Harriett J. (Boyd) Love
Born: August 16, 1842 in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee
Died: October 16, 1932 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 174, plot 1
Married: John Hendricks on March 19, 18601 at Green Castle, Jasper Co., Iowa. He died in Civil War
Children: Eli W. Hendricks
Married: Holden Gist on March 5,1865 in Jasper Co., Iowa2
Children: G.W., Charles E., and Frank Gist
Married: John Clement on August 4, 1872 in Jasper Co., Iowa3
Married: Robert Love after 1900
Parents: Robert and Elizabeth Boyd4
Mrs. Love, 90 dies in Newton
Pioneer Resident succumbs to illness.
Metz, Iowa - Special to the Daily News - Mrs. Harriet Love, 90, 432 S. 3rd Ave. W., Newton, died Sunday Night about 8 o'clock following a weeks illness.
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Metz Church, with Rev. F. J. Huffman of Ottumwa, former pastor of the Church, in charge. Interment will be in the Metz Cemetery. The body is at Murdoch Funeral Home today, but will be removed to the home on S. 3rd Ave W. this evening.
Harriet Jane Boyd, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, was born August 16, 1842, at Nashville, Tennessee. She was one of ten children of whom only one, Mrs. Ella Francis of Greenfield, Ind. survives.
The family moved to Springfield, Ill in 1848, where they lived neighbors to Abraham Lincoln for 7 years. Mrs. Love distinctly remembered the "Gold Rush" of 1849. In 1857, the family moved with Ox Teams to Jasper County and settled on a farm near Greencastle.
She made her home there until 1860 when she was united to John Hendricks at Greencastle, and to this union one son, Eli W. Hendricks was born. Her Husband enlisted in Company "K", 28th Iowa Infantry and died while in the service of this country. Eli died about 20 years ago.
In March of 1865, she was united in marriage to Holden Collins Gist, who had served four years in the Civil War as a member of Company "C", 4th Iowa Infantry. Three sons were born to this union. G.W. Gist of Havelock, Charles E. Gist of Newton and Frank, who died in infancy.
Following Mr. Gist's death, Mrs. Gist was married to John Clement. They lived on a farm west of Newton until his death in May 1900. A few years later, she was married to Robert Love, who also preceded her in death about 23 year ago.
A quartette composed of Mrs. Roy Baty, Mrs. Otto McNeese, John Gray and John Hitchler, sang three Hymns, "Abide with Me", "In the Dawn of Eternal Day", and "It is Well with My Soul". Miss Ethel Kreuter played the accompaniment.
A poem written by Andrew Engle in appreciating of his long friendship with Mrs. Love, was read during the service.
Interment was in the Metz Cemetery, with the following Grandsons and Great-grandson acting as Paul Bearers: Guy Gist of Appleton City, Mo., Roy Gist of Des Moines and D.O. Hunker, Virgil Hunker, Vard Hunker and Donald Hunker, all of Rock Island, Ill. ~ Extractions from (2) Newton Daily News Obituary Articles - October 17, 1932
1. Jasper Co., Iowa Marriages, Volume 1, page 69.
2. Jasper Co., Iowa Marriages, Volume 1, page 108.
3. Jasper Co., Iowa Marriages, Volume 2, page 98.
4. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 2, page 64
Photograph provided Chuck Emmack
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Obituary of Robert Love
Mr. Robert Love died last Saturday Morning in the hospital at Mt. Pleasant where he had been taken for treatment several months ago. The cause of his death, it is understood, was pneumonia, his illness having lasted only from Thursday to Saturday. His age was about seventy-seven years. He had lived in Illinois, Dakota, and Colorado, coming to Newton about nine years ago, where he has since resided until taken to Mt. Pleasant. He has been married twice, his last wife having formerly been Mrs. Harriet Clements of this place, who survives him.
The remains were taken to Sioux Falls accompanied by his wife and his daughter, Mrs. Charles Emmack, of Metz. The body was interred by the side of his first wife.
He also leaves eight children who live in different places, several of them residing in Sioux Falls. One, Mrs. Emmack, lives in this county. ~ Extractions From Newton Daily News, August 1909, Death of Robert Love.