- EDWIN A. LOVELAND, a contractor and builder at Monticello,
Green county, was born in the
- town of Washington, that county, May 7, 1855, and is a son
of Argalus and Jane (ORWICK) LOVELAND, the former a native of
New York, and the latter of Ohio. They were the parents of nine
sons and four daughters, and eight of their children are now
living: Franklin, of the town of Washington; Orrilla, wife of
E. N. FESSENDEN; Emina, wife of Thomas LEMON, of Iowa; Temperance,
wife of I. W. WILSON, of Albany, Wis.; William A., of Coggon,
Iowa; Edwin A.; Alfred E., of Coggon, Iowa; and Silas E., of
Corona, South Dakota.
- Argalus LOVELAND was a farmer, and came to Wisconsin in 1854,
locating on a farm of 160
- acres in the town of Washington, where he reared his family.
He died in 1896, at the age of eighty-three years; his widow
died in 1898, when eighty-one years old. In religious he was
a Seventh Day Adventist, but she never identified herself with
any church. In politics Mr. LOVELAND was a Republican, and took
quite a leading part in local matters, having served on the board
of supervisors for a number of years, and also as treasurer of
the town some ten or twelve years. Andrew LOVELAND, his father,
was a native of Pennsylvania, of English descent, followed farming
as an occupation, and he died in 1869, at the advanced age of
ninety-six years. He was four time married, and had twenty-two
children by his first two wives. The maternal grandfather of
Mr. LOVELAND, of Monticello, was also a native of Pennsylvania,
and came of Dutch descent. He married an Irish woman, who bore
him ten children. His death occurred when he was about fifty
years of age, after having devoted his life to farming.
- Edwin A. LOVELAND was reared on the farm in the town of Washington,
and acquired his
- education at the district school. After his marriage he learned
the carpenter's trade, and this has been his main occupation
through life, although for several years he was a railroad man,
and was foreman of the yards at Kearney, Neb., for the Black
Hills & Kearney railroad up to 1891. That year he returned
to Monticello, where he has remained to the present time, engaged
in carpentering and contracting.
- On June 27, 1875, Mr. LOVELAND was married to Miss Sarah
HUTCHINS, a daughter of
- Ward and Mary (PARCELL) HUTCHINS. To them were born eight
children: Harry, Thomas Benjamin, Iva, Edwin, Virgil, Frances,
Merle and Joy. Harry died at the age of fifteen years; Thomas
B. died at the age of two years, and Edwin at the same age; Iva
is a teacher; and the other children are living at home. Mr.
LOVELAND, his wife and children have many friends in the community.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being enrolled in Riverton
Lodge, No. 63, F. & A.M. He also belongs to the I.O.O.F.,
Monticello Lodge, No. 83; to Garrison, No. 6, Knights of the
Globe; and to the Pilgrim Knights, or Oriental Order of the Palm
and Shell. In politics he is a Democrat, and has been village
clerk for the past four years. His home, which he built in 1892,
is in the eastern part of the village.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 593-594.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
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