A brother of Elijah Lovejoy, Owen was born in Albion, Maine, in 1811. He came to Alton in 1836, when Elijah moved to my hometown after leaving St. Louis.

Here's one about an eerie incident at the grave of Elijah Lovejoy. ... Owen Lovejoy was born in Albion, Maine in 1811. He came to Alton in 1836 after leaving St. Louis.

The Rev. Lovejoy was born Nov. 9, 1802, in Albion, Kennebee County, Maine, then a part of Massachusetts, according to "Our Whole Country, or, The Past, and Present of the United States," by John ...