Individual Details

Charles Warren Lovejoy

(18 Apr 1865 - 14 Oct 1929)

Charles, the middle son, drove a team and freight wagon for the mill community, bringing supplies from the Sacramento Valley which sometimes included dynamite. One of the stories handed down in the family was for the time Uncle Charley was hauling dynamite and sulfur and happened to look back to see smoke curling up. Whipping up the horses he drove pell-mell over the rocky mountain road to the Eel River which he knew was only a short distance ahead, and drove the wagon into the river just in time to put out the fire. It ruined his load, of course, but saved the wagon and team, and his own life.
Charles did not join the family when they moved into the house by Fox Creek, but headed north and eventually settled in El Dorado County.


>From the 1892 Great Register of voters for El Dorado County California:

Lovejoy, Charles Warren, age-29, height-6', complexion-dark, eyes-blue,
hair-brown, visible marks- none, occupation-teamster, county of
nativity-Maine, place of residence-Greenwood, precinct- Greenwood, P.O.
address-none, Naturalized-22 Oct 1892.

Events

Birth18 Apr 1865Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Marriage7 Nov 1895Placer, California, United States - Amanda B. Lovejoy
Census (family)16 Jun 1900Township 3, Placer, California, United States - Amanda B. Lovejoy
Census (family)15 Apr 1910Placer, California, United States - Amanda B. Lovejoy
Marriage29 Mar 1919Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States - Ruth Lunetta Johnson
Census (family)1920Dry Creek, Placer, California, United States - Ruth Lunetta Johnson
Divorce filedOct 1924Placer, California, United States - Ruth Lunetta Johnson
Death14 Oct 1929Rocklin, Placer, California, United States
BurialRocklin Cemetery, Rocklin, Placer, California, United States

Families

SpouseAmanda B. Lovejoy (1852 - 1915)
SpouseRuth Lunetta Johnson (1899 - 1971)
ChildGeorge Loriston Lovejoy (1921 - 1990)
FatherAbial Lovejoy (1826 - 1904)
MotherHarriet Watson Warren (1837 - 1907)
SiblingWilliam Norton Lovejoy (1859 - 1862)
SiblingLoriston Hale Lovejoy (1863 - 1958)
SiblingGeorge Edgar Lovejoy (1870 - 1962)

Notes

Census (family)

323, 355, Lovejoy, Charles W, Head, WM Apr 1862, 38, Married 6 yrs, ME ME ME, Teamster, 1 mo, rent house
Amanda B, Wife, WF, Feb 1854, 45 yrs, M-6, 2 child born & living, ME ME ME,
Dobbas, Arthur, Son, WM, Nov 1875, CA Switzerland, ME, single, Gold Miner

Census (family)

LOVEJOY, CHARLES W (1910 U.S. Census)
CA, PLACER, 9-TWP, Age: 44, Sex: Male, Race: White, Born: ME
Second Street, house 32
Lovejoy, Charles W., Head, 44, M1 13 yrs, Maine, Maine, Maine, Teamster, Freight
Amanda B., Wife, 58, M2, 13 yrs, 2 children born and living, Maine, Maine, Maine

Marriage

California Marriage Certificate:
Charles Warren Lovejoy of Rocklin Calif age 53
Widower, 2d marriage, Maine
Teamster
parents : Abial Lovejoy, Maine and Harriet Warren Maine

Ruth Lunetta Carl of Rocklin Calif age 19
Divorced, 2d marriage, California
housewife
parents: L A Johnson Ohio & Mary J Johnson Ohio
maiden name of bride: Ruth Lunetta Johnson

Stockton Evening and Sunday Record (Stockton, California) Tuesday, April 01, 1919, Pg 7
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Charles Warren Lovejoy of Rocklin, aged 53, and Ruth Lunetta Carl of Rocklin, aged 19.

Census (family)

L120 Soundex, Vol. 76 ED 68 sheet 8 line 51
227, 229, Lovejoy, Charles W. Head,Own Farm, MW, 54, Married, ME ME ME, laborer Farm
Ruth, Wife, FW, 20, Married, Calif, Ohio Ohio

Divorce filed

Auburn Journal (Auburn, California) Thursday, October 23, 1924
Rocklin Woman Seeks Divorce From Mate
Charging wilful neglect and extreme cruelty, Mrs. Ruth L. Lovejoy of Rocklin has filed suit for divorce against Charles W. Lovejoy. In the complaint filed with County Clerk A. S. Fleming of Placer county, Mrs. Lovejoy alleges that on September 15, 1923 her husband beat her. She also charges him with drinking to excess.

Death

Per Jeanette Harper:
"The death certificate for Charles W Lovejoy, dated, 11/2/29, state on October 14, 1929: Charles W. Lovejoy died from shock and loss of blood caused by a bullet wound through his head, self-inflicted, with suicidal intent. Death occurred in Rocklin, Placer County Calif. on October 14, 1929".

The informant was his step-son Al Dobbas.

The Press-Tribune (Roseville, California) Wednesday, October 16, 1929
Roseville Tribune and Register, Wednesday, 10-16-1929
Charles Lovejoy, 66, Ends Life by Shooting
Charles Lovejoy, for many years a resident of Rocklin, committed suicide there Monday afternoon by shooting himself through the head.
Friends claim he has brooded over his troubles for a long time. He was a native of Maine, aged 66 years. He was twice married and leaves a 10-year-old son, George, who lives with his mother in Lincoln. Interment will be in Rocklin Cemetery today.

Auburn Journal (Auburn, California) Thursday, October 17, 1929
ROCKLIN RESIDENT TAKES OWN LIFE
Funeral Services Today For Charles W. Lovejoy
Charles W. Lovejoy, well known Rocklin resident committed suicide on Monday by placing a revolver over his right ear and pulling the trigger. Death was instant.
The deceased was living with Tom Armsdon at the time. He came home about noon and cooked his dinner according to Armsdon and then came out in the yard and sat down next to Armsdon. He got up, went into the house procured a revolver from under Armsdon's pillow, sat down in a chair and ended his life.
Heavy drinking and ill health is thought to have been the cause.
Funeral services were held in the Newcastle cemetery at 4 p.m. today with Rev. Eckles of the Congregational church of this city officiating.

The Placer Herald (Rocklin, California) Saturday, October 19, 1929
LOVEJOY - In Rocklin, October 15 1929, Charles Lovejoy, a native of California, aged 66 years.

Endnotes

1. , "Rocklin Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 November 2011), .

2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census - married 6 yrs.

3. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 8 May 2013), Charlie Warren Lovejoy and Amanda Dobbas, 1895..

4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > California > PLACER > 3-TWP Series: T623 Roll: 96 Page: 278.

5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > California > PLACER > 9-TWP Series: T624 Roll: 91 Page: 142 .

6. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 8 May 2013), Charles Warren Lovejoy and Ruth Lunetta Carl, 1919..

7. Soundex - California 1920. (read July 14, 2001, Nancy Prouty Sonoma Co. Library Annex, Santa Rosa).

8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > CALIFORNIA > PLACER > DRY CREEK Series: T625 Roll: 124 Page: 8 .

9. , "Rocklin Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 November 2011), .

10. , "Rocklin Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 November 2011), .