When Samuel Lovely was born in April 1846, in Kentucky, United States, his father, William Lovely, was 35 and his mother, Nancy Fraley, was 36. He married Minerva Mann in 1868, in Jackson, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 4 Meadows, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States in 1910 and Breathitt, Kentucky, United States in 1920. He died before 1930.
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According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
English: nickname for an amiable person, also perhaps sometimes given in an ironical sense, from Middle English luvelich, loveli (Old English luflic). During the main period of surname formation the word was used in an active sense, ‘loving, kind, affectionate’, as well as the passive ‘lovable, worthy of love’. The meaning ‘attractive, beautiful’ is not clearly attested before the 14th century, and remained rare throughout the Middle Ages.
Americanized form of French Lavallée ‘the valley’ (see Lavallee ).
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