Aldis Lovell Family from Walpole As It Was and As It Is (1880)

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Surname: LOVELL
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, pages 315-316

LOVELL, ALDIS, was the third son of Elijah and Abigail G. Lovell, and was born in Rockingham, 
Vt., Aug. 2, 1789. He worked on his father’s farm there until he was twenty two or twenty three years 
of age, when, becoming weary of farm life and labor, he commenced attending school, at Chester 
Academy, where, he remained awhile, and from there he went to New Market, N.H. and fitted for 
college in 1818. He then entered the law office of Hon. Daniel Kellogg, of Saxtons River, Vt., and 
remained two years reading law, when he was admitted to the bar at Newfane, Vt. He commenced the 
practice of his profession in his native town; but soon removed to Drewsville, N.H., where, and in 
Alstead, he continued practice till the time of his death, which occurred Mar. 12, 1866. He held but few 
public offices; the most important being County Solicitor, from 1840 to 1850. Mr. Lovell possessed 
very tender and generous feelings, was eminently social in his intercourse with mankind, enjoyed the 
rehearsal of a good story and could tell one well himself. He was a close observer of human nature, and 
was fond of making a travesty of the weak side of it. As a lawyer he was honest, and in the pursuit of 
justice, he was untiring. Nothing would make him more impatient than to see wrongdoing go 
unpunished. He married Martha, dau. of Paul and Martha (Haskell) Willard, of Lancaster, Mass, and 
granddaughter of Col. Henry Haskell, of Revolutionary memory. She was born at Lancaster, May 26, 
1799, and died at Drewsville, Aug. 12, 1851. Ch.
I. Aldis, d. in infancy.
II. Maria, d. at Drewsville, in 1836, aged 12 years.
III. Bolivar, b. at Drewsville, Aug. 30, 1826; m. June 28, 1848, Sarah E. B., dau. of Hope and 
Fanny (Cooper) Lathrop, of Drewsville, b. Mar. 1829, and resided at Alstead, N.H. Ch. 1st, 
Martha Ellen, b.-- m. S. T. Smith, M. D., of Alstead--issue 2 ch. 2d, Hope Lathrop, b. July 8, 
1851. 3d, Aldis, b. July 14, 1859. Bolivar Lovell received no education, except what he 
acquired at Drewsville, up to the age of sixteen, when he went into the employ of Cragin & 
Hartwell, merchants, Providence, R.I. Here he remained three years, when he returned to 
Drewsville, and commenced the study of law, in the office of his father, at Alstead, about 1845. 
In 1847 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff; and acted in that capacity, still pursuing his law 
studies in the office of Lowell and Wait, at Alstead, till 1855, when he was appointed sheriff for 
the County of Cheshire, which office he held for ten years. In 1862 he received the appointment 
of U. S. Assessor of Internal Revenue for the third New Hampshire district and acceptably 
discharged its duties about eight years. In 1869 he was admitted to the Sullivan County Bar, at 
Newport, N.H., and has since practiced his profession at Alstead. In 1873-4 he was elected a 
member of the Governor’s Council.
IV. Henry A, b. Feb. 12, 1837; m. Georgie B., dau. of Ignatius Fellows, of Hopkinton, N.H., and 
resides in Alstead, engaged in mercantile business.
V. Willard A., b. Apr. 9, 1840; m. Julia A., dau. of Lyman Chandler, of Alstead, N.H.; d. July 26, 
1872. (See Drewsville.)--issue, 1st, Henry W., d. in 1869. 2d, Willard H., b. at Alstead, Dec. 
23, 1872. Willard A. Lovell, at his death, was a farmer and deputy sheriff.