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Lovejoy-Farwell family of Rockland, Maine

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  Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864) — of Princeton, Bureau County, Ill. Born in Albion, Kennebec County, Maine, January 6, 1811. Republican. Minister; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1854-56; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1856 (speaker); U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1857-64 (3rd District 1857-63, 5th District 1863-64); died in office 1864. Congregationalist. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 25, 1864 (age 53 years, 79 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Elizabeth Gordon (Pattee) Lovejoy and Rev. Daniel Lovejoy; brother of Elijah Parish Lovejoy; married 1843 to Eunice Conant (Storrs) Denham; cousin *** of Nathan Allen Farwell; third cousin twice removed of John H. Lovejoy.
  Political family: Lovejoy-Farwell family of Rockland, Maine.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Nathan Allen Farwell (1812-1893) — of Rockland, Knox County, Maine. Born in Unity, Waldo County, Maine, February 24, 1812. Republican. Member of Maine state senate, 1853-54, 1861-62; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1860, 1863-64; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1864; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1864-65. Died in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, December 9, 1893 (age 81 years, 288 days). Interment at Achorn Cemetery, Rockland, Maine.
  Relatives: Cousin *** of Owen Lovejoy.
  Political family: Lovejoy-Farwell family of Rockland, Maine.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John H. Lovejoy (b. 1842) — of Rockland, Knox County, Maine. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, December 25, 1842. Republican. Mayor of Rockland, Maine, 1874-75, 1879-80, 1895-97; postmaster at Rockland, Maine, 1890-94, 1898-1902. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel I. Lovejoy and Mary Ann (Chandler) Lovejoy; married, December 20, 1864, to Ella Spear; third cousin twice removed of Owen Lovejoy.
  Political family: Lovejoy-Farwell family of Rockland, Maine.
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