Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Love, James C. 1848 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 26, 2006, 8:41 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) JAMES C. LOVE. It is not always easy to discover and define the hidden forces which move a man to a career of unceasing activity. Little more can be done than to note the manifestation of these forces. James C. Love, a prosperous farmer, of Adams township, Carroll county, Indiana, the proprietor of "Cedar Lawn Farm" of one hundred and forty-five acres, located in section 13, is a self-made man. He has labored long and earnestly for the large measure of success that has attended his efforts. Not only has he been successful in a material way, but he has won what is far greater than material success, the confidence and esteem of his fellows. Mr. Love is a native of Carroll county, born on July 11, 1848, in Adams township. He is the son of William and Deborah (Cochran) Love, the former of whom was born in Lincoln county, Missouri, on June 8, 1819, and the latter in Buncombe county, North Carolina, February 22, 1822. William Love was the son of John Love, a native of South Carolina, born on December 29, 1786, who emigrated first to Tennessee, and then to Missouri, where he remained a few years, after which he moved to Portland Mills, Indiana, where he lived for about one year. Moving from Portland to Carroll county, Indiana, he settled in Adams township, where he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, and there he lived the remainder of his life. John Love served in the War of 1812, being captain of a company of regular troops. His death occurred on April 5, 1867. He married Sarah Galloway, whose death occurred on September 5, 1857. To them were born the following children: William, deceased, who was born on June 8, 1819; Isabelle, deceased, November 29, 1820; Phoebe, deceased, May 8, 1822; Margaret, August 28, 1823; James A., February 2, 1825; Hugh, July 3, 1826; Joseph A., February 2, 1828, died on March 30, 1829; John, October 5, 1829, died on January 3, 1830; Sarah E., May 19, 1832; John II, January 12, 1834, was a member of Company C, Forty-sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and died about the year 1863. William Love accompanied his parents from Missouri to Indiana, in 1829, and in the spring of 1830 they removed to Carroll county, at a time when there was not a single house on the north side of the Wabash river in Carroll county between Logansport and Pittsburg. Here William Love grew to manhood, receiving a limited education in the pioneer schools of the county. Mrs. William Love, who, before her marriage, was Deborah Cochran, accompanied her parents from Buncombe county, North Carolina, to Tippecanoe township, Carroll county, Indiana, in the spring of 1836. In 1839 they settled on a farm in Adams township, where she grew to womanhood. She was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Ensley) Cochran, the former of whom died on October 3, 1867, aged seventy-four years, and the latter on August 7, 1848, at the age of fifty-three years. Mr. and Mrs. William Love were married in Carroll county, Indiana, on March 15, 1842, and to this union were born seven children, of whom John M., born on December 5, 1843, died on May 30, 1912; James C. is the immediate subject of this sketch; Sarah A., born on October 26, 1851, is the wife of William Gilkey, of Kansas; Mary I., born on June 15, 1855, is the wife of B. F. Stuart, and they reside on the old John Love homestead; Phoebe Jane, born on August 26, 1857, died on January 17, 1873; Martha Elizabeth, born on February 6, 1861, is the wife of Frank S. Girard, of Adams township, and they are the owners and make their home on the old William Love farm; William Morton, born on October 25, 1863, died on August 2, 1864. The late William Love was a prominent man in Republican politics in Carroll county. He cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison for President and until 1856, when the Republican party was formed, was identified with the Whig party. He never failed to exercise the prerogative of suffrage. He was captain of the "home guards" in 1840. When Mr. and Mrs. William Love celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1892 they had forty living descendants. Mr. Love represented Carroll county on the board of county commissioners for a term of three years, and, at the time of his death, January 12, 1902, was the owner of a farm of two hundred acres of well-improved land. His wife died on July 29, 1903. Both were members of the Associate Presbyterian church. James C. Love grew up on his father's farm in Adams township and remained at home until his marriage, May 24, 1882, to Charlotte Marvin, a daughter of Stephen and Maria (Childs) Marvin, both of whom were natives of Jennings county, Indiana, where they were married. Stephen Marvin and wife were the parents of eleven children, as follow: Sarah Jane, born on February 19, 1844, died on July 19, 1854; Delaney H., December 4, 1845, lives at Idaville; Nancy Ann, March 19, 1847, is the wife of John Johnsonbaugh, of Idaville; John G., May 1, 1849, lives at Marion; W. T., December 4, 1851, died on May 8, 1884; Charlotte, November 29, 1853, the wife of Mr. Love; Emma E., March 26, 1856, the wife of Will Wiley, who resides near Lake Cicott; Francis M., March 17, 1858, lives at Zion City, Illinois; Charles, January 9, 1860, lives in Chicago; George F., February 14, 1862, is an attorney at Monticello, Indiana, and Oscar O., November 2, 1867, lives at Noblesville, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Marvin moved to White county, Indiana, and spent most of their lives there on a farm. Some time before Mrs. Marvin's death, they retired to Burnettsville. She died on October 11, 1889, and her husband on April 1, 1907. Both had been members of the Methodist church, but in later years they became members of the Seventh-Day Adventist church. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Love have had four children, Maggie May, Charles F., Nellie D. and Grace M. Maggie May, born on July 1, 1883, is the widow of Charles H. Finks, to whom she was married on December 23, 1902. He died on February 28, 1908, leaving three children, of whom Thelma Love was born on September 22, 1903; Doris May, March 12, 1905, and Charles Curtis, November 25, 1907. Charles F., the second born, died in infancy. He was born on July 7, 1886, and died on January 22, 1887. Nellie D., born on November 2, 1888, is the wife of Wallace Crain, of White county. They have one child, Raymond Huston, born on October 10, 1915. The youngest child, Grace M., was born on July 24, 1894, and is the wife of Guy Williams, of Burnettsville. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have twin daughters, Juanita and Muriel, born on March 28, 1915. Mr. Love owns one hundred and forty-five acres of well-improved farming land, where he has a beautiful country home, which is known as "Cedar Lawn Farm." Mr. Love has served as a member of the township advisory board, having been elected to this position as a Republican. He is a member of the Burnettsville Horsethief Detective Association. Mrs. Love is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Biographical Section of HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/love93bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/ File size: 7.8 Kb