W. P. LOVELACE

W P. LOVELACE, a successful agriculturist of this region, is a Georgian by birth, born in Troup County in 1849. His parents were John and Martha (Embry) Lovelace, the former a native of North Carolina, born in 1826, who came to Georgia in 1811; he served through the late war with the state militia; he was a son of Amos and Tabitha (Tomlinson) Lovelace, North Carolinians, the father a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Lovelace was a daughter of Hezekiah Embry, a pioneer of Wilkes County.

W. P. Lovelace, owing to the restricted opportunities of his boyhood, obtained but a limited education, of which, however, he has made excellent use. Although but a mere lad he served during the latter part of the war under Capt. Sledge. Mr. Lovelace is a man of remarkable energy and persistence of character, as is evident from the story of his life. He was master of the shoe business, but after a time established himself in the mercantile business, at Rome, Georgia, and carried this on for several years, but in the panic of 1874 he was driven to the wall, and failed. Not discouraged, he at once went to work again, and was soon carrying on a large tannery worth some $16,000; but this was at length destroyed by fire; yet again, undismayed, he went bravely to work and has for the third time accumulated a fortune, carrying on a fine and well cultivated farm in this county, to which he came in 1882.

In 1872 Mr. Lovelace married Miss Emma C. Edge, a native of Meriwether County, born in 1855; she is a daughter of William and Catherine (Boyd) Edge, the former an early settler of the state who served through the war. Mr. and Mrs. Lovelace are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their union has been blessed with seven children: John W., Lewis E., Mattie B., Thomas E., Nellie M., Lillian C. and Lois C.

Source: Memoirs of Georgia, Containing historical accounts of the states civil, military, industrial and professional interests and personal sketches of many of it’s people, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895

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