Frank E. Lovett
Frank E. Lovett is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Holmes County. His grandparents were Jacob and Anna Christina (Trullinger) Lovett, former born December 30, 1799, latter February 10, 1804. They were married November 28, 1822, and in 1832 came from Maryland to this county, where they bought eighty acres of land west of Millersburgh, and there died, Jacob February 20, 1868, and Anna C. July 17, 1882. They had a family of eleven children, five sons and six daughters. their eldest son, James Hanson, was born September 7, 1823, and when seventeen years of age began teaching, an occupation he followed several years during the winter months, being engaged in the summers in farming. He married March 28, 1850, Mary, daughter of James and Sophia (Hazelett) Dunnfee, who were of Scotch descent, and came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1830. Mary (Dunnfee) Lovett was born March 19, 1816, in Adams County, Penn., and came to Ohio with her parenets. James Dunnfee was born in North Carolina in 1786, and died at the age of seventy-six years; his parents came from Ireland. Sophia (Hazelett) Dunnfee was born in Pennsylvania, her parents having been driven from Scotland during the religious persecutions. To Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lovett were born three children: Charles M., Alveretta J. and Frank E. Frank E. was born in Holmes County, March 28, 1856, and was reared and educated in his native county. He still resides on the homestead with his mother, where he is extensively engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married April 22, 1880, to Ida Barton, born September 6, 1858, daughter of Josiah Barton, of Plain Township, Wayne County, and they have had three children, two of whom are living: Grace G. and Glen Barton. Mr. Lovett is a Democrat.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889