892)* Allen Perry Lovejoy (1892 - 1918)* *Calculated relationship
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Janesville Rock County Wisconsin, USA Plot: block 275, lot 4, grave 5 | Created by: sue Record added: Nov 04, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 12250765 |
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