Escambia County AlArchives Photo person.....Edwin M. Lovelace 1893
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    EDWIN M. LOVELACE.-Few persons in Escambia county enjoy as great personal
popularity as Edwin M. Lovelace, who holds a place in the public estimation that
might well be coveted by any man. He is a fine specimen of the chivalrous
southern gentleman, of commanding presence, strong face, and correct demeanor,
and occupies a prominent place among the successful business men of his county.
Mr. Lovelace is a direct descendant of the Lovelaces of England, a family of
noble blood. His great-grandfather came from that country to the United States
in an early day, and settled in South Carolina, in which state his grandfather,
Aaron Lovelace, was born and raised. Basil M. Lovelace, father of Edwin M., is
also a native of South Carolina, born in Edgefield district in 1824. He is a
planter, and served in the late war, as did also two of his brothers. One of his
mother's brothers rose to the rank of colonel. Basil M. now resides on a
plantation about ten miles from Brewton, in Escambia county. He was married in
his native state in 1852, to his cousin, Amanda Lovelace, and for some time
thereafter lived in Lowndes county, Ala.; thence, in 1860, moved to the present
site of Brewton, which was his home until after the war, when the family removed
to their present place of residence on the Conecuh river. The following are the
names of the children born to Basil M. and Amanda Lovelace: Edwin M., Laura S.,
Annie, wife of W. H. Strong; Catherine, deceased; William Y., and James H. Edwin
M. Lovelace was born in Lowndes county, Ala., July 14, 1854, was reared to
manhood in and near Brewton and received a practical education in the schools of
Escambia county. The war interfering very disastrously with his father's
property and his mother being an invalid, he felt in duty bound to assist in the
maintenance of the family and the education of the children, for which he
remained under the parental roof until his twenty-seventh year. In 1882 he
purchased an interest in the lumber and milling business with H. T. Parker, from
which time, until the present, he has been prominently identified with the
timber interest of Escambia county, and manager of the firm of Parker &
Lovelace. From a small beginning, the firm has gradually increased its business,
added new and improved machinery, purchased additional lands and now owns over
16,000 acres with five miles of canal, and a mill with the capacity of 25,000
feet of lumber per day. Mr. Lovelace is interested in another lumber firm,
Lovelace & Lovelace, which has two mills with a daily capacity of 30,000 feet
and 10,000 acres of fine timbered land, well drained by over eight miles of
ditching, and also owns an interest with C. F. Rankin & Co., in a large
mercantile house, which does a very extensive business. He gives personal
attention to all these enterprises, and in their management displays superior
sagacity. Mr. Lovelace is a member of the Baptist church of Brewton, belongs to
the K. of H. and K. of P. orders, and as a democrat has been active in behalf of
his party's interest in Escambia county.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 978-981
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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