From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 713.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


JOHN LOVE

John Love, a prominent farmer of Marshall county, was born in 
Harrison county, Ohio, September 16, 1834, the son of George and Jane 
(McCracken) Love, natives of that county.  The father, who was one of 
Harrison county's most extensive and successful farmers, died about 
1879, his wife having preceded him two years.  Six children were born 
to these parents:  Robert; Mary, wife of David Lyle; John, George, 
Martha; Margaret, wife of Robert Henderson, and James, the latter of 
whom lost his life in the Union service.  John Love, the subject of 
this mention, has devoted his life to agriculture, and is an 
enterprising and popular citizen.  He is a member of the Presbyterian 
church, and in politics is a democrat.  Mr. Love was first married to 
Eliza Taylor, by whom he had four children:  Clara, who died of 
consumption aged twenty years; Jennie A., died November 9, 1883, of 
consumption, aged twenty-one; Taylor, who died in Kansas, April 15, 
1887, aged twenty-three, and Halla, wife of William Bonar, died May 
9, 1886, aged nineteen.  On March 12, 1869, Mr. Love was married to 
Mrs. Mary J. Mundell, daughter of Owen J. and Mary (Creighton) Aston, 
the former a native of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and the latter of West 
Liberty, W.Va.  By her marriage to James Mundell, who died September 
17, 1866, Mrs. Love had children who are both deceased.  Mr. Love and 
wife have one child, George W., a successful and popular teacher.  He 
was married July 4, 1889, to Dessie R. Hukill, of Brooke county.


(Linda Fluharty)