Bennington

LOVETT, John

Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, p 167
(extracted from a section on the history of Bennington, Bennington County, 
Vermont)

John LOVETT, who was aid to Gen. Stephen VAN RENSSELAER on the Niagara 
frontier in the War of 1812, and afterwards until 1817, a member of Congress 
from the Albany district, a man of decided talent, resided in this town 
[Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont] as a merchant for three or four 
years ending in 1807, when he removed to Albany [probably Albany in Orleans 
County, Vermont, or Albany in Albany County, New York]. He was a graduate of 
Yale College and had also studied the profession of law. He was not 
successful as a merchant, but is kindly remembered here for his interesting 
and amusing conversational powers and his genial wit.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly