Julia Louisa Lovejoy

Abolitionist, missionary. 1812 - 1882

“Born on March 9, 1812, in Lebanon, New Hampshire, Julia Louisa Hardy reportedly experienced a deep religious conversion at the age of nine. From that moment on she was a devout Methodist who wanted to influence the world around her. She wanted to become a missionary or to find another application for her religious ardor. At one point, she remarked, “if I have not done good, I have done evil.’”

“… The Lovejoys relocated frequently due to Charles’ mission work. In 1864 Charles switched from the Methodist Episcopal Church to the free Methodist Church, and relocated to Lebanon, Illinois. Eventually, the family returned to Kansas and settled in Palmyra (now Baldwin City) a few miles south of Lawrence in rural Douglas County, where Julia died February 6, 1882.”

Note:

Julia Louisia Lovejoy wrote articles for several papers:"The Independent Democrat","Granite State Whig",New York "Tribune","Zion's Herald"(Boston, Mass),"Christian Messenger", Montpelier, Vt.,and many Kansas Publications.

Julia Lovejoy wrote of events taking place in the territory, the suffering and hardships of the pioneers, relief, crops, the gold rush,and championing ANTI-SLAVERY movements.

References

• https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/julia-louisa-lovejoy/13351
• Residence: June 1 1870 - Kansas, USA
• Race: White
• Reference: 1870 United States Federal Census - SmartCopy: Jul 11 2023, 1:47:50 UTC
• Census: 1850 - Haverhill, Grafton, NH
• Census: June 1 1870 - KS
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 11 2023, 1:50:12 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 11 2023, 1:57:16 UTC
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 11 2023, 2:01:32 UTC
• Find A Grave
• https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/7660 has photos of some pages of her diary.
• Hardy and Hardie, Past and Present.. Authors and Compilers, H. Claude Hardy, Rev. Edwin Noah Hardy. (1935) < PDF > page 125-128. (document attached)
• The Lovejoy genealogy with biographies and history, 1460-1930. by Lovejoy, Clarence E. (Clarence Earle), 1894-1974/(Publication date 1930). Page 240-241. < Archive.Org > (free to borrow). (document attached)