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ery, he removed to Alton, 111., in 1836, and was present when his brother Elijah was killed by the mob Nov. 7, 1837. He joined the Congregational church, studied for that ministry, and waa pastor of the church at Princeton, III., 1838-54. He de- fied the laws of the state by holding anti- slavery meetings in all parts of Illinois, making his home in Princeton one of the principal stations of the '* underground railroad." His course led to his arrest many times and to his paying innumerable fines. He was elected a representative in the state legislature in 1854, and suc- ceeded in obtaining a repeal of the obnoxious law. He was a delegate to the national liberty convention at Buffalo in November, 1847, and in the state legislature sup- ported the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for U.S. senator. He was a representative from the third district of Illinois in the 35th, 36th, 37th and :i8th congresses, 1857-64, and died in office. While in congress he was chairman of the com- mittee on agriculture and the District of Colum- bia. He took part in all the great debates on the slavery question in congress, and was a speaker in the political campaigns which followed the organization of the Republican party. He pre- pared with his brother, Joseph Cammet, A Memoir of the Life of Elijah Parish Lovejoy (1838). He died in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 25, 1864.

LOVELL, Charles Swain, soldier, was born in Hull, Mass., Feb. 13, 1811. He enlisted as a pri- vate in the 2d U.S. artillery in 1831. He was promoted 2d lieutenant in the 6th U.S. infan- try, October, 1837 ; 1st lieutenant, July, 1838 ; and captain, June, 1846. He participated in the battles of Cliurubusco, Molino del Rey, Chapul- tejwc and the city of Mexico ; served in the west, 1847-61 ; was promoted major in May, 1861, and assigned to the 10th U.S. infantry. He com- manded the battalion of the 10th U.S. infantry during the Peninsula campaign in 1803 ; and the 2d brigade, 2d division, 5th corps at the battles of Malvern Hill and Gaines's Mill, the 2d U.S. infan- try at Second Bull Run and the 2d brigade at An- tietam and Fredericksburg, Va. He was detailed on provost-marshal duty in Wisconsin, 1863-65 ; was promoted lieutenant-colonel and assigned to the 8th U.S. infantry, January, 1863; and colonel of the 14th U.S. infantry, February, 1865. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel U.S. army for

Gaines's Mill, Va. ; colonel for Malvern Hill, Va. •, and brigadier-general for Antietam, Md. At the close of the civil war he was ordered to Fort Yuma, where he remained until Dec. 15, 1870, when he was retired from active service. He died in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 3, 1871.

LOVELL, James, delegate, was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 31, 1737 ; son of John Lovell (q.v.). He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1756, A.M., 1759, and was for many years associated with his father in the Boston Latin school, as usher and as master of the North grammar school. He delivered, on April 2, 1771, the first anniver- sary oration on the Boston massacre. He was taken prisoner by the British commander after the battle of Bunker Hill : was carried to Halifax as a spy and kept in close confinement until ex- changed in 1776. He was a delegate to the Conti- nental con- COAICRESS HALU

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dant of Gen. Horatio Gates, and tried to de- pose General Washington, threatening him in a letter dated Oct. 11, 1777. He was collector of customs for the city of Boston, 1784-88 ; collector of the port, 1788-90, and naval officer for Boston and Charlestown, 1790-1814. He published : Oratio in Funer^ H. Flyntii (1760). He died in Wyndham, Maine, July 14, 1814.

LOVELL, James, soldier, was born in Boston, Mass., July 9, 1758 ; son of James Lovell, the del- egate. He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1776, A.M., 1779. He joined, the patriot army in 1776 ; served as adjutant of Col. Henry Jackson's regiment, l'J'77-79 ; in Henry Lee's legion, with the rank of major, 1779-82, and was wounded. He died at St. Matthews, S.C, July 10, 1850.

LOVELL, John, educator, was born in Boston, Mass., June 16, 1710. He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1728, A.M., 1731; succeeded Natha- niel Williams as assistant-master of the Boston Latin school, 1728-34, and was head-master, 1734- 75. He delivered a eulogy on Peter Faneuil shortly after the completion of Faneuil Hall at the first annual town meeting held within its walls, March 14, 1743. He supported the British cause, and when the British army left Boston he removed to Halifax, N.S. He is the author of: An Eulogy on Peter Faneuil (1743), besides several political and theological papers, and con- tributions to the Boston Weekly Rehearsal. He died in Halifax, N.S., in 1778.