Archibald Lovelace

• Residence: Pettis county, Pettis, Missouri - 1850
• Residence: Bolling Green Township, Pettis, Missouri, United States - 1860
• Residence: Missouri, United States - 1870
• Residence: Bowling Green, Pettis, Missouri, United States - 1880
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 5 2020, 15:52:48 UTC

Archibald Lovelace was born 28 Mar 1806 in Iredell County, North Carolina. He died in 1898 in Pettis County, Missouri. In North Carolina on 5 Feb 1827 he married Nancy A. Holman. She was born North Carolina on 16 Jan 1809 and was killed in a runaway accident 27 Sep 1867 returning home from Smithton, Missouri. They had gone to purchase their daughter Nancy's wedding clothes. Both are buried in Providence Cemetery near the Lovelace homestead and Schoolhouse near Sedalia, Missouri. Archibald married second Miss Hannah Wheeler and third widow Letitia "Wright" Ferguson. Nancy Holman was the mother of all his children. They came to Pettis County in 1832, returned home to Iredell County and after selling their land on Hunting Creek moved to Pettis County in 1838. The entered a farm about 4 miles north of Providence Baptist Church and a little west. Archie and Nancy were charter members of the old Providence Baptist Church. This church was torn down in 1889 and a new one built in its place.

(From "The Lovelace Family" compiled by Merleen Westhoff-Ellis.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 5 2020, 16:10:25 UTC