Allen P. Lovejoy

Allen P. Lovejoy
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 17th district
In office
January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891
Preceded bySimon Lord
Succeeded byRichard Burdge
22nd Mayor of Janesville, Wisconsin
In office
April 1881 – April 1883
Preceded bySamuel C. Cobb
Succeeded byJames W. St. John
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Rock 2nd district
In office
January 6, 1879 – January 5, 1880
Preceded byFenner Kimball
Succeeded byFranklin S. Lawrence
Personal details
Born(1825-03-21)March 21, 1825
Wayne, Maine, U.S.
DiedMarch 18, 1904(1904-03-18) (aged 78)
Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeOak Hill Cemetery, Janesville
PartyRepublican
SpouseJulia Isbell Stow
Children
  • Henry Stow Lovejoy
  • (b. 1885; died 1960)
  • Julia Susan (Cuniberti)
  • (b. 1888; died 1987)
  • Webster Ellis Lovejoy
  • (b. 1891; died 1892)
  • Allen Perry Lovejoy Jr.
  • (b. 1892; died 1918)
OccupationLumber merchant and manufacturer
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Allen Perry Lovejoy Sr. (March 21, 1825 – March 18, 1904) was an American lumber merchant, manufacturer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served as the 22nd mayor of Janesville, Wisconsin, elected in 1881, and represented Rock County for four years in the Wisconsin Senate (1887–1891) and for one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1879).

Biography

Allen Perry Lovejoy was born on March 20, 1825, in Wayne, Maine, and raised on the family farm. He attended Wesleyan Seminary, now Kents Hill School, and for a year at the age of eighteen he taught school. In 1844 he took up an apprenticeship in the carpenter and building trade, and in 1850 he moved to Janesville, eventually expanding his contractor business into lumber retailing and manufacturing,[1] with extensive raw timber holdings in Wisconsin and Michigan. Among the business leadership positions he held were president of the Harris Manufacturing Company, vice-president of the Janesville Machine Company, president of the New McLean Manufacturing Company, director of the First National Bank, director of the State Lumber Company, and vice-president of the Merrill Lumber Company.[2]

On May 29, 1880, he married Julia Stow of New Haven, Connecticut. They had four children: Allen, Henry, Julia and Webster (who died as an infant).[3] Julia Lovejoy was a well-known citizen of Janesville and lived to 103. She founded the first kindergarten in Janesville, helped found the city's first hospital, and was active in the movement for women's suffrage.[4] Allen Lovejoy was the second cousin of Owen Lovejoy and Elijah Parish Lovejoy, the famous abolitionists from Illinois. They shared the same great-grandfather, Hezekiah Lovejoy.[5]

His former home, now part of what are known as the Lovejoy and Merrill-Nowlan Houses, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]

Political career

Lovejoy was a Republican. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1879.[7] In 1881 he was elected mayor of Janesville. From 1887 to 1890, he served in the Wisconsin State Senate.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Brown 1908, p. 928.
  2. ↑ Acme Publishing Co. 1889.
  3. ↑ Brown 1908, p. 929.
  4. ↑ "Mrs. Lovejoy, 103, Dead At Janesville". The Milwaukee Journal. April 18, 1953.
  5. ↑ Lovejoy 1930.
  6. ↑ "Lovejoy and Merrill-Nowlan Houses - Janesville, WI". Waymarking.com. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ Warner 1879, p. 503.
  8. ↑ "Dictionary of Wisconsin History". Retrieved September 12, 2013.
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