Biography of 	LOVEJOY, William Cotter, Coweta County, GA., then Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller April 1998

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, 
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 265-266.  Edited 
by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical 
Association.

Lovejoy, William Cotter, 6725 West End boulevard, New Orleans, was born at 
Grantville, Coweta county, Ga., Oct. 2, 1877; son of John Fletcher and Mary 
(Cotter) Lovejoy, both of whom were born in Georgia, the father in 
Merriwether county, and the mother in Cobb county.  The paternal 
great-great-grandfather, Lovejoy, was born in England about 1640, and 
emigrated about 1660 to Maryland, with 3 brothers, and later settled in 
North Carolina.  The maternal ancestors were from County Down, Ireland, the 
family first being represented in this country by John Cotter, one of the 
king's soldiers in the war of the Revolution, who became a continental 
soldier and received a grant of land from the U. S. government in North 
Carolina for services.  Wm. C. Lovejoy received his earlier education in 
the public schools of Grantville and Newman, Ga., including the high school 
course.  For several years following his graduation, he was in the service 
of the Bradstreet Mercantile Agency at Birmingham, Ala., but came to New 
Orleans in 1904, and during the succeeding 5 years was in the service of 
the Fairbanks Co.  Mr. Lovejoy was one of the organizers of the Credit 
Men's association of New Orleans, with which he has been actively engaged 
as superintendent.  This organization has been active in prosecuting 
commercial fraud and striving for the betterment of business conditions.  
He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a democrat, 
and affiliates with the Presbyterian church.  Dec. 27, 1904, Mr. Lovejoy 
was married to Miss Antoinette Bert, a daughter of Frederick and Victoria 
(Grabert) Bert, of Canada.  Her father was a Huguenot, native of the 
Waldersee valley, France, and a son of the mayor of Mt. St. Denis, and her 
mother an Alsatian.  They came to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, where 
he original name of De Bert was changed to Bert.  Three children have been 
born to their, namely:  Helen Louise, Sept. 19, 1906;  John Fletcher, 
Oct. 20, 1907;  William Cotter, Jr., Nov. 14, 1911.