EDWARD FRANCIS LOVILL.
(Thirty-fourth District.—Counties: Alleghany, Ashe, and ,Watauga. One Senator.)
Edward Francis Lovill, Democrat, of Watauga County, Senator from Thirty-fourth District, was born at Siloam, Surry County, N. C, February 10, 1842. Son of William R. and Eliza G. (Reeves) Lovill. Was educated at East Bend Academy, 1856-1857. Lawyer and Farmer. Chairman Board of Directors of Appalachian Training School since its organization in 1903. State Senator, 1883, 1907; Representative in the General Assembly, 1885, 1893; Commissioner to Chippewa Indians, 1893-1807, for the purpose of classifying lands ceded by them to the United States Government; Director, Oxford Orphan Asylum; Confederate soldier, serving from 1861 to 1865; volunteered as a private. Captain Co. A, 28th N. C. Reg. C. S. A. Mason; Odd Fellow. Methodist. Married Miss Josephine L. Marion, February 15, 1866. Four children. Address: Boone, N. C.
(Source: North Carolina Manual. 1919. Published by the North Carolina Historical Commission.
