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     Leonard Lovejoy, son of Capt. Collins Lovejoy and Sally Pettingell, was born in 1815 at Maine.¹

     Leonard Lovejoy died on 26 May 1883² and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine.³

     Leonard C. Lovejoy, son of Collins Lovejoy Jr. and Mary Ann Conforth, was born on 13 November 1851 at Chesterville, Franklin, Maine.^1,2

     Leonard C. Lovejoy died on 11 July 1854 at Chesterville, Franklin, Maine, at age 2.^1,2 and was buried at Webster Cemetery Cemetery, North Chesterville, Franklin, Maine.³

     Leonard Hiram Lovejoy, son of Thomas Odiorne Lovejoy and Ruby Woodworth, was born on 1 March 1833 at Pembroke, Washington, Maine.¹

     Levi A. Lovejoy, son of Odell Lovejoy and Rosilla P. Pillsbury, was born on 20 May 1837 at Peru, Maine.^1,3

     Levi, at age 22, son of Odell Lovejoy and Rosilla P. Pillsbury, married Avaline B. Orcutt at age 18 on 12 December 1859 at Old Town, Penobscot, Maine.⁴

     Levi A. Lovejoy began military service on 10 October 1862 at Garland, Penobscot, Maine.⁵

     Levi A. Lovejoy ended military service on 14 August 1863

Name: Levi A Lovejoy , Residence: Garland, Maine Enlistment Date: 10 October 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Maine Unit Numbers: 1039 1039 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 October 1862 at the age of 25 Enlisted in Company H, 22nd Infantry Regiment Maine on 10 October 1862. Mustered out Company H, 22nd Infantry Regiment Maine on 14 August 1863 in Augusta, ME.⁶

     Levi A. Lovejoy died on 13 April 1915 at Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, at age 77. His cause of death was listed as lobar pneumonia is a form of pneumonia characterized by inflammatory exudate within the intra-alveolar space resulting in consolidation that affects a large and continuous area of the lobe of a lung.^7,3 and was buried at Charleston Village Cemetery, Charleston, Penobscot, Maine.⁷

     Levi Henry Lovejoy, son of Fred L. Lovejoy and Georgia A. Libby, was born on 11 October 1891 at Charleston, Penobscot, Maine.³

     Levi and Martha (Mattie) Estelle Braley filed a marriage intention on 7 April 1910 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine.⁴

     Levi, at age 18, son of Fred L. Lovejoy and Georgia A. Libby, married Martha (Mattie) Estelle Braley at age 21, daughter of William N. Braley and Amanda E. Hatch, on 13 April 1910 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, by W. T. Kingsbury, Justice of the Peace.⁵

     Due to a need for men to serve during World War I, the United States instituted a draft. The first registration was for men between the ages of 21 and 31. As a result, this first registration included men born between June 5, 1886 and June 5, 1896. As World War I continued to escalate, the United States instituted a second draft registration. The second registration was for men who had turned 21 since June 5, 1917, so it added men born between June 5, 1896 and June 5, 1897. Two months later, a supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918 for men who had become 21 years of age since June 5, 1918, adding the names of men who were born between June 5, 1897 and August 24, 1897. With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. Levi filled out a draft card for World War I on 7 June 1917 (at age 25), while living at Charleston, Penobscot, Maine. He was described as medium height, medium build, brown eyes, and brown hair. At the time he was working as a farmer in Charleston, Maine He was described as height..⁶

     Levi Henry Lovejoy died on 28 April 1922 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, at age 30. Levi's cause of death was 'Lobar Pneumonia' otherwise known as 'Streptococcus Pneumonia⁷' and was buried at Mills Cemetery, Bradford, Penobscot, Maine.⁸