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Julia Louisa Lovejoy

Julia Louise Lovejoy
Born(1812-03-09)March 9, 1812
Lebanon, New Hampshire
DiedMarch 15, 1882(1882-03-15) (aged 70)
Palmyra, Kansas
Resting placeVinland Cemetery, Douglas County, Kansas

Julia Louisa Lovejoy was an abolitionist writer. She was a correspondent during the Bleeding Kansas era.

Lovejoy was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, in 1812. Her husband, Charles Haseltine Lovejoy, was a Methodist minister. She moved to Kansas in 1855 with her family as part of a group sent by the New England Emigrant Aid Company to work towards making it free from slavery.[1]

Lovejoy died on March 15, 1882, at the age of 70 in Palmyra, Kansas (now Baldwin City).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Julia Louisa Lovejoy". PBS New Perspectives on The West. The West Film Project. 2001. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  2. ^ "Lovejoy, Julia Louisa". civilwaronthewesternborder.org. Retrieved 2026-02-02.
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