Obit for LOVELL, William R. (b.1845 d.1945), Sherburne Co., MN
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WILLIAM R. LOVELL
1845-1945
Came to Livonia In 1877~
	In 1874 Mr. Lovell was married to Miss Isabelle Hurt at Prescott, Wis,
and three years later they came to Minnesota and settled on the farm in 
Llvonia townshlp, where he has since made his home. There were six children,
four of whom survive their father: Mabel, Eugene, Grace (Mrs. Albert Swanson),
and Winnifred Mrs. Roy Iliff), all of Zimmerman. Mrs. Lovell died on April 21, 
1925. Mr. Lovell is also survived by eight grandsons, two granddaughters, and six
great-grandchildren. One daughter, Sarah (Mrs. Charles Swanson), died February 
3 1920, and a son, Arthur, died November 23, l932. Since Mrs. Lovell's death 
Mr. Lovell has made his home with his daughter, Mabel, and son, Eugene, on 
the old homestead
Veterans Assist at Services
   Reverend John Lowe of the Zimmerman Methodist church, of which Mr. Lovell 
was a member, conducted the services on Sunday, assited by Mrs. Ina Peters, 
secretiry of the G.A.R. post in Minneapolis; Roland Wilson, chalain of the Paul
Corey Legion, post at Elk River; George Anderson, Fred Anderson, and Charles 
Harmer of the Fremont Woodcock Legion post at Princeton and Members of Company
C of the State Guard of Princeton under command of Lieutenant Raleigh Herdliska.
   Mrs. Kline McDonald, accompanied by Mrs. Ed Hanson on the piano, sang two hymns, 
"Shall We Gather at the River," and "No Night There." Mr. Lovell’s grandsons 
acted as pallbearers. Tbe body was laid to rest at Bellwood cemetery with 
military honors. The members of Company C of the State Guard who composed 
the firing squad were Wm. Peterson, Wm. Hamann,	Jess Ady, Van Swanson, Alfred
Guimont, Albert Peterson, Loren Swenson, Lynn Saterstrom, and Aaron Fadden.
   Among the out-of-town relatives who were in attendance at the funernal
were Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Swanson, and family of Wilmar, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Swanson of St. Paul, Charles Swanson, William Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. 
Merrill Swanson and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Swanson (not legible
approx. 4 words))
   William Richard Lovell, 99, the last remaining Civil war veteran in the
community has joined his comrades on the other shore. He passed away
peacefully in sleep at his farm home in "Livonia township on January 19.
Approximately two hundred were in attendance at the funeral services
conducted on Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in Zimmerman, and
he was buried with military honors.
   Mr. Lovell, although a man of small stature and wiry, had a really 
remarkable constitution. He remained physically active until a year before
his death and was mentally alert until the end. He was a great reader 
and took a keen interest in the affairs of the day. He lived in the present
and not in the past, although his life had been colorful and when urged
to do so he could relate the most interesting incidents which occured 
during the time he was serving in the Union Army during the Civil War.
He was respected and honored by all who knew him. He was an honorary 
member of the Fremont Woodcock Legion post of this village and also
the Paul Corey Legion post of Elk River. He made it a rule to alternate
his attendence at the annual memorial day exercises in the two villages.
He was a member of the Wallace T. Hines post of the Grand Army of the 
Republic and later of the G.A.R. post in Minneapolis.
   In July, 1938, Mr. Lovell and his grandson, Loren Swanson, attended
a reunion of The Civil War veterans at Gettysburg. When he returned 
to Livonia he was honored at a homecoming celebration in Zimmerman which
was attended by hundreds of persons from that community and the surrounding
villages. Of him it can be said, he received flowers from his friends 
while he was living. Zimmerman was planning to have another celebration
on his one hundredth birthday next September. Mr. Lovell really desired 
to live unitl he passed the century mark.
"Born in England"
William Lovell was born at Leamington, England, on September 8, 1845.
Leamington is beautifully situated on the River Leam in the county of 
Warwickshire, only two miles from Warwick, the county seat and where 
the famous Warwick castle is located.
   When he was 12 years old William Lovell came to the United States 
with his parents. On August 10, 1862, William Lovell, who was then only 
15 years of age, enlisted at Fort Snelling.
  During that summer he was with the troops engaged in Indian warfare
in this state and fought against Little Crow near Hutchinson, Minn.
  Later he went south with the Union Army. Among the important battles
in which he fought were those at Fort Fisher, Ala., Fort Blakely, Ala.
and Topelo, Miss. In 1864 he was sent to the Andersonville prison, 
which was notorios for its mismanagement and cruelty. He was confined 
there for nine and a half months. The sights he saw there were the 
worst he ever witnessed. Between February, 1864 and April, 1865, 
there were received at Andersonville 40,485 prisioners from
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Personal note added:
 (He received his discharge at Nashville, Tenn 8-25-1865)