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- History & Families of Greene County, Arkansas" page252.
Lovelady: - Joseph and Deborah [Harris] Lovelady emigrated to Greene County in 1852, where he was given 200 acres of land as a compensation for service rendered in the Florida War. Before coming to Greene County they lived in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Joseph was the son of John, born in Tennessee in 1787, and Mary also of Tennessee in 1789. The 1890 census shows Mary living with her son, John, in Greene County, Arkansas.
Three of Joseph's five children were born in Tennessee: John, Robert and Mariah, who later married William Spain. Joseph Jr., and Sevier were both born in Greene County. Jospeh Sr. died April 12, 1861. Their son Robert became a prominent physician in Greene County, and according to Goodspeed's History of Greene County, he was the second resident of Crowley's Ridge to graduate in any profession..
Sevier married Josephine Kaminer Boyd on November 02, 1882. They were the parents of the following children:.
Ad a, Nora, Paralee, Lillie, Clara, Claude, Carl, Henry, Luther, and Bertha..
Ada married Calvin Green and they were living in Clay County at the time of their deaths. They had three boys: Cleo, Bryan, and Al and four girls: Annie Croffard; Olene Spears, Skeet Roof, and Dean Simmons. Skeet and Dean are living in Rector and others have passed away..
Nora married Emery Butler and to that union were born three girls: Weda Williams, Reba Boyd, and Rada Owens. Reba is living in Paragould. Weda and Rada have passed away..
Lillie first married Charlie Strait. Then she married a Carr. They had three children: Thomas, Carl James, and Geneva..
Clara married Adolph Lee. They had three girls and one boy. Carl married Lorine Blalock and they were the parents of three children: Wayne, Louise, and Kenneth. They were living in Piggott at the time of their deaths. They have a grandson, Carl, now living in Greenway..
He nry was married to Esther Miles who was a sister to Fred Miles that had married Bertha Lovelady. Bertha and Fred had one daughter, Alleen..
Luther married Irmae Green and they had three children: Lawrence Allen, who has passed away. Billy Max and Mozelle who is married to Harold Dortch. They have two children: Chip and Kim and four grandchildren..
Claude married Nellie Jackson, the daughter of Alvin and Rebecca [Hatley] Jackson. They had five children: Randall, Rachel, Bobby, Billy, and Jimmy. Randall married Betty Denbow and their issues are: Ronnie, Diane, Gary and Donna. They live in St. Louis, Missouri. Rachel married Billy Zolman and they also live in St. Louis. Bobby married Glenda Robinette and they live in Memphis, Tennessee. Their issues are: Kenneth, Glenda, Donna and Steven. Jimmy was married to Wanda Burkett to which three children were born: Debbie, Terry and Tammy. Billy married Clara Clifton and they live on the Lovelady home place near Beech Grove. They are the one Loveladys that live in Greene County that are descendants of Joseph and Deborah Lovelady; however, there are other descendants living in the county..
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