Individual Details

Loriston Hale Lovejoy

(18 Dec 1821 - 23 Sep 1909)

L. H. LOVEJOY
Is the third child of a family of seven sons and daughters of Jacob and Sarah (Townsend) Lovejoy. He was born in Sidney, Kennebeck county, Me, Dec. 18, 1820. When but 13 years old, he was thrown upon his own resources and worked at whatever his hands could find to do until 1853. When he came to California he spent his first year near Redwood city in lumbering. In 1854 he moved to El Dorado county, and acquired and improved the Penobscot property in 1855. He kept it one year, leased it one year, and then sold it, and moved to Murderer’s Bar in 1857, here he remained mining until 1862. This year his family, who he had left in the east, joined him and he settled on what was known as the Blue Tent ranch, after about one year he bought a claim at Yankee Jims, and also leased the toll bridge at Murderer’s Bar. In 1864 he moved on the Knickerbocker ranch and soon after opened a public house. In 1872 opened a blacksmith and carriage shop. In November 1869, became interested in the stage route from Auburn to Georgetown and Placerville, and as soon as the Central Pacific Railroad was completed to Auburn, "Lovejoy’s" became a junction. In 1848 he was married to Miss Clara G. Page of Maine. There have been born to them five children, viz; Thatcher T., Amanda, Fred, Stephen and Maud. Mr. Lovejoy is a member of the Pilot Hill Lodge No. 160, F.A. and M. (Sioli 251).

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Events

Birth	18 Dec 1821	Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States
Marriage	5 Jan 1849	Brownville, Piscataquis, Maine, United States - Clara Greenlief Page
Census (family)	12 Aug 1850	Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, United States - Clara Greenlief Page
Census (family)	1860	Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, United States - Clara Greenlief Page
Census (family)	10 Jun 1870	Greenwood Township, El Dorado Co., California, - Clara Greenlief Page
Property	10 Apr 1876	El Dorado, California, United States
Census (family)	1880	Greenwood, El Dorado, California, United States - Clara Greenlief Page
Census (family)	23 Jun 1900	Greenwood Township, El Dorado Co., California, - Clara Greenlief Page
Death	23 Sep 1909	El Dorado, California, United States
Burial		Rocklin Cemetery, Rocklin, Placer, California, United States

Families

Spouse	Clara Greenlief Page (1829 - 1913)
Child	Thatcher Townsend "Thacht" Lovejoy (1849 - 1936)
Child	Amanda B. Lovejoy (1852 - 1915)
Child	Fred Swinson Lovejoy (1864 - 1942)
Child	Stephen C. "Steve" Lovejoy (1869 - )
Child	Maud H Lovejoy (1875 - )

Father	Jacob Lovejoy (1780 - 1871)
Mother	Sarah Hastings "Sally" Townsend (1797 - 1879)
Sibling	Mary Lovejoy (1818 - 1868)
Sibling	Caroline Sharon Lovejoy (1819 - )
Sibling	Charles E. Lovejoy (1820 - )
Sibling	Octavia Townsend Lovejoy (1822 - )
Sibling	Sarah H. Lovejoy (1824 - 1904)
Sibling	Abial Lovejoy (1826 - 1904)
Sibling	Laura Anna Lovejoy (1828 - )
Sibling	Rachel? Louisa Lovejoy (1838 - )

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Marriage

also - 16 Dec 1848 Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, United States Lauriston Lovejoy and Clara G. Page

[Auburn Journal, Volume 38, Number 19, 14 January 1909]

SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY Notable Social Event In Life of Old Pioneer

Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Lovejoy of Cool, celebrated the 60th anniversary of their wedding on January 5, 1909. Three sons and the two daughters and their families all came home to celebrate the day, A shower of 73 postals of congratulations were received, coming from Browsville, Maine, the Eastern home where the aged couple ware married in 1849, also from Bangor, Maine, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Folsom, Roseville, Rocklin, Newcastle, Auburn, Gold field and Cool. Quite a number of the postals were hand-painted by friends, and verses written by them especially for the occasion. A sumptuous wedding dinner was prepared by Mrs. Steven Lovejoy. A beautiful bride’s cake in golden frosting, with dates and initials: “1849-1909, L. H. L . C. G. P.” in white, was the gift of the eldest daughter, Mrs. C. W. Lovejoy of Rocklin. The wedding cake was a large pound cake decorated in white, and was presented by the youngest daughter, Mrs. B, N. Newman of Oakland.
Mr. and Mrs, Lovejoy are old pioneers of El Dorado county. Mr. Lovejoy can claim the distinction of being the oldest man, exceping one, on the north side of the county. His is the only family of the old settlers ut the 50’s that remains unbroken. His children and grandchildren are all within a few hours travel of home. His family, including grandchildren and children-iu-law are 32 in number.
Mr. Lovejoy has lived 56 years in the State of California. For eight years he flumed the river at Stony Bar. In 1854 he bought out the stage line from Dr. Thomas, running from Geogetown to Sacramento. He built the famous big hotel called Penobscot, from which the Penobscot school district takes it name. He has been interested in stage lines with Hon. H. F. Page, later Congressman, and with Captain Lewis, and now at the age of 88, he still thinks El Dorado the one county of all California. Mr. Lovejoy is a Mason of forty-three years standing. Eight members of his family are members of the O. E. S., and five of the F. A. M. lodge.
Those present were as follows: Mr, and Mrs. L H. Lovejoy, Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher Lovejoy and sons M. S. and Leslie, of Newcastle, Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Lovejoy of Rocklin, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Lovejoy and sons Chester, Arthur, Warren. Andrew, and daughters Alta and Hazel, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Lovejoy and son Wessley, of Cool, Mr and Mrs, B. N. Newman and son Melvin and daughter Gertrude, of Oakland, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Dobbas and son Francis, of Newcastle, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Dobbas and daughters Elenor and Marcia, and son Dorhnian, of Auburn, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Esper and son Leland, of Cool, Mr. and Mrs. George Keema of Yerrington, Nevada.

