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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1883.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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WILLIAM L. LOVE, retired farmer, P. O. Feesburg, is a son of Alexander Love, who will be mentioned in the township history more minutely, and who settled in the present limits of Brown County, Ohio, about the close of the last century, and, in 1805, married Ellen, daughter of Charles Canary, who was a very early settler in the vicinity. He became a land owner February 17, 1806, purchasing one hundred acres at $2.25 per acre; subsequently he joined to it thirty-three acres more. The land is now owned by the youngest son, George Love. Alexander and wife had born to them seven children, five sons and two daughters, viz., William, Charles, John, Andrew and George; the daughters were twins — Margaret and Ellen, both now deceased. William, the elder of the family, was born December 22, 1806, in Lewis Township, then Clermont, but now Brown County. His education was obtained in the little old log school hut near the Ridge Church, elsewhere mentioned in this volume. He was his father’s most valuable assistant in clearing up the farm, where he remained until 1828, when he began life for himself, having had given him a horse, saddle and bridle, and a chance to make $200, on the farm. He married, on May 7, 1829, Mary, daughter of Thomas West, who is mentioned in Clark Township. She was born August 12, 1809, and died February 16, 1839, and was the mother of five children, viz., Alexander, deceased; Sarah Ann, deceased wife of William Houser; Cynthianna, wife of Lewis Bolender; Leander and Thomas. Our subject married for his second wife Eliza, third daughter of Thomas West, August 15, 1839. She was born in Lewis Township March 22, 1820. To this union has been given eight children, as follows: Clarissa, born December 25, 1842; George A., August 26, 1844; Margaret E., September 16, 1845; Martha J., December 19, 1848; James M., July 6, 1852; Barbara S., October 7, 1854; Mary F., August 1, 1856; William L., October 28, 1860. Barbara and Martha are deceased. About the time of William’s first marriage, he bought land in Clermont County, where he resided until 1879, when he sold it and purchased his present farm of eighty acres in his native township. During his entire life of over three-fourths of a century, he has never entered or allowed himself to be crowded into any litigations, but has tried to live upright and honest. He has avoided all public notoriety, but, while a resident of Clermont County, held a few township offices. Politically, he is a Democrat.

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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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