Biographical Sketch of William H. Love, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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William H. Love, proprietor of the Atlantic Hotel, is a native of 
Chester County, Pennsylvania, and was born in 1831.  Was deprived of
his father by death when quite young, and his mother again married, 
and the family left for the West, when our subject was in his seventh
year.  Unfortunately his step father was robbed of his money en route,
and William and his sisters were left to the care of strangers.  He 
was raised in Westmoreland County, Penn., and learned the millwright
trade, having many difficulties to contend with.  In 1857, he drifted
westward and located in Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri; worked
at his trade and erected the first steam flouring mill in the county.
First visited St. Jopseh in 1858 and in 1861, went to Nebraska, re-
siding there until 1864, when he removed to Leavenworth.  There he
enlisted as a mechanic, and for a time was located at Union, New 
Mexico.  In 1865, he came to St. Joseph, and engaged in the restaurant
business, and in 1872, he opened Love's European Hotel, which was pre-
viously known as the Oregon House.  Of this he was proprietor until
1876.  For several years he was bridge builder on the St. Joseph and
Des Moines Railroad and the St. Joseph and Western Railroad.  On May
1, 1881, he assumed control of the Atlantic Hotel.  He was married May
7, 1867, to Mrs. Jane Barnett, nee Gallatin.  By this union they have
three children: Oscar M. and Ada.  They lost one child, Arthur.  Mrs.
Love had two children by her first husband: Florence and Effie, wife
of Hon. E. J. Crowther.  Mrs. Love died October 28, 1880.

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