BIO: William LOVE, Centre County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including 
the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing 
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. 
Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898.
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.  431

  WILLIAM LOVE is the owner of one of the beautiful homes and fine 
farms of Benner township, Centre county. He is numbered among the 
native sons of the Emerald Isle, his birth having occurred in County 
Donegal, Ireland, September 11, 1825. His parents, John and Margaret 
(Fleming) Love, were also natives of that country, and were 
Presbyterians in religious faith. The father died in his eighty-second 
year, the mother in the eighty-third year of her age. 
  During his boyhood, about the year 1835, William Love came to 
America, finally settling in Centre county, Penn., in 1850, and for 
forty-six years has resided continuously within its borders, one of the 
leading representatives of its agricultural interests. He now owns 
forty-four acres of highly-improved land, and also 240 acres of 
mountain land, besides a house and three acres in Spring township. His 
business affairs are managed with great energy, directed by sound 
judgment, and in the conduct of his agricultural interests he has 
gained a comfortable competence. His home is one of the fine residences 
of Benner township, and its tasty surroundings make it one of the most 
attractive and desirable country seats in this part of Pennsylvania.
  Mr. Love was married to Sarah Daily, and children as follows were 
born to them: Margaret, Catherine, Mary J., Thomas, William, John and 
David. The mother of these died in 1864, and June 10, 1866, Mr. Love 
married Mrs. John K. Rankin, widow of a Union soldier who died in the 
Civil war. She is a daughter of Abram and Sarah (Campbell) Myers, and 
was born in 1835, in Bedford county, Penn., whence she came to Centre 
county during her childhood. By the second marriage Mr. Love has no 
children. The family is held in high esteem in the county, and the 
several members of the household have many warm friends. In his 
political views, Mr. Love is a Republican, and staunchly advocates the 
principles of that party, while by his ballot he supports its men and 
measures. Public-spirited and progressive, he is deeply interested in 
all that pertains to the advancement of the community, and withholds 
his support from no worthy enterprise. In his dealings his integrity is 
beyond question, and the sterling worth of his character has won him 
high regard.