Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Love, James W 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

JAMES W. LOVE, who is engaged in jobbing and repairing, and in the manufacture 
of store and office fixtures, is one of the reliable business men of Joliet, 
and has a shop at No. 212 North Ottawa street that is provided with electric 
power and other modern improvements. His grandfather, Thomas Love, was 
gamekeeper on the estate of a nobleman near London. For many years he was an 
officer in the English army, much of his service being in Canada, where he 
finally retired to private life, engaging in farming and stock-raising in 
Ontario County, Ontario. Among the offices which he held were those of 
magistrate and township supervisor. In religion he was a member of the Church 
of England. The father of our subject, James Love, was born near London, 
England, and for years carried on a farm near Seaforth, Huron County, Ontario, 
but later succeeded to the ownership of the homestead near Greenbank. He was a 
member of the Canadian Presbyterian Church and a man of upright Christian 
character. Our subject, James W. Love, was born in Whitby, Canada, March 17, 
1855, and was reared on his grandfather's farm, which he assisted in clearing 
and improving. At seventeen years of age he began to learn the carpenter's 
trade, being with the same employer for five years. In the fall of 1877 he 
came to the States and settled in Joliet, Ill., where he was employed by Mr. 
Burlingame for three years and by Mr. Van Fleet for six years. Later he was in 
charge of a gang of laborers in the bridge department of the Chicago & Rock 
Island Railroad. In 1894 he began jobbing, opening a shop in the old 
Republican Sun building near the river. Two years later he moved to North 
Joliet street, and after a year located at his present place. Fraternally Mr. 
Love is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in religion 
he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Republican party has 
always received his support since he came to the United States, and, while not 
desiring political offices, he has been willing to aid his party by serving on 
committees and as a delegate to conventions, etc. In Seaforth, Ontario, March 
24, 1885, he was united in marriage with Miss Essie Ward, of Canada, by whom 
he has one son, Harry Ward Love.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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