Rhoda Jamison (Jamison) Lovell (abt. 1808 - 1897)

Born about 1808 in Franklin, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Garner C. Heard — married 2 Nov 1834 (to before 1847) in Franklin County, Virginia, United States

Wife of John J. Lovell — married May 1847 in Henry, Virginia, United States

Died 24 Nov 1897 at about age 89 in Reed Creek Village, Henry, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Rhoda Jamison Lovell was born in 1808 in Franklin Co., Virginia, the probable daughter of Samuel Jamison and Winifred Bird.^[1]

She married Garner C. Heard on 12 Nov 1834 in Franklin Co., Va.^[2] Their children were Elizabeth (1835–1853) and Nancy Garner (1838–1892). Garner passed away before 1847 in Henry or Franklin Co.

In 1847, she married John J. Lovell. Their children were Mary Winnie, Samuel M., Lucy Ann, and Susan Victoria.^[3]

John was a farmer in Henry Co., Va. On the Slave Schedule of the 1850 census, he was named with fifteen enslaved people: two men in their 30s, three women, ages 15-28; five boys, ages 6-12; and five girls, ages 4-9.^[4]

John passed away on 19 Feb 1858 in Reed Creek Village, Henry Co., Va.^[5][6] Rhoda was on the 1860 census (widowed, age 50) in Dyers Store, Henry Co.

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She was listed on the Slave Schedule that year with eleven enslaved people: a man of 50, four women, ages 15-32; three boys, ages 1-9; and three girls, ages 1-6.^[8]

On the 1870 census in Martinsville, Henry Co., she was on the census with her four children.^[9] In 1880, still in Martinsville, she was living with her son Samuel and his family.^[10]

Rhoda was mentioned on a memorial in Lovell Cemetery, Reed Creek Village, Henry Co., with a death date of 24 Nov 1897.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ The spelling of the family name Jamison varied into the 20c. It has also been recorded as Jimmerson, Jamerson, Jamieson, and Jameson. The family is said to be of Scots-Irish/Ulster Irish origin: Jamesons in America by E. O. Jameson
2. ↑ Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940/i. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014
3. ↑ With Rhoda and children: U.S. Census: Year: 1850; Census Place: Henry, Virginia; Roll: 952; Page: 21a.Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009
4. ↑ The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29. 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2004
5. ↑ Rhoda named on death record: Library of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912.Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022.
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68288599/john-j.-lovell. According to his death record, the cause was Erysipelas, a common bacterial infection of the skin.
7. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   citing Page: 55; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 1354; FHL microfilm: 805354; Record number: 2195;
   FamilySearch Record: M41C-KBX (accessed 4 October 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSF-9Z3D Image number 00059
   Rhoda Lovell (50) in Henry, Virginia, United States. Born in Virginia. Saml Woody was Samuel H. Woody (1840–1862), son of Rhoda's sister Sarah. Benja Cousins was a young Black man, laborer, possibly enslaved.
8. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   citing Page: 21; Line: 24; FHL microfilm: 000805391; Record number: 498604;
   FamilySearch Record: W2X2-P5MM (accessed 4 October 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BSN-644 Image number 00433
   Rhodo Lovell in Henry, Virginia, United States.
9. ↑ U.S. Census: Year: 1870; Census Place: Martinsville, Henry, Virginia; Roll: M593_1656; Page: 109B; Family History Library Film: 553155. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009
10. ↑ U.S. Census: Year: 1880; Census Place: Martinsville, Henry, Virginia; Roll: 1373; Page: 117c; Enumeration District: 131.Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010
11. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #68288667 (accessed 4 October 2022)
    Memorial page for Rhoda Jamison Lovell (1808-24 Nov 1897), citing Lovell Cemetery, Reed Creek Village, Henry County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Cindy King (contributor 46817864).