Mr. Lovell was a 70 year resident of the Apopka area when he died there of cerebral hemorrhage.

His wife was Mattie

His parents were William Allen Lovell, of NC and Ada N. Wofford, of GA.

Informant of record was Mrs. Ada Urquhart, of Apopka.

Source: Carey Hand Funeral Home Records, Orlando, Florida Register Volume 26, August 11, 1941 - July 4, 1942, p. 84
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Orlando Sentinel 1 Oct 1941, Wed., p. 1

A.J. Lovel, Pioneer Citizen, to Be Buried At Apopka Today

Funeral services for Mr. Andrew Jackson Lovell, 85, former Mayor and marshal of Apopka, who died Monday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Urquhart, will be held this afternoon at the graveside in the old Apopka Cemetery at 3:30 o'clock with the Rev. John Martin officiating and Carey Hand in charge.

Mr. Lovell moved to Orlando from Marion County when a small boy, and his father built a log cabin on the present site of the Orange County Court House in 1859. At that time his father operated the first store in Orlando, being located at the Court and Central Streets.

Where the Albertson Public Library now stands, the father had a cow pen and potato patch and a large garden on the shores of Lake Eola. One of Orlando's first pioneers, Mr. Lovell's father owned nearly 300 ares of what is now downtown Orlando.

After living in Orlando for three years the family moved to Apopka where Mr. Lovell had kept his residence for more than 70 continuous years.

A member of the Baptist Church, Mr. Lovell had an attendance standing of more than 50 years. His death followed an illness of several weeks.

He is survived by two sons, Lee of Apopka and Cleveland of Jacksonville; two daughters, Mrs. Urquhart and Mrs. McCall of Apopka; two brothers, Robert Lovell of Richmond, Va., and Fred Lovell of Apopka; one sister, Mrs. Mary Goodrich of Fort Valley, Ga.; fourteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Pallbearers will be: James Giles, John Rowland, Frank Karel, D.F. Hall, Carl Jackson, Leslie Waite, Charles and Gillen McClure, W.R. McCloud, and C.P. Bateman.
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Orlando Sentinel 5 Oct 1941, Sun, p.4

MEMOIRS of a PIONEER
Orlando's Early History by W.R. O'Neal

On Tuesday last, there passed from this life, one of the real and last of the pioneers of Orange County, Andrew J. Lovell of Apopka, Florida.

Born in Oxford, Florida, near Ocala, July 2, 1956, his parents, Captain and MRs. W.A. Lovell, moved to Mellonville in 1863. The country was very new. The Seminole Indians still felt the injustice that had been done them and were not slow to take revenge.

In 1863, W.A. Lovell received a patent for the lands in Section 25, which is Summerlin Addition, embracing Lake Eola.

In 1872, he sold the property to George C. Brantley, who in turn sold it to Jacob Summerlin in 1874. Out of this purchase, came the Caroline M. Colbert suit to recover the property.

To show how far we have come in these few years, it was alleged in the Bill of Complaint that the money which purchased Summerlin's Addition was a True Fund, the proceeds came from the sale of fifty slaves.

Andrew J. Lovell has said many time that his father had the first stop in Orlando. This statement may be questioned, but there is evidence to me that the store was on the southeast corner of Main Street and Central Avenue, adjoining the log saloon, the location of which is easily verified.

Moving to Apopka, the Lovells became very important factors in North Orange County; Mayor, councilman, merchant, churchman. He and his family have had a part in building the community.

There is much of romance in Apopka, Clay Springs, and Wekiva River. Up this river, came John G. Sinclair, who began the building of Orlando.

Seventy-eight years of history, from the Indian trails and winding roads among the pine trees. We should be grateful to those who laid the foundations.
Contributor: Merf (47064479) on 2 July 2021
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Married Mathis "Mattie" J Shepherd on July 3, 1881.
Contributor: Britt D Hayes on 10 Jan 2019

85 years and 2 plus months

In 1885, the Town of Apopka City was too unwieldy. The mayor had A.J. sit as an vote inspection held to contract the size of the town. He was stationed at the site for people being removed from the town. The contraction happened reducing the 2-year-old town by half mile on the north and south and a quarter mile from the east. It was reduced from a 2 mile by 2 mile area to 1 mile by 1.75 mile section.

He was elected mayor in 1896 to 1905

He and his father William A. had a general merchandise store in the early decades of 1900s. It was called Racket Store.

Around 1909, he and other Apopkans started celery and lettuce farming near Sanford.

As mayor from 1913-14, he started annual clean up days for the city. He served as mayor for a total tens years over two terms.

He was part of the North Orange Land and Development Company with six partners in the Argonne Building. In 1923 the listed more than 100 sites. He was a large builder at the time, also.

By the end of 1925, construction statewide had soared and Lovell had to stop construction on a home for Phoebe Towers because there were traffic jams on the railroad tracks all over holding up deliveries.