When Mabry Hilliard Lovejoy was born in 1813, in Jasper, Georgia, United States, his father, Samuel Dare Lovejoy, was 33 and his mother, Sophia Mabry, was 18. He married Eveline Sanford on 1 July 1838, in Coosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1878, in Elmore, Alabama, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Lovejoy Cemetery, Elmore, Alabama, United States.
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English: nickname from Middle English love(n), luve(n) ‘to love’ (Old English lufian) + Middle English joie ‘joy’ (Old French joie), possibly ironic.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Susan Ann Lovejoy was a daughter of Samuel and Sophia Mabry Lovejoy. She was probably born in Jasper County, Georgia April 26, 1827. Her father had come from Fairfield County, South Carolina with hi …
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