LOVEJOY, Lucy Storrs c1835-1907

LOVEJOY

Posted By: Sheryl mcClure (email)
Date: 2/23/2003 at 21:41:25

Unknown paper, Dec. 13, 1907

Waterloo-Miss Lucy Storrs Lovejoy, a daughter of Owen Lovejoy and a niece of Elijah P. Lovejoy, noted abolitionists, died here, aged 70. Her death recalls tragic incidents in the struggle for the freedom of the slaves. Her father was a witness to his brother's murder, and kneeling at the grave, he vowed undying hostility to slavery. A year after Elijah's death, Owen became pastor of the Congregational church in Princeton, Ill., and in 1856 was elected to Congress. He was repeatedly in peril of assassination, but never wavered in his aid of the slaves that came to him for help.

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Added by S. Bell:

[Semi Weekly Reporter Tuesday, December 10, 1907, Waterloo, Iowa]

SICK ONLY TWO DAYS

MISS LUCY STORRS LOVEJOY SUDDENLY CALLED TO THE UNKNOWN LAND

DIED AT CASCADEN HOME

Will Be Taken to Princeton, Ill. for Burial Babe Dies at F. T. Bird Home

After an Illness of only two days Miss Lucy Storrs Lovejoy passed away in an attack of pneumonia at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Thomas Cascaden Jr., at 11:20 Saturday morning.

Miss Lovejoy had been down town Wednesday, and that evening was taken ill. Her sudden death comes as a sad blow to her relatives many of whom knew not that she was ill.

Deceased was born at Princeton, Ill., nearly seventy years ago. She has been living with Mr: and Mrs. Casenden over six years. Her sister, Miss Mary Denham, is in Waterloo spending the winter with a cousin, Mrs. J. H. Leavitt, and was at the bedside of her sister in her last illness.

Miss Lovejoy is survived by two sisters and two brothers, one of whom is expected to arrive this evening from Princeton, Ill. The remains of Miss Lovejoy will be taken there for burial and Rev. Walter H. Rollins will conduct brief funeral services from the Cascaden home.