Lovejoy, Elijah Parish

1802 - 1837  (34 years)

• Name	Lovejoy, Elijah Parish
  Birth	8 Nov 1802	Albion, ME   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Nov 1837	Alton, Madison, Illinois
  Burial	Alton Cem., Alton, Illinois   [2]
  Notes	Graduage of Colby College, 1826 and later studied theology at Princeton. In 1833 he became editor of the Observer, a Presbyterian weekly in St. Louis. His antislavery views became extremely unpopular, and in 1836 he moved to Alton, Illinois. There he advocated abolition in his Alton Observer. Mobs destroyed 3 of his presses and on Nov 7, 1837, while guarding another press, he was killed. Lovejoy's martyrdom helped advance the cause of the abolitionists.
  Person ID	I898	albion
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2006

  
  

  Father	Lovejoy, Daniel,   b. 3 Mar 1776, Amherst, NH d. 11 Aug 1833, Albion, ME (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Pattee, Elizabeth Gordon,   b. 8 Feb 1772, Winslow, ME d. 23 Apr 1857, Princeton, Bureau, Illinois (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1801	Unity, ME
  Family ID	F332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	French, Celia Ann,   b. C 1813, prob. St. Louis, Missouri d. 10 Jun 1870, Weaverville, California (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	4 Mar 1835	St. Charles, St. Charles Co., Missouri   [1]
  Family ID	F1517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] IGI. [S138] Letter to his mother Elizabeth Lovejoy posted online at www.state.il.us/hpa/lovejoy/letter10t.html.