Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Love, James H. 1864 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

JAMES H. LOVE.

    In the various members of the Love family Lake county has found during the
last thirty-five or forty years some of its most excellent types of citizenship
and manhood, and one of the most progressive of these is Mr. James H. Love, of
the firm of Love Brothers, dealers in hay, grain and live stock at Leroy. Mr.
Love has lived in this county practically all his life, and besides proving his
ability and enterprise as a business man has also made himself especially useful
to his township in the office of trustee, which position he holds at the present
writing.

    Mr. Love was born at Washington Harbor, Michigan, August 27, 1864, and is
the sixth of the eight children born to Samuel and Ellen Jane (Mundall) Love. In
the life history of the other member of Love Brothers, namely, Samuel A., will
be found further particulars concerning this family, of which both parents and
children have played such useful parts in the affairs of the county.

    Mr. Love was about six years old when his father and mother moved from
Michigan and took up their residence on a farm near Creston in Cedar Creek
township, this county, whence later they moved to Winfield township. James H.
Love received a practical training in the public schools of the country and at
Crown Point, and as he was reared on a farm he gained experience in agricultural
affairs. Like his brother Samuel he was associated in business with his father
for a time, and when he was twenty-six years old he entered into business with
his brothers Samuel and Peter. Peter has since left the firm, and the extensive
trade is now carried on as Love Brothers. Theirs is one of the foremost
enterprises of the kind in the east part of the county, and the annual volume of
business transacted is a credit to the enterprising brothers, who have built up
a substantial success by their own well directed endeavors. Besides his
connection with the business Mr. Love owns a good residence in the town of Leroy
and also one hundred and twenty acres of excellent land in Eagle Creek township.

    March 29, 1888, Mr. Love married Miss Sallie B. McKnight and three children
were born to them, the two living being: Rosa E., who is in the eighth grade of
school and has taken music; and Mary Ellen, who is the baby of the household.
Mrs. Love was born in Lake county and was reared and educated here, and her
parents, James and Belle (Stewart) McKnight, are still living and residents of
Leroy. Her father was born in Pennsylvania, and was a member of the famous old
Ninth Indiana Regiment during the Civil war, having veteranized and served till
the close of hostilities. He is a Republican in politics.

    Mr. Love cast his first presidential vote for Benjamin Harrison, and has
stanchly upheld the principles of the Grand Old Party ever since. He was elected
a trustee of Winfield township in 1900, and is the present incumbent of that
office. He has erected two new schoolhouses, has put in six stone arches for
bridges besides two wooden bridges, and has handled the administrative affairs
of his township in a way to reflect greatest credit upon his official term. The
finances of both township and county are now in excellent shape, and through the
loyal efforts of such officials as Mr. Love Lake county presents a history of
sound and substantial public administration. Mr. Love affiliates with the
Knights of Pythias, Castle Hall No. 405, at Hebron, and is one of the trustees.
He is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, being on the high board of
directors for the state of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Love are both worthy members of
the Methodist Episcopal church at Leroy.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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