The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 28, July 15, 2007, Article 8

ROBERT LOVETT GRAVESTONE PLAQUE DEDICATED

The Zanesville Times Recorder reported last week that "Due to the
efforts of Harold Levi and George Correll in finding the grave site
of Robert Lovett, Levi and Correll were enshrined in the American
Numismatic Association Hall of Fame 2006. A plaque will be placed
by the grave-stone of Robert Lovett, the designer of the Confederate
cent, in McConnelsville Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 14."

Harold Levi writes: "I found Robert Lovett, Jr.'s gravesite in September
of 2004.  This was with help from Katie Jaeger.  She had a copy of the
November 1879 obituary published in the McConnelsville Herald.  In 2005,
George Corell and I restored Lovett's grave and those of his family.  We
had two plaques made that are the obverse and reverse of the Confederate
cent, which were mounted in front of Lovett's headstone.  We had a
dedication ceremony in July of 2005.

"Later in 2005, I wrote a nomination for Lovett to the ANA Hall of
Fame, and George Corell seconded the nomination.  Robert Lovett was
inducted in 2006.  Katie Jaeger and I attended the ceremony at the
ANA Convention in Denver in August 2006.  George and I had a bronze
plaque made to commemorate RL's induction into the Hall of Fame,
which will be mounted on RL's grave this weekend with a small
ceremony.  McConnelsville has their annual Civil War reenactment
this weekend, the reason for having the dedication this weekend.
I will wear my Confederate uniform with a red sash and sabre, I
am a Sergeant-Major in my reenacting group."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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