Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lovell, Cyrus 1895
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Ionia Standard, 12 Apr 1895

Cyrus Lovell.

A Notable Figure in the Early History of Ionia is Gone.

The rapid departure of the early pioneers is to be expected.  It is now from
fifty to sixty years since they came to this county, then an almost unbroken
wilderness, far from such a civilization as then existed – farther removed from
the home of their youth than is South Africa from us to-day.  But, probably, at
no previous equal period of time, have so many of the aged pioneers left us as
during the past three months.  The number of deaths in that time of residents
over 80 years old is quite remarkable, and well attests the constitutional vigor
of the early settlers.

One of the most notable of those who have left the scenes where the main part of
their lives were spent, is Hon. Cyrus Lovell, who died on Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock, in the 91st year of his age.  He had suffered one or two paralytic
strokes, and is supposed to have had another during the previous night, from
which he never rallied.

Cyrus Lovell was born in Grafton, Vt., Sept. 9, 1804.  He was the youngest of a
family of ten children, and entered upon his career with the advantage of a
thorough academic education.  At the age of 18 he began the study of law in the
office of Howell Cobb, in Springfield, Vt.  In 1824, he attended law school at
Northampton, Mass., and on Sept. 17, 1827, he was admitted to the bar of the
court of Windham county, Vt.  Early in 1829, he left Vermont for Michigan
arriving in Detroit May 24, with a cash capital of $23.00.  On the 17th of
November, 1831, he married Louisa, daughter of Daniel and Margaret Fargo, of Ann
Arbor, and soon after moved to Tolan’s prairie, near Galesburgh.  In May, 1832,
he took up his residence in Kalamazoo, then known as Bronson.  Aug. 24, 1832,
he, with Gov. Barry, was admitted to the bar of the territorial court, at a
session held by Judge Merrell, at White Pigeon.  On June 29, 1832, he was
appointed justice of the peace, and soon after prosecuting attorney, by Geo. B.
Porter, then governor of the Territory of Michigan.

On Sept. 29, 1836, Mr. Lovell came to Ionia.  In 1837, he was elected supervisor
of the west ten towns.  He was also elected supervisor of Ionia, and held the
position of prosecuting attorney of Ionia county by appointment of Acting
Governor Gordon.  In 1848, he was elected to the state legislature as a Whig. 
He was again elected in 1854, and was chosen speaker of the House, the only
Ionia county man who ever held that position.  That closed his official career.
 He was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party, when he became
identified with that organization.  Later he became a Democrat.

Mr. Lovell might well be termed a brainy man; his mental power was remarkable. 
He was a strong political orator, and a frequent speaker in campaigns.  He
seemed to lack the discipline that could always give him the command of the
emotions, and this alone prevented his rise to the highest positions in his
profession and in politics.  As it was, in his prime he was prominent in public
affairs, and he always retained the high esteem of his fellow citizens.

The funeral was from residence on Cyrus street, at 2 p.m. Thursday, Rev. D.F.
Barnes, D.D., of the M.E. church, officiating.  Interment in Oak Hill.


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