Notes:

ADDRESS: (1970) Zanesville, Ohio.

Notes:

CHILDREN: Elizabeth and Robert had no children, except an adopted son who died
early in his youth.

CENSUS: 1900 WEST VIRGINIA, Putnam County, Buffalo District.

CENSUS: 1910 WEST VIRGINIA, Putnam County, Buffalo District, Evergreen Road.
Robert L. Lovejoy 49 (md 20 yrs) WV OH OH, Elizabeth A. 50 PA WALES WALES (1
child not living), Anna Johns (mother in law) 76 WALES.

Robert married Ellen (Ella) Bowman on 3 Jul 1911. Ellen was born in , , West Virginia of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MARRIAGE: Kanawha County Court House; 16 Jul 1856 at Rocky Fork; Thornton F. LOVEJOY, age 30, born Bath County, Virginia, son of Samuel and Cynthia, he was a tailor, to Fannie McFarland, age 18, born Gallia County, Ohio to Andrew and Matilda McFarland, reside in Teays Valley.

MILITARY: Civil War; Confederate;Private; Company A, 22nd Virginia Infantry, 1st Kanawha Regiment; Enlisted 15 Oct 1862 in Raleigh County, WV; served with brothers Nathaniel S. and Milton A., Privates; Wounded in mid 1863, apparently recovered from Aug 31 to Dec 31, 1863. He was paroled as a Prisoner of War May 1, 1865 in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia (at this time he was 39 years of age, Height: 5 ft, 9 inches, Complexion: Dark, Hair: Black, Eyes Black, (While in military, signed name as T.F. or Thornton F.); RECORDS OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES, photocopies of original viewed March 1997. From Family stories: Thornton was killed while serving in the army, or, apparently just after the Civil War.

CONFLICT-MARRIAGE: Verify original date, as it may have been 14 Jul 1856 instead of 16 Jul 1856.

TO-DO: Verify marriage date (14 Jul 1856 vs 16 Jul 1856).

ACTION: No census record for 1860 in West Virginia found.

Thornton married Fannie (Frances) McFarland on 14 Jul 1856 in Rocky Fork, Kanawha, West Virginia. Fannie (daughter of Andrew McFarland and Matilda Miller) was born in Mar 1839 in Morgan Township, Gallia, Ohio; died about Nov 1920 in Fraziers Bottom, Putnam, West Virginia; was buried in Mt.Zion Baptist, Upland, Mason, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CEMETERY: Mt Zion Baptist Church Cemetery; tombstone says Fannie Ballingee, no dates, on a metal stick.

MARRIAGE: 1871 WEST VIRGINIA, Kanawha County. 6 March 1871 Addison Bellengee 39 born Fayette County. Married to Fanny Lovejy age 31 born Kanawha County. Parents Bolin and Rebecca Bellengee and Jno and ___ Lovejoy.

CENSUS: 1870 WEST VIRGINIA, Kanawha County, Union District, Sissonville; Fannie and children lived near her parents.
Fanny Lovejoy 30 OH, Virginia M. 13 WV Samuel A. V. 11 Robert L. 9 Charles P. 3 Agnes T. 2.

CENSUS: 1880 WEST VIRGINIA, Putnam County, Buffalo District (near Village of Fraziers Bottom). Fannie Ballinger 40 OH WV WV CHILDREN: V.M.Lovejoy 22 WV VA OH (Blacksmith), Samuel Lovejoy 21, Robert L. 18, Chas P. 14, Agnes T. 11,
Jane R. Ballinger 8 WV VA OH, Roxie L. 6, M. Viola 3.

CENSUS: 1900 WEST VIRGINIA, Putnam County, Buffalo District

CENSUS: 1910 WEST VIRGINIA, Putnam County, Buffalo District, Evergreen Road. Charles P. Lovejoy 40 WV OH OH, Fanny Ballinger 70 OH OH OH (mother) (9 children, 6 living), Andrew R. Ball, nephew 19 WV WV WV.

RESIDENCE: Fannie lived in Fraziers Bottom most of her life.

STORY: According to daughter, Fannie (who relayed information on to granddaughter, Millie Deal Doss, who lived with Fannie until her death, Matilda's mother was a full blood Indian.

[NOTE: (2001) Family has now been assigned to Wright and Walker, and there is no evidence of Native American Heritage].

NOTE: (2002) There is a new link to Indian origin, but that is on the McFarland side, through grandmother, Martha ( ) Hayslett. See her reference.

Notes:

CENSUS: 1830 OHIO, Meigs County, Salem Township; page 257; Males 1 0-5, 1 20-30, Females 1 0-5, 1 20-30. Living next to William Slaughter, Elisha Hunt, David Martindall, Andrew Martindal, Henry Crowell, Reuben Thompson, Ephraim Grower, Samuel Hunt, Abram Durst, Christopher Coy, Benjamin Crowell.

LAND: GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO; 1832/1840; Morgan Township; Deed Book 16, page 325, 326; Bought land 19 June 1832 and "Andrew and Matilda" sold it on 31 March 1840.

CENSUS: 1840 WEST VIRGINIA, Kanawha County; Males 1 0-5, 1 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 20-30, Females 2 0-5, 1 10-15, 1 20-30.

CENSUS: 1850 WEST VIRGINIA, Kanawha County, Union Township Tuppers Creek (just south of Sissonville); Andrew listed as a chairmaker Andrew McFarland 43 VA Malinda 40 VA, John 18 VA, Martha 21, Eliza 15, Henry 13, Fanny 11, Sabina 9,
Alvira 7, Lewis H. 5, Margaret 2/12. Census taken 1 Jun 1850.

CENSUS: 1860 WEST VIRGINIA, Kanawha County, P.O.BOX Sissonville. Andrew McFarland age 50.

CENSUS: 1870 WEST VIRGINIA, Kanawha County, Tuppers Creek; Andrew and Matilda could neither read nor write.

HISTORY: "SISSONVILLE, A TIME TO REMEMBER, compiled by The Sissonville
Historical Awareness Committee of The Sissonville Village Association 1988.
FOUND ON INTERNET AT &lthttp://www.rootweb.com/~wvkanawh/Sissonville/hphphp162.jpg&gt
"Andrew McFarland was born and raised in Ohio in 1810. He was married in Coshocton County, Virginia to Matilda Miller. Andrews occupation was a chair maker. He learned his skills from the Miller family of Ohio. Andrew settled shortly in Gallia County, Ohio, then in the 1840's Andrew brought his family to
.........Andrew and Matilda raised a large family and also raised two grandchildren who belonged to their eldest daughter who died a young age of adulthood. Today the McFarland descendants still occupy Union and Poca Districts."
&ltMY NOTE: Although this mentions his wife as Matilda Miller, HIS WIFE WAS ACTUALLY MATILDA WRIGHT&gt

Andrew married Matilda Miller about 1825 in , Alleghany of, Virginia. Matilda was born about 1810 in Virginia; died after 1870 in Union Twp, Kanawha, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]