John Lovell

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 Henry W. Miller Company (1852) Age 38

Departure: 8 July 1852 Arrival: 10 September - 2 October 1852

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John Lovell was born May 9, 1812, at Worrell, Somersetshire, England. His parents were Edmond Lovell and Silvia Williams. He married Ann Parsons at Bitton, Somersetshire, England, Feb. 15, 1835. They emigrated to Canada, where his uncle lived, the same year. They had 7 children, George, Sylvia, Edmund, John, Joseph Hyrum, William, and Martha. John 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 in Canada. They gathered with the Saints to Nauvoo, Ill. John was a stone mason by trade and worked on the Nauvoo Temple. Being driven out of Nauvoo by the mob, he settled at Big Bend, Pottawattamie county, Iowa, where his wife died from exposure in December 1851. John married Elizabeth Smith, in March 1852 and crossed the plains in 1852, arriving in Salt Lake City Oct. 2, 1852. He and Elizabeth never had any children. After residing temporarily in Utah county, he moved to Fillmore, Millard county, in 1853. Here he married widow Ane (Anna) Pedersen Jorgensen Anderson in April 1857 and raised her 3 sons, Anders Peder Anderson, Christian Anderson and Joseph Smith Anderson and had 5 living children, Castina, Ann,Brigham, John Edmund, and Sylvia. They moved to Deseret in 1860. John was ordained a High Priest May 2, 1861, by John A. Ray, and set apart as first counselor to President Jacob Croft at Deseret. He moved to Oak Creek in 1863 to preside over this new settlement. He held his position in the Oak City bishopric until 1880. John Lovell died Jan.13, 1881, in Oak City, Utah, as a faithful Latter-day Saint.

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John Lovell was born May 9, 1812, at Worrell, Somersetshire, England. His parents were Edmond Lovell and Silvia Williams. He married Ann Parsons at Bitton, Somersetshire, England, Feb. 15, 1835. They emigrated to Canada, where his uncle lived, the same year. They had 7 children, George, Sylvia, Edmund, John, Joseph Hyrum, William, and Martha. John 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 in Canada. They gathered with the Saints to Nauvoo, Ill. John was a stone mason by trade and worked on the Nauvoo Temple. Being driven out of Nauvoo by the mob, he settled at Big Bend, Pottawattamie county, Iowa, where his wife died from exposure in December 1851. John married Elizabeth Smith, in March 1852 and crossed the plains in 1852, arriving in Salt Lake City Oct. 2, 1852. He and Elizabeth never had any children. After residing temporarily in Utah county, he moved to Fillmore, Millard county, in 1853. Here he married widow Ane (Anna) Pedersen Jorgensen Anderson in April 1857 and raised her 3 sons, Anders Peder Anderson, Christian Anderson and Joseph Smith Anderson and had 5 living children, Castina, Ann,Brigham, John Edmund, and Sylvia. They moved to Deseret in 1860. John was ordained a High Priest May 2, 1861, by John A. Ray, and set apart as first counselor to President Jacob Croft at Deseret. He moved to Oak Creek in 1863 to preside over this new settlement. He held his position in the Oak City bishopric until 1880. John Lovell died Jan.13, 1881, in Oak City, Utah, as a faithful Latter-day Saint.

• He traveled in the Henry W.Miller Company in 1852 at the age of 15* Edit: Source needed: John Lovell was not aged 15 in 1852.