J. W. LOVE
J. W. Love was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, January 6, 1846, and is a son of Robert and Eliza J. (Crooks) Love. His father is a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Ohio. In 1876 his father came to Cass county, Iowa, where he remained until 1883, when he removed to Beedle county, Dakota. When sixteen years of age the subject of this sketch began engineering in his father's saw mill, which he followed until twenty-two years of age, when he spent seven and a half years in a planing mill. He then went to Butler county, Pennsylvania, where he took up engineering again, which he followed until he came to Atlantic in 1879, where he is at present engaged as engineer of the water works. He was married, September 8, 1869, to Sarah E. Hann, who was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, November 16, 1846. By this union there has been three children--Mary M., Nellie F. and Harry P. Mr. Love is a member of the A. O. U. W., I. K. of H., and A. F. and A. M. societies.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 885.
