Harry Russell Lovell

1895-1963 · Ipava, Fulton County, Illinois

Born 1895, Ipava, Fulton County, Illinois

Died 1963

Father: S. Douglas Lovell

Mother: Lina Lovell

Harry Russell Lovell was born on 12 September 1895 at Ipava, a farm village in the southwest corner of Fulton County, Illinois. He was the son of S. Douglas Lovell and his wife Lina, both Illinois-born and both about forty when he arrived. In 1910 he was fourteen and living with them and his sister Mamie, 19, in New Salem Township, McDonough County, just across the county line from Ipava.

He registered for the First World War draft in McDonough County, giving his birth date and Ipava as his birthplace. On 15 October 1916 he had married Naomi Evelyn Kerr, the daughter of James T. Kerr, a minister of the United Brethren church. Their wedding date is carved in a pair of linked rings between their names on the stone they share at Ipava.

Harry and Naomi had fourteen children. Delmar Wayne came first, in 1918, and Steve last, in 1942. The births follow the family around the district: Darrell at Ipava in 1923, Patricia at Macomb in 1929, William at Bushnell in 1932, Carl at Bushnell in 1937. In 1933 the family was out at Adair, or at Baylis, by the two notices of Naomi's father's death. By 1942 they were settled in Bushnell.

In April 1942 Harry, then forty-six, registered again, in the so-called old man's draft. This was the fourth wartime registration, which enrolled men aged 45 to 64 who were too old to be called up but could be put to war work. He gave his home as Bushnell and named himself as his own employer. In the 1950 census he was fifty-four and assembled machines for a farm-machinery maker, with five of the children still at home.

Naomi died in July 1961. Harry died on 18 June 1963. His death was registered in Bradford County, Florida, and he was brought home to Ipava Cemetery and buried beside her. Several of his sons served in uniform: Delmar in the Marine Corps and Darrell in the Air Force in the Second World War, Carl in the Army, and William for thirty-one years before he retired in 1990.

Parents

Lina Lovell b. 1855 S. Douglas Lovell b. 1855

Sources

Family photograph, captioned "Harry and Naomi Kerr Lovell", posted 2 July 2017 to Find a Grave memorial 45652744.

Family photograph, captioned "Harry Russell Lovell", posted 2 July 2017 to Find a Grave memorial 45652789.

United States, Census, 1950, Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois, enumeration district 55-5, sheet 13, line 9. FamilySearch, ark:/61903/1:1:6J4H-HGJK.

United States, Census, 1910, New Salem, McDonough County, Illinois, sheet 10A, NARA T624. FamilySearch, ark:/61903/1:1:MK6C-Q56.

United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, McDonough County, Illinois, NARA M1509. FamilySearch, ark:/61903/1:1:K6DG-G2B (a second card, ark:/61903/1:1:74DG-9D3Z).

United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, fourth registration, Illinois, NARA M2097. FamilySearch, ark:/61903/1:1:V1KW-51P.

Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998, volume 2473, certificate 25734. FamilySearch, ark:/61903/1:1:VVX7-K64.

Ipava Cemetery, Ipava, Fulton County, Illinois. Photograph by ginag, 2009, Find a Grave memorials 45652744 and 45652789.

Gainesville Sun, Gainesville, Florida, 11-12 February 2013; text on Find a Grave memorials 105031963 and 105478955.

1910 United States census, New Salem, McDonough County, Illinois, sheet 10A (FamilySearch ark 1:1:MK6C-Q56); World War I draft registration (FamilySearch arks 1:1:K6DG-G2B and 1:1:74DG-9D3Z); World War II draft registration, fourth registration, Illinois, NARA M2097 (FamilySearch ark 1:1:V1KW-51P); 1950 United States census, Bushnell, ED 55-5 (FamilySearch ark 1:1:6J4H-HGJK); Florida Death Index 1877-1998 (FamilySearch ark 1:1:VVX7-K64); Ipava Cemetery stone (Find a Grave memorials 45652789 and 45652744); obituary of Rev. William C. Lovell, Gainesville Sun, 11 February 2013 (Find a Grave memorial 105031963)

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