Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Lovell, Henry R. 1831 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 13, 2007, 10:37 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JUDGE HENRY R. LOVELL. Our subject is the present Judge of Probate of Genesee County, and has held this position since January, 1885. He was born in Sharon, Conn., May 30, 1831. He is a son of John B. and Catherine M. (Gold) Lovell. His grandfather, Joshua Lovell, was a native of Connecticut. Our subject's maternal grandsire served in the Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Connecticut Legislature for twenty years. Judge Lovell's mother died in Flint while an inmate of her son's home; her decease occurred in June, 1884, when aged eighty-four years. She was the mother of twelve children, of whom our subject was one of the youngest. The original of our sketch was reared on the home farm. He early had the advantages of good schools, and in 1852 he went to Manchester, Vt.,: and entered the academy in order to prepare for college, which he did in 1853, entering the Union College at Schenectady, N. Y., from which he was graduated in 1857 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He began teaching at Troy (Vt.,) Conference Academy, then was Principal for a while at the Whitehall (N. Y.,) Academy, and was Principal for two years at the Seneca Collegiate Institute, and while there was honored by the degree of Master of Arts. Giving up his pedagogic work in 1861, our subject came to Flint April 10, the day on which Ft. Sumter was fired upon. He at once entered Col. Fenton's law office, and in November of that year was admitted to the Michigan bar. He then started an office by himself and has continued in the practice of his profession ever since. In 1867 he became a member of the Constitutional Convention which met at Lansing, and was on the judiciary committee. From 1870 to 1874 he was Prosecuting Attorney of Genesee County, and in 1884 he was elected Judge of Probate on the Republican ticket, and re-elected in 1888. He is, and has for the past thirteen years, been a member of the School Board, having during that time filled every position on the Board. The original of our sketch was married in West-field, Mass., December 21, 1858, to Miss Maria L. Harrison, who was born in the above named place and who was a student and graduate of Mt. Hol-yoke Seminary, and later became a teacher. Judge Lovell is the father of four children—Almira F., Helen L., Harriet A. and Henry H. The eldest daughter is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts; she is now Register of the Probate Court. The second daughter graduated from the same institution, also receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. She is now assistant professor in the Baltimore Female College. Harriet, like her sisters, graduated with honors and received a like degree in their Alma Mater, and is a teacher of physics in the Detroit High School. Henry H., who graduated from the Flint High School in the Class of'91, is now pursuing the electric engineering course in the Michigan University. Our subject is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the Knights of Phythias, and he has been Grand Chancellor of the State. He and his family are members of the Congregational Church. He has a pleasant home at No. 803 Clifford Street. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/genesee/bios/lovell934gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb