BIOGRAPHY: Lovell, George W.
From the A.T. Andreas Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa, 1875

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Honorable GEORGE W. LOVELL., State Senator of Jones County, Iowa, 
was born in Windham County, Vermont; December 9, 1818.
	His ancestors came from England to America before the revolution.
He was the son of Willard Lovell, a substantial farmer of Vermont, and Zaviah 
Taft, his wife, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, whose mother was a Rawson, a 
family of well known reputation in New England. Mr. Lovell was educated in the 
public schools of Vermont; and was well versed in the common English 
branches, natural sciences, surveying, geometry and in the higher mathematics.
	In 1835, while in his seventeenth year, the family moved to Kalamazoo, 
Michigan, and engaged in farming. Upon attaining his twentieth year his father 
died (1839) and he was left in charge of the home farm, and continued in that 
business as long as he remained in Michigan.
	He was elected Supervisor of Kalamazoo about 1844, and held that office 
five or six years, and in 1852, was elected a member of the House of 
Representatives in that state, and was re-elected in 1854, holding the office four 
years, and performing its duties to the satisfaction of his constituency.
	The same year he purchased land in Jones County, Iowa, and in1870 
settled in Wayne Township, where shortly after his arrival he was chosen 
supervisor. He subsequently moved to Monticello and engaged in the banking 
business.
	In 1871 he was elected mayor of that city and was re-elected in 1872.
	The same year he was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the 
resignation of Judge McKean in the Senate of Iowa, and in 1873 he was re-
elected for the fall term of four years. His unprecedented majority in his own city, 
under the circumstances was an ample attestation of his popularity in both 
political parties. His watchfulness and success in conserving the interests of his 
constituents has always been characteristic of his public service.