Name/Title
Captain Charles Thompson LougheadEntry/Object ID
2024.07.19.37Description
Charles Thompson Loughead was born to Suzanne Thompson (1762-1795) and James Loughead (1730-1785) on October 13, 1784. At the age of twenty-four, he married Sarah Miller Thompson (b. 1782) on April 22, 1809 at the Congregational Church in Barrington, RI. Samuel Watson presided over the ceremony. A daughter, Ophelia, was born in 1811, followed by Susan on November 20, 1814. Sarah died in 1814, possibly due to complications from childbirth.
Captain Loughead served in the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1815. He was master of the brig Frances out of Providence. He died at the age of thirty-three on March 25, 1818 in Dartmoor, England while sailing from Antwerp, Belgium to Providence, RI. An inventory of Captain Loughead’s assets was completed on October 5, 1818 totaling $2,664.24. Included in his assets were a 1/8th share of the Frances as well as household goods and clothing, marine navigational equipment, linens, books and papers, furniture, and a pianoforte.
Captain Charles Thompson Loughead was buried in the North Burial Ground on Main Street in Warren, RI.
On November 13, 1831, at the age of seventeen, Susan Loughead married Willard Lovering. While the couple lived in Woonsocket, RI, Susan gave birth to two boys: Charles Loughead Lovering on August 31, 1833 and William Croad Lovering on February 25, 1835. Around 1836, the family moved to Taunton, MA when Willard Lovering joined the Whittenton Mills. Susan died at the age of twenty-two on October 24, 1837 and was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Taunton, MA. Both Charles and William (as well as another son from a subsequent marriage, Henry Morton Lovering) took over the operation of the mills when Willard retired in 1864. William also served as a U.S. Congressman representing Massachusetts from March 4, 1897 until his death in Washington, D.C. on February 4, 1910. Charles died on May 1, 1908. The brothers are both buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Taunton.
Members of the Blount family and the Warren Preservation Society recently donated the portrait to the Charles Whipple Greene Museum, and It can now be seen in person on the first floor of the Library.Type of Painting
EaselCreate Date
July 19, 2024Update Date
February 25, 2025