Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Love, James W 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

James W. Love is a well known and prosperous representative of industrial 
interests in Joliet, where he is engaged in the manufacture of store and 
office fixtures and is also doing a jobbing and repair business. He is one of 
the citizens of Canadian birth who have come across the border to enjoy the 
broader opportunities furnished in the United States with the livelier 
business competition and better advantages here supplied. Mr. Love was born in 
Whitby, Canada, March 17, 1855, and began to learn the carpenters trade when 
seventeen years of age, remaining in the employ of one man for five years. In 
the fall of 1877 he came to the United States and for three years thereafter 
was in the service of Mr. Burlingame, a contractor and builder of Joliet, 
while for six years he was in the employ of Mr. Van Fleet, handling sash, 
doors, blinds and builders' supplies. Previous to that time, however, he was 
engaged in the bridge department of the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, and in 
1894 began jobbing, opening a shop in the old Republican Sun building near the 
river. Two years later he removed to North Joliet street and after a year 
located at No. 212 North Ottawa street, while at the present writing he is 
located at No. 315 North Joliet street. Each change in location has indicated 
an increase in business and his patronage has steadily grown until his 
business is now large and prosperous. In Seaforth, Ontario, on the 24th of 
March, 1885, Mr. Love was united in marriage to Miss Essie Ward, of Canada, 
and they now have one son, Harry Ward Love. Mr. Love gives his political 
allegiance to the men and measures of the republican party and has been a 
committeeman and delegate to conventions but has never sought the honors or 
emoluments of public office as a reward for party fealty. His character is 
largely indicated by the fact that he is a valued member of the Odd Fellows 
society, the Sons of St. George and the Methodist Episcopal church, 
associations which indicate the principles which govern his conduct and guide 
him in all his relations with his fellowmen. He is not only a member of the 
subordinate lodge of Odd Fellows, but also belongs to both the encampment and 
canton at Joliet. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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