Background
Lovell was born about 1851, and he died on September 18, 1913, in his home at 1302 Trolleyway in Venice, California, leaving his daughter, Mertie L. Lovell, four sisters and two brothers.
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John Lovell
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He suffered injuries to his head, was sent to a mental hospital and was said to have epilepsy. Birth and death
Cremation was at Angelus Cemetery, Los Los Angeles Marriage
In 1882 he opened a grocery store in Los Angeles at the point where Spring, Ninth and Main streets meet, and a year later he bought a lot at Ninth and Main, "in a section that was then a fast-growing residence community," where he built a new store and remained in business for ten years.
He also owned other property in the city.
Public service
Lovell represented the 4th Ward on the Los Angeles Common Council in 1886-1887 and 1887-1888. In February 1885, just as he had completed moving his business from one building on Ninth Street to another, Lovell engaged in a quarrel with his previous landlord, Paul Kern, words were exchanged and Kern "scooped up a big iron twine-holder, weighing three or four pounds," and with it struck Lovell over the head, cutting a gash "nearly three inches long," Police and medical aid were called, and Kern was discovered carrying a derringer in his pocket.
Lovell suffered an "apoplectic stroke" in December 1896 and fell to the pavement, striking his head and, it was said, fracturing his skull. He was not expected to survive, but he did recover.
Six months later he was badly beaten in Santa Monica by a man who accused him of "insulting" the woman the assailant was with.
The aggressor was convicted of assault and sentenced to six months in jail. He was later released, and in 1909 he was referred to as an "epileptic.".
Membership
He was also a member of the Fire Commission.
