Annie (Lemasters) Lovell
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Anna (Lemasters) Lovell (1827 - 1891)

Anna (Annie) Lovell formerly Lemasters
Born in Edgar, Illinois, United Statesmap
Daughter of and
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Wife of — married 6 Aug 1846 in Edgar, Illinois, United States of Americamap
Descendants descendants
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Died at age 63 in Sugar Creek Township, Harrison, Missouri, United Statesmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the LeMaster Name Study.

Early life

Annie Lemasters was born 14 September 1827 in Edgar County in eastern Illinois to James and Nancy Lemasters.[1][2] (See the research notes for a more complete discussion of Annie's name and her year of birth.) She was the fifth of eleven children. Her three oldest siblings had been born in Indiana, but in 1824, three years before Annie’s birth, Annie’s father, James, purchased 80 acres in Edgar County, Illinois.[2][3] The land was in Symmes Township, about five miles southwest of the modern day town of Paris.[3]

This shows the location of James Lemasters' property on a modern day map. Go here or click the image to navigate around the location on Google Maps.

Today, the land is flat, treeless farmland. The neighbors just to the north run a vineyard and an upscale French restaurant.[4][5] But when Annie’s family came to Symmes township, the land was still heavily forested and far from any town. White settlers first came to the area in 1822. In 1824, the Lemasters were among the first to arrive. Annie was almost certainly born in a simple log cabin built by her parents.[6]

She may or may not have learned to read and write as a child. On the 1850 census, she reported that she could not, but on later censuses she reported that she could.[2][7][8] On the 1870 census, she reported that she could read but not write.[9] At the end of their lives, Annie and her husband owned three books and a Bible.[10] Most likely, she could read a bit, but not well and not often.

Adult life in Edgar County, Illinois

On 6 August 1846, when Annie was nineteen years old, she married twenty-three year old James Lovell.[11] Their first child, Nancy, was born nine months later.[2][12] They had seven children in all, five daughters and two sons. They raised their family in Symmes township, near Annie and James’s parents.[2][7][13][14]

James registered for the draft for the Union Army in 1863, when he was forty years old, but there’s no indication he ever fought in the Civil War.[15]

Adult life in Harrison County, Missouri

James appeared on the Edgar County census in 1865.[16] Sometime between that date and 1870, James, Nancy, and their children moved 380 miles west to Harrison County, Missouri.[9] They were following James’s youngest brother, Reuben, who had moved to Harrison County before 1860 and established himself as a blacksmith.[17] They were joined by James’s parents - Reuben and Elizabeth Lovell, his brother Stephen, and his brother John who was married to Annie’s sister, Mary.[18][19][20][21]

James and Annie purchased 80 acres of land near James’s brothers.[22]

James Lovell's property on an 1876 plat map of Sugar Creek Township, Harrison County, Missouri
This shows the location of James Lovell's property on a modern day map. Go here or click the image to navigate around the location on Google Maps.

They settled in Sugar Creek Township, about three miles south of the town of Bolton. The 1876 county atlas described Bolton as "small town and trading point" with a population of about 50 people and two stores.[22] Eventually, it also was home to a hotel run by James’s blacksmith brother, Reuben.[23]

Today, all signs of Bolton are long gone, but the small town of Gilman City exists about eight miles southwest of James and Annie’s property.[24]

James’s probate record provides a glimpse into the life Annie and James built in Harrison County. Their possessions at the end of their life were few but comfortable. They grew corn and pressed apple cider. They kept bees, and they raised hogs, chickens, and cows. In 1891, they owned 16 hogs, 3 dozen chickens, 3 cows, one calf, and a gelding horse and a mare.

They had a small collection of household furniture and tools. Their most valuable possession was a sewing machine, probably Annie’s.[10]

An appraisal of Annie and James's property at the end of the lives, from James Lovell's probate record

Annie and James died with a few days of each other in February 1891, possibly victims of a flu epidemic that hit Harrison County in 1890 and 1891.[25][1][26] When James died on February 4, his obituary reported that he had been sick for several weeks, and that Annie was sick also.[27] She died on February 17. Annie was sixty-three, and James was sixty-seven. They were buried in Springer Chapel Cemetery in Harrison County, a few miles north of their home.[1][26]

Research Notes

Annie or Anna

Annie’s given name was probably Anna. Her marriage record and most census records use the name Anna.[11][2][7][9] But the name on her gravestone is Annie.[1] This indicates that she considered Anna to be her legal name, but Annie was the name she used and preferred. So Annie is what is used here.

Last name spelling

The family’s last name is sometimes written as Lemasters, Lemaster, or Lamasters.

An early county history and James Lemasters’ land purchases use the spelling Lemasters. (Starting with Le, ending with an S.)[28][3]

The 1840 and 1850 censuses use the spelling Lemaster. (Starting with Le, no S.)[29][13]

Annie’s marriage record and the 1830 census the spelling Lamasters. (Starting La, ending with an S.)[11][30]

It’s unlikely that Annie or her parents could read or write well, so they probably didn’t have an opinion on the spelling of their name. Most spellings end with an S, so they probably pronounced it that way. Of all the existing records, the most care was probably taken when writing James Lemasters’ name on the land records. So the land records' spelling - Lemasters - is used here.

Annie's year of birth

Annie's gravestone states that her age at death was 65 years, 3 months, and 3 days. This would put her birth date at 14 September 1825.[1]

Her birth day may very well have been September 14, but she was probably born about 1827. On her father James's 1830 census, there are two tally marks for daughters under the age of 5. These would correspond to Annie and her younger sister Sarah.[30]

On the 1850 and 1860 census, she reported her age as 23 and 32, respectively. [2][7] Those earlier censuses are more likely to record her correct age, rather than her gravestone and the censuses at the end of her life.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13181227 : accessed 11 March 2022), memorial page for Annie Lemasters Lovell (14 Sep 1825–17 Feb 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13181227, citing Springer Chapel Cemetery, Gilman City, Harrison County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Larry G. Flesher (contributor 43207742)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85G-NJM : accessed 22 April 2022), James Lovell household, Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 James Lemasters (Edgar Co., Ill.), state volume patent accession no. IL0330__.047 "Patent Search," database with images, General Land Office Records (https://glorecords.blm.gov/search : accessed 22 April 2022).
  4. ↑ Google Maps and Google Street View for the location 39°34'24.4"N 87°44'30.3"W (https://www.google.com/maps/place/39.573444,%20-87.741750 : search performed 13 May 2022)
  5. ↑ Andrews at the Westbrook restaurant website (http://andrewsatwestbrook.com : accessed 13 May 2022)
  6. ↑ History of Edgar County, Illinois, (Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. and Co., 1879), Sims Township, pages 457-471.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBK-921D?cc=1473181&wc=7QVJ-5MD%3A1589423252%2C1589423727%2C1589423920 : accessed 22 April 2022), Illinois > Edgar > Simms Township > James Lovel household > image 6 of 31
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6X7-SZB : accessed 22 April 2022), James Lovell household, Sugar Creek Township, Harrison, Missouri, United States
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XKPS-WQS?cc=1438024&wc=KGW7-MNL%3A518659401%2C518678601%2C518759001 : accessed 22 April 2022), Missouri > Harrison > Sugar Creek > James Lovell household > image 15 of 30
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Harrison County, Missouri probate case files, James Lovell (1891); copies mailed to Jessica Hammond by the Harrison County Genealogical Society. Images are available at a free space profile for the probate record.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFKX-GSD : accessed 11 February 2022), James Lovell and Anna Lamasters, 06 Aug 1846; citing Edgar, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,301,880.
  12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87783670 : accessed 22 April 2022), memorial page for Nancy Ann Lovell Vandike (26 Apr 1847–3 Sep 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 87783670, citing Bainbridge Cemetery, Huntley, Harlan County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by RWAL (contributor 47339417) .
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M855-SYX : accessed 22 April 2022), Nancy Lemaster household, Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States
  14. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBK-921D?cc=1473181&wc=7QVJ-5MD%3A1589423252%2C1589423727%2C1589423920 : 24 March 2017), Illinois > Edgar > Simms Township > Ruben Lovel household > image 6 of 31
  15. ↑ "U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1666/ : accessed 13 May 2022), Illinois > 7th Congressional District > Vol 7 of 7 > images 127 of 360 > James Lovell > https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1666/images/32178_620305173_0014-00128
  16. ↑ "Illinois State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCK7-7MT : accessed 13 May 2022), James Lovell, , Symmes, Edgar, Illinois; citing , Symmes, Edgar, Illinois, Census, p. 77, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm.
  17. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSH-3L?cc=1473181&wc=7QJZ-5VM%3A1589429312%2C1589426386%2C1589422605 : 24 March 2017), Missouri > Harrison > Sugar Creek Township > Reuben Lovell household > image 13 of 28
  18. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XKPS-HB4?cc=1438024&wc=KGW7-MNL%3A518659401%2C518678601%2C518759001 : accessed 22 April 2022), Missouri > Harrison > Sugar Creek > Ruben Lovell household > image 21 of 30
  19. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XKPS-HB4?cc=1438024&wc=KGW7-MNL%3A518659401%2C518678601%2C518759001 : accessed 22 April 2022), Missouri > Harrison > Sugar Creek > Stephen Lovell household > image 21 of 30
  20. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XKPS-WQS?cc=1438024&wc=KGW7-MNL%3A518659401%2C518678601%2C518759001 : accessed 22 April 2022), Missouri > Harrison > Sugar Creek > John Lovell household > image 15 of 30
  21. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFKX-JX3 : accessed 22 April 2022), John Lovell and Mary Lamasters, 17 Dec 1846; citing Edgar, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,301,880.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Edward Brothers of Missouri, An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Harrison County, Missouri (Philadelphia, 1876), page 9; available at State Historical Society of Missouri, Digital Collections (https://digital.shsmo.org/digital : accessed 13 May 2022), Plat Maps of Missouri > Harrison County > https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/plat/id/8214/rec/2
  23. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6Q57-QTF?cc=1325221&wc=9BWM-ZJG%3A1030552401%2C1031373401%2C1033436501 : accessed 22 April 2022), Missouri > Harrison > ED 108 Sugar Creek Township Gilman & Melbourne villages > Reubun Lovell household > image 8 of 37
  24. ↑ Google Maps and Google Street View for the location 40°11'31.7"N 93°48'32.4"W (https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B011'31.7%22N+93%C2%B048'32.4%22W : search performed 13 May 2022)
  25. ↑ Jean Myers at the Harrison County Genealogical Society to Jessica Hammond, email, 10 March 2022, "James & Anne Lovell."
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/222484259 : accessed 11 March 2022), memorial page for James Lovell (1823–4 Feb 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 222484259, citing Springer Chapel Cemetery, Gilman City, Harrison County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Jennifer P (contributor 49402905)
  27. ↑ "Blue Ridge," Bethany (Missouri) Republican-Clipper, 12 February 1891, page 4.
  28. ↑ History of Edgar County, Illinois, (Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. and Co., 1879), James Lemasters, page 671.
  29. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB8-3YS : accessed 22 April 2022), James Lemaster household, Edgar, Illinois, United States
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPY-FPR : accessed 22 April 2022), James Lamasters household, Edgar, Illinois, United States




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