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ROBERT LOVETT, for a number of years one of the supervisors of Plymouth township, was born May 27, 1863, in Lower Merion township. He is the son of Joseph and Letitia (Hanna) Lovett.

Joseph Lovett (father) was born in Ireland in 1830. He was the son of Goodman Lovett, of county Tyrone. Joseph Lovett emigrated to this country at an early age and attended school in Philadelphia. He followed the occupation of boating on the Schuylkill Canal for many years, making trips between Port Clinton and Philadelphia. At the age of fifteen years he was made master of a canal boat. In 1859 he located at Spring Mill, in Whitemarsh township, and was occupied as a pilot for thirty-one years. From1861 to 1864 he was in the employ of the United States government on transports. He has in his possession at his present home on the Germantown road in Plymouth township a cannon shot fired from the Confederate works along the Potomac river, which struck his craft near Alexandria, Virginia. In 1888 he abandoned canal boating and bought his present home, where he has resided ever since. He is an active Democrat in politics, and was road supervisor for five years. He married twice, his first wife being Catharine McBride, daughter of Patrick McBride. They had five children, all of whom are deceased. Joseph Lovett married later Letitia Hanna, of Lower Merion, daughter of William Hanna. The couple have six children, five sons and one daughter, as follows: Robert, William, married Susan Kochel; Benjamin, married Mabel May; Mary Ann, married Charles Wolf; Joseph, deceased; Isabella, deceased, Joseph and John. The parents, as well as the children, are members of the Catholic church.

John Lovett (grandfather) was of Irish birth and came to Philadelphia in early life. He worked on Girard College during its erection, He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Catholic church. He married Elizabeth McBride in Ireland. She was the daughter of John McBride. Their children numbered eight as follows: Patrick, John, Terence, Alexander, Mary Ann, Thomas, Joseph and Benjamin. All are deceased except Joseph and Benjamin, the latter living in Philadelphia.

Robert Lovett attended the neighborhood schools in Conshohocken and Lower Merion township. He was in the hotel business in Conshohocken, and later engaged in farming in Lower Merion, moving from there to the Kolb farm in Plymouth, where he has resided since. He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, affiliating with Minnie Kannie Tribe of Norristown; also of the Knights of the Golden Eagle of Cold Point. He is a Democrat in politics, and has been road supervisor for several years. He is a Catholic. Mr. Lovett married Josephine Warren, of West Philadelphia, on September 6, 1885. She is the daughter of William and Janetta (McAnneny) Warren. Mrs. Lovett’s father came to America from Germany, and was a carpenter by trade. He was the father of nine children, five of whom are living, as follows: John G., Mary Anne, Jennie, James Allen, Josephine. The children of Robert and Josephine Lovett are: Letitia, born February 10, 1887; Joseph, born May 26, 1888; Katie, born December 12, 1890; Mary, born April 16, 1892; Nellie, born January 31, 1893; Anna Mabel, born June 10, 1894; Jennie, born December 2, 1896; William R., born February 8, 1898; John, born January 14, 1900; James Allen, born August 25, 1902.