When Alfred Lovejoy was born on 15 August 1863, in Boone, West Virginia, United States, his father, William Preston Lovejoy, was 36 and his mother, Martha Hager, was 32. He married Sarah Elizabeth COOPER in 1893. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Jefferson Magisterial District, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States for about 40 years. He died on 12 April 1947, in Palermo, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Lovejoy Cemetery, Palermo, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States.