Peter Corneille LOVEJOY
SOURCES: 1. The Lovejoy Genealogy with Biographies & History, 1460-1930, by Clarence E. Lovejoy, 1930 (GS 929.273 L942L) pp. 366-367 2. International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Vermont 3. The American Descendants of Henry Luce, 1640-1978, by Martha Fletcher McCourt, 1978 (GS 929.273/L962a/1978) pp. 62, 105, 106, 165, 166 for family 4. History of Stowe, Vermont (from 1763-1934) by Walter J. Bigelow, 1934 (GS 974.335/S1 H2b) p. 68 for son Cornelius; pp. 18, 130, 146, 147, 157 for husband; p. 186 for husb & wife 5. The Bulletin, California State Society Sons of the American Revolution, Vol. XI, No. 4, p. 13 for husband 6. The Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. II, 1871 (GS 974.3 H2ha Vol. 2) pp. 698, 733, 743 for husb; p. 712 for son Cornelius OCCUPATION: Farmer; Blacksmith; Served in War of 1812
BURIAL: Box Elder Cemetery on Red Willow Creek, north of McCook, Red Willow, Nebraska NOTES: Caroline's tombstone indicates that she died 8 Jan 1890, age 72 & 19 days. According to this record her calculated birthdate would be 20 Dec 1817
He married Jane Luce 28 Feb 1810 at Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont . Jane Luce was born at Hartland, Windsor, Vermont 26 Feb 1793 daughter of Moses Luce and Jane Morrison .
They were the parents of 11
children:
Columbus Lovejoy
born 1 Jan 1811.
Anna Lovejoy
born 23 Sep 1812.
Lovejoy
born 9 Jan 1814.
Caroline Lovejoy
born 24 Dec 1814.
Cornelius Lovejoy
born 14 Nov 1816.
Jane Lovejoy
born 23 Mar 1819.
Lestina Lovejoy
born 24 Jul 1821.
Philena Lovejoy
born 5 Oct 1823.
Susan Emeline Lovejoy
born 25 Dec 1827.
Mary Marcella Lovejoy
born 3 Jul 1829.
Ellen Jane Lovejoy
born 2 Sep 1833.
Peter Corneille Lovejoy died 17 Jan 1874 at Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont .
Jane Luce died 13 Dec 1885 at Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont .