Charles E. Lovett papers

Charles Ezra Lovett was born on April 14, 1851 in Clymer, New York. He attended the Madison, Ohio, Seminary and later studied law in the office of Charles M. Linch at Erie, Pa. Lovett was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1876 and was elected District Attorney of Erie County in 1878. Lovett married Sara Roe of Madison, Ohio in 1879. By 1882 he became connected with the sale of Northern Pacific Railroad lands in the James River valley (North Dakota) and worked out of an office in the town of Lamour(e). In 1886, Lovett established an office in Duluth, Minnesota. for the purpose of selling real estate and represented many large corporations, including United States Steel Corporation's land interests in the state.

Lovett served as city comptroller in 1898 and was involved in the organization of the Modern Samaritans (1897), a Duluth fraternal and insurance organization. In 1913 he was elected Supreme President of the organization and held that office until his death in 1925. Lovett was also president of the Minnesota Loan and Investment Company, located in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Charles E. Lovett died at age 74 on September 10, 1925 in Erie, Pennsylvania from injuries incurred when he was struck by a car. He is buried in Ohio.

Charles Ezra Lovett was a Duluth real estate agent and official of the Modern Samaritans, a Duluth-based fraternal and insurance organization.  Lovett came to Duluth in 1886 after practicing law in Erie, PA., and handling the sale of Northern Pacific Railroad land in the James River Valley (North Dakota).  Lovett served as Duluth city comptroller in 1898 and was involved in the establishment of the Modern Samaritans in 1897.  In 1913 he was elected Supreme President of the Modern Samaritans.