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LOVELADY,
TEXAS
Houston County,
East Texas
Highway 19
15 miles S of Crockett
27 miles N of Huntsville
48 miles W of Lufkin
Population
608 (2000)
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Lovelady's
Landmark Water Tower has beeen dismantled.
Photo Courtesy Loren V. Stagner |
History in
a Pecan Shell
The town was named for Cyrus Lovelady, one of the first settlers.
Mail service for the community came from Pennington from 1858 until
1872, when the railroad (the Houston and Great Northern Railroad)
arrived and Lovelady got its own post office.
The population
was 300 by 1885 and reached 500 just before the Great Depression.
The town has
suffered from periodic fires throughout the years which has left
the town without a central business district. The first was in 1892,
followed by the burning of the school in 1901 and one in 1903. Another
occured during WWII with the last major fire in 1966.
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Downtown Lovelady
Photo courtesy Loren V. Stagner |
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The
new water tower in Lovelady
Photo courtesy Kevin D. Fritze, May 2006 |
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Lovelady
Texas Forum
Subject:
Jessie Dean Mills
I saw an article from Tony Mills requesting information on Jessie
Dean Mills. I know him. Please have Tony e-mail me at peggy-evans@sbcglobal.net.
Thank-you, Peggy Evans, May 09, 2007
Subject:
Jesse Dean Mills
Dear TE, I'm hoping someone can offer some information about a family
connection that we have with Lovelady Tx, specifically Jesse Dean
Mills who was born approx 1917. Please see the attached photo. Jesse
lived in Lovelady up until about 1941 or 1942, at which time he
enlisted, or was called up, for service in the US Army. Jesse was
a Motor Mechanic by trade and worked for his sister Ola May's husband.
Jesse served in the Medical Corps as a medic and was posted to the
Pacific theatre where he spent some time in Melbourne and at the
US Army Hospital in Brisbane Australia until approximately November
1944. The CO of the unit was a Major Coulson. Even though this is
such a long time ago we would be very pleased to hear from anyone
that can pass on any information. Regards and Thanks, Tony Mills,
Wynne Melbourne, Australia, July 30, 2006
Subject:
Lovelady, Texas - New Watertower
I stumbled upon your website and noticed the photos and story about
the old watertower. I really hate that it is gone, but after 70+
years, it was not aging well. I have attached a photo of the new
water tower that replaced the old one, for several months they each
stood on opposite sides of the railroad tracks - almost poetic!
Thanks, Kevin D. Fritze, Lovelady City Council - Position 4,
May 12, 2006
Subject:
Water Tower Pictures from Lovelady TX
I no longer live in Lovelady, but spent all of my life there until
3 years ago. The water tower was one of the only reasons people
remembered driving through Lovelady and when I was told it would
be dismantled I wanted to make sure I had some pictures. It is now
gone. - Loren V. Stagner, Marble Falls, November 04, 2005
Anyone wishing to share history, stories or photos of Lovelady,
Texas, please contact
us.
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