Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Lovejoy, Benjamin T. January 6, 1830 - 
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BENJAMIN T. LOVEJOY, farmer, sec. 4, Sheridan Tp., was born Jan. 16, 1830, in 
Cattaraugus Co., N.Y.  Almon 

Lovejoy, his father, was born in Connecticut, June 22, 1792, and came of a 
clear line of Puritan ancestry, 

and died Nov. 27, 1880.  His mother, Hannah (Ames) Lovejoy, was of Welsh 
descent, born near the extremity 

of Lake Ontario, in the State of New York, Sept. 18, 1795, and died Nov. 6, 
1880.

Mr. Lovejoy was married Dec. 25, 1857, in Paris Tp., Kent Co., Mich., to 
Charlotte A. Van Amburgh.  She was 

born May 6, 1830, in Oakland Co., Mich., and is a daughter of Matthew Van 
Amburgh.  Mr. and Mrs. Lovejoy 

have been the parents of four children, born as follows:  Almon M., Oct. 22, 
1859; Abner L. May 19, 1861; 

James Nelson and George Benjamin, born Feb. 16, 1863, and died three weeks 
subsequent to birth.

Mr. Lovejoy came to the State of Michigan in the fall of 1843, and settled in 
Hillsdale County.  In 1855 he 

went to Kent County, where he remained 25 years.

On the outbreak of the Southern Rebellion, he felt himself impelled to do all 
in his power to avert from 

the nation the impending evils of disruption.  He enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, in 
Co. E., 21st Mich. Vol. Inf., 

and was in the service three years, three months and seven days.  Among other 
engagements in which he took 

part were the battles of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862; Murfreesboro, Tenn., 
Dec. 21, 1862, and Jan. 1, and 

2, 1863.  He was transferred to the Invalid Corps on account of disability, 
and was discharged Nov. 12, 

1865, at Springfield, Ill.

He came to Mecosta County in 1880, and bought 80 acres of land, where he has 
since been farming.  He has 

improved his farm to the best advantage; has 50 acres in tillage, a good frame 
house, and suitable farm 

buildings.  He is a Republican and belongs to the United Brethren Church.

Additional Comments:
1883 Portrait & Bio Album of Mecosta Co.

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