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George Loveless
Self-educated and self-reliant, George Loveless was 37 when arrested. He married Elizabeth (Betsy) and by 1834 they had three children, all supported on a ploughman's wage of 9 shillings a week.
Loveless was a Methodist lay preacher. He was articulate and wrote eloquently about the Martyrs' experiences in "The Victims of Whiggery" and "The Church Shown Up" . Loveless and four of his fellow Martyrs emigrated to Canada, where he helped to build a Methodist Church at Siloam.
He died in
1874 at the age of 77.
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