Death

Son of Jacob Lovejoy and his wife Sarah Townsend (both born in Maine). Loriston Hale Lovejoy married Clara Greenlief on January 5, 1849; they were the parents of five children. Loriston travelled west to California via Panama in 1853, later settling in northern El Dorado; he was joined by his wife and children who travelled to California some years later which was not unusual for 'the Gold Rush era'. Both Loriston and his wife Clara are buried in the old section of Rocklin Cemetery as are several of their children.

[Placer Herald, Volume LVIII, Number 5, 2 October 1909]
DIED.
LOVEJOY—Near Cool, September 28,1909. Loriston Hale Lovejoy, a native of Maine, aged 91 years.

[Placer Herald, Volume LVIII, Number 5, 2 October 1909]
Loriston Hale Lovejoy.
One by one the pioneers of El Dorado county have answered the final call, until only one here and there scattered throughout the county are left of the grand, brave men and women who braved the trials of the long journey by land or sea, and endured the hardships and privations of the early days of California, to build up a new country and begin a new life far from home and kindred ties. Again the dark angel of death has taken another grand old pioneer. With the closing of the day on September 23d, Loriston Hale Lovejoy died at his home near Cool. The family Bible in his ancestral home at Sidney, Maine, records his birth: Born December 18,1817, Loriston Hale, third child of Jacob and Sarah Townsend Lovejoy.
On the 5th of January, 1849, he was united in marriage to Clara Greenleaf, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs Chase Page, of Brownville, Maine.
In 1853 Mr. Lovejoy took passage on the steamer Northern Light, coming to California by the way of the Isthmus. One year he spent in Redwood, in the lumber district, going to El dorado county in 1854. He mined, kept hotel, run stage lines, kept toll bridge, and every year became more attached to his adopted home. In 1862 his wife and two children came from the East, and he bought the property which has been the family home for the last forty-five years
Mr. Lovejoy had for almost fifty years been a member of the Masonic order. The Georgetown Lodge held the funeral services at the home in the morning and several members accompanied the remains to Rocklin, where the Rocklin Lodge assisted to conclude the burial services, and lay the body to rest.
His children were all at home, called several months before, when he was first stricken with a sudden sinking spell. He had attained the age of 91 years. He was a devoted husband and father, an honored citizen, and will long be remembered with kindly words by his neighbors.
He leaves to mourn their loss, a wife, three sons, two daughters: Thatcher T , of Newcastle, Amanda B., Fred S, of Rocklin; Steven F Lovejoy, of Cool, and Mrs. B. N. Newman, of Oakland; The grandchildren: H. B. Dobbs, Milton S. and Leslie L. Lovejoy, of Newcastle; A. L. Dobbas, of Auburn; Mrs Edward Layton, of Roseville; Chester, Alta, Arthur, Warren, Hazel and Andrew Lovejoy, of Rocklin; Melvin and Gertrude Newman, of Oakland, and Wesley Lovejoy, of Cool, a nephew, C. W. Lovejoy, of Rocklin, and six great grandchildren.

AN OLD-TIMER HAS LEFT US. (Mountain Democrat, October 16, 1909)

Another old-timer of El Dorado has gone, and left us a name to be remembered and honored. Loriston Hale Lovejoy was a native of Sidney, Maine, whence he came to this State via Panama, on the Steamer Northern Light, in 1853. After a year or so he came to Northern El Dorado, where he spent the rest of his life. He died at his home near Cool, where with a loving family around him, he died at the age of ninety-one. Few of the empire-builders have lived so blameless and useful a life. The old Lovejoy house, at the junction of the Auburn and Georgetown roads, was his home and place of business for many years. It was one of the most noted stations on the stage routes of that time. His home near Cool was later the lovable home of his family. January 5th, 1849, Mr. Lovejoy was married to Miss Clara Greenleaf at Brownsville, Maine. In 1862 his wife and two children came from the East, and he bought the family home in which he died. A wife, three sons, Thatcher T. of New Castle, Fred S. of Rocklin and Steven F. of Cool, and two daughters, Mrs. B. N. Newman and Amanda B. of Cool survive him. His grandchildren and great grandchildren number about fifteen or twenty well-known people. They are justly proud of their ancestor. The Georgetown and Rocklin Masonic Lodges participated in the honors paid to this patriarch of his Order

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