 John Lovell LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p.152-153
Lovell, John, was born May 9, 1812, at Worrell, Somersetshire, England, the son of Edmond Lovell and Silvia Williams. He married Ann Parsons at Bitton, Somersetshire, England, Feb. 15, 1835, and emigrated to Canada the same year. Here he and his wife were converted to "Mormonism" through the testimony of John Taylor and others and were baptized in February, 1837, by Almon W. Babbitt. He gathered withthe Saints to Nauvoo, Ill., and being a stone mason by trade he worked on the Nauvoo Temple. Being driven out of Nauvoo by the mob, together with his co-religionists, he settled at Big Bend, Pottawattamie county, Iowa, where his wife died from exposure. Here he also married Elizabeth Smith, and crossed the plains in 1852, arriving in Salt Lake City Oct. 2, 1852. After residing temporarily at Provo, Utah county, he moved to Fillmore, Millard county, in 1853. Here he married Anna Anderson in 1856; moved to Deseret in 1860; was ordained a High Priest May 2, 1861, by John A. Ray, and set apart as first counselor to President Jacob Croft at Deseret. Later he acted as a counselor to President B. H. Robinson. He moved to Oak City in 1863 and presided over the Oak Creek branch until Feb. 21, 1871, after which he acted as first counselor to Platte D. Lyman until 1878. His wife, Elizabeth, bore him seven children, namely, George, Sylvia, Edmund, John, Joseph H., William and Martha Ann. His third wife, Anna Anderson Lovell, bore him five children, namely, Christina, Ann Elizabeth, Brigham, John Edmond and Sylvia Ann. Bro. Lovell died Jan. [p.153]13, 1881, at Oak City, Utah, as a faithful Latter-day Saint. |
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