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JOY LOVE, was born in Gerry, Chautauqua county, on the 28th day of June, 1829. His grandfather, John Love, was born in Connecticut, in 1769. He came to Chenango county when a young man, and afterwards, became an early settler of the town of Ellery, in Chautauqua county, where he came to reside in February, 1811. He died in Illinois, in his ninety-first year. His son John, the father of Joy Love, was born January 29, 1789. He married Mary S. Ward. He was one of the earliest settlers of the town of Gerry, and during his life, a well-known citizen of that part of the county. In 1812, he purchased the farm first owned by Amos Atkins, situated about one mile south of Sinclairville, on the Old Chautauqua road. He afterwards erected buildings thereon, which were long known as the Love Stand. He kept this inn for over thirty years, and afterwards, for about four years, the hotel in Sinclairville. He died upon his old farm, March 18, 1857.

Joy Love followed the business of farming during the early part of his life, upon the old homestead, in Gerry, owned by his father in his lifetime, and afterwards to some extent in Portland, Chautauqua county. In 1882, he formed a co-partnership in the business of banking and milling, at Sinclairville with E. B. Crissy, now of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Jamestown, under the name of E. B. Crissy & Co., which continued six years. He then formed a co-partnership in the same business with his son, John A. Love, under the style Joy Love & Son, in which business he has continued at Sinclairville, until this time. May 24, 1854, he married Rosina Flagg, daughter of Alonzo and Caroline Flagg. John A. Love, who was born February 24, 1861, is their only child. He received his education at the Fredonia Normal school, and the Poughkeepsie Commercial college. His business has always been banking. He now has principal charge of the business of the firm of Joy Love & Son, and is the present supervisor of the town of Charlotte. October 29, 1884, he married Fanny A., the daughter of Obed and Emily A. Edson. Their children are: Allen J., born in Sinclairville, August 23, 1885; and Nellie E., born in Sinclairville, January 2, 1887.