Meriwether County GaArchives Biographies.....W.P. Lovelace  1849 -  Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 1895

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
Page 514

W. P. Lovelace

W. P. Lovelace, a successful agriculturist of this region, is a Georgian by 
birth, born in Troup county in 1849. His parents were John and Martha (Embry) 
Lovelace, the former a native of North Carolina, born in 1826, who came to 
Georgia in 1841; he served through the late war with the state militia; he was 
a son of Amos and Tabitha (Tomlinson) Lovelace, North Carolinians, the father 
a soldier in the revolutionary war. Mrs. Lovelace was a daughter of Hezekiah 
Embry, a pioneer of Wilkes county. W.P. Lovelace, owing to the restricted 
opportunities of his boyhood, obtained but a limited education, of which, 
however, he has made excellent use. Although but a mere lad he served during 
the latter part of the war under Capt. Sledge. Mr. Lovelace is a man of 
remarkable energy and persistence of character, as is evident from the story 
of his life. He was master of the shoe business, but after a time established 
himself in the mercantile business at Rome, Ga., and carried this on for 
several years, but in the panic of 1874 he was driven to the wall, and failed. 
Not discouraged, he at once went to work again, and was soon carrying on a 
large tannery worth some $16,000; but this was at length destroyed by fire; 
yet again, undismayed, he went bravely to work and has for the third time 
accumulated a fortune, carrying on a fine and well cultivated farm in this 
county, to which he came in 1882. In 1872 Mr. Lovelace married Miss Emma C. 
Edge, a native of Meriwether county, born in 1855; she is a daughter of 
William and Catherine (Boyd) Edge, the former an early settler of the state 
who served through the war. Mr. and Mrs. Lovelace are both members of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, and their union has been blessed with seven 
children: John W., Lewis E., Mattie B., Thomas E., Nellie M., Lillian C. and 
Lois C.




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