Lovejoy, William Cotter

Submitted by Mike Miller

Lovejoy, William Cotter, 6725 West End boulevard, New Orleans, was born at Grantville, Coweta county, Ga., Oct. 2, 1877; son of John Fletcher and Mary (Cotter) Lovejoy, both of whom were born in Georgia, the father in Merriwether county, and the mother in Cobb county. The paternal great-great-grandfather, Lovejoy, was born in England about 1640, and emigrated about 1660 to Maryland, with 3 brothers, and later settled in North Carolina. The maternal ancestors were from County Down, Ireland, the family first being represented in this country by John Cotter, one of the king's soldiers in the war of the Revolution, who became a continental soldier and received a grant of land from the U. S. government in North Carolina for services. Wm. C. Lovejoy received his earlier education in the public schools of Grantville and Newman, Ga., including the high school course. For several years following his graduation, he was in the service of the Bradstreet Mercantile Agency at Birmingham, Ala., but came to New Orleans in 1904, and during the succeeding 5 years was in the service of the Fairbanks Co. Mr. Lovejoy was one of the organizers of the Credit Men's association of New Orleans, with which he has been actively engaged as superintendent. This organization has been active in prosecuting commercial fraud and striving for the betterment of business conditions. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a democrat, and affiliates with the Presbyterian church. Dec. 27, 1904, Mr. Lovejoy was married to Miss Antoinette Bert, a daughter of Frederick and Victoria (Grabert) Bert, of Canada. Her father was a Huguenot, native of the Waldersee valley, France, and a son of the mayor of Mt. St. Denis, and her mother an Alsatian. They came to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he original name of De Bert was changed to Bert. Three children have been born to their, namely: Helen Louise, Sept. 19, 1906; John Fletcher, Oct. 20, 1907; William Cotter, Jr., Nov. 14, 1911.

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 265-266. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.