Oliver Theodore Lovern

Male5 October 1835–18 January 1883

Brief Life History of Oliver Theodore

When Oliver Theodore Lovern was born on 5 October 1835, in Georgia, United States, his father, Jonathan Loving, was 33 and his mother, Susannah Bridgeman, was 28. He married Perlina Weatherford on 27 September 1860, in Clarke, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in District 218, Clarke, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died on 18 January 1883, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Princeton United Methodist Church Cemetery, Princeton, Clarke, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oliver Theodore Lovern
1835–1883
Perlina Weatherford
1837–1920
Marriage: 27 September 1860
John Lavern
1861–
William John Lovern
1861–
Rosena Paralee Lovern
1863–
Horace Lovern
1864–1941
Sarah Frances Lovern
1867–1926
Fannie Lavern
1867–
Addie Lovern
1870–
James Henry Lovern
1872–1953
Mattie Lovern
1875–
Mary E. Lovern
1877–1961

Sources (13)

  • Oliver Lovern, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Theodore Lovern, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • O.T. Lovern in entry for Rosena Paralee Randall, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 September 1860Clarke, Georgia, United States
  • Children (10)

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    World Events (6)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 1

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    1838 · Orders No. 25 Removes Cherokees

    Age 3

    A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.

    1861

    Age 26

    Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English personal name Loverun, OldEnglish Lēofrūn, composed of the elements lēof‘dear’ + rūn ‘rune’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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