Person:Robert Love (23)

ROBERT JASPER LOVE, b. Feb. 3, 1843 [should read Feb. 23, 1848], Indiana [should read King Twp.], son of JAMES and MARY JANE LOVE of King Twp., baptized Dec. 8, 1848, King Twp., Ontario Co., by Rev. W. Young. --Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms, v.2, p.636, transcribed by Ida Reed from LDS microfilm, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjmartin/wesleyan.htm

1851 Ontario, Canada, census, King Twp., York Co., Div. 1, p.27, lines 36-43: ROBERT J. LOVE, M 4, Canada; with JAMES LOVE, M 46, md., b. Canada, the family's religion was Wesl. Meth., occupation, labourer; MARY JANE, F 31, md., States; REBECCA ANN [DAWSON], F 13, States; JANE LOVE, F 10, States; JOAL LOVE, M 8, States; EVAN J. LOVE, M 6, Canada; LYDIA LOVE, F 1, Canada. http://www.census-sense.com/ogw/search.asp

1860 Fulton Co., IN, census, p.532, Union Twp., Kenana P.O., June 15, 1860, E.N. Banks: ROBERT LOVE, 13 M, Canada; with 164/164, JAMES LOVE, 53 M, farmer, $100 personal, Canada; Jane C., 19 F, IN; Joel J., 17 M, IN; Evan, 15 M, Canada; Lidy, 10 F, Canada. Jane, Joel, Evan, Robert attend school.

1866 Feb. 5, Attica, Fountain Co., IN. Evan Love wrote his sister Jane: "i seen Rob and Joel last Sunday week / they are well or was then. . . . There has been a proctracted meeting at Behel / it lasted nearly 4 weeks / they got about 40 fourty joiners Joel and rob among them / they got all of the bethel Boys But (?)arariah Sath and John pearson"

1870 Moultrie Co., IL, census, p.54A, Lovington Twp., P.O. Lovington: ROBERT LOVE, 23 or 25 M W, farm hand, Canada; with 206/200, Abraham [sic] or Alexander Porter, 56 OH; Mary 54 VA; Margaret C. 24 IL; Frances M. 20 IL; Samantha 18 IL; Laura [sic] A. 15 IL; James A. 11 IL.

1870, between May 31 and July 20. James Love wrote his daughter Jane: "my last word from Rob was last fall." [James Love wrote this on the back of John Wilkinson's letter to him dated May 31, 1870, from Santa Rosa, CA.]

1873 Feb. 27, ROBERT LOVE md. ANNETTE PORTER, Moultrie Co., IL, Book A, p.49, license 1957.

1873 May 7, Robert's wife Nettie wrote her father-in-law, James Love: "We received your letter today / was glad to hear from you & still happier to inform you of Robt. being better / he is very weak yet but mending as fast as could be expected from such a dreadful disease / this the twelfth day since he [was] taken [to] his bed / has suffered greatly & has been unconscious part of the time but is rational most the time now . . . have not much time to write as Rob and work claim all my time . . . P.S. Rob request you to come and see him if you possibly can / although he is mending the Drs say he will not be able to be up much for 3 or 4 weeks yet, he is greatly discouraged / I think a visit from you would help him considerable" [Robert had spotted fever; see Nettie's letter, Dec. 12, 1885.]

1873 Oct. 20, Lovington, Moultrie Co., IL. Evan Love wrote his cousin Lillice Jones: "We are all well as common / hope this may find you all the same / Bob is about well a gain. . . . When does Jane think of starting / Nettie wrote to her 3 or 4 weeks ago and told her to write to us when she would Be here and we have not heard from her yet . . . I will have to quit for Nettie is Ironing on the same table I am writing on and as you see I am making funny marks in Place of letters"

1873 Dec. 9, son George Melvin born in Illinois.

1874 June 28, Moultrie Co., IL. Nettie Love wrote her sister-in-law Jane Love: "that yellow root has helped Melvins eye / he was so cross for a couple of days after you left that I could not do any thing but nurse him / I made Mellies white dress short sleeves or cut the others off and got edging and put around the bottom and neck and it looks sweet / O Yes I got a new bonnet the day you went home and baby a calico dress / I send you a piece of them"

1874 Aug. 30, Zillman Jones is visiting Robert and Nettie but is about ready to leave; Jane Love and her brother Joel have recently returned home from their visit with them. Nettie writes Jane that "Melvie can crawl everywhere / has got two teeth / is the biggest little rogue you ever saw / tumbles out of doors everyday or two, / thanks you very much for his new dresses"

1876 March 10, daughter Olive Pearl born in Illinois.

1877 Jan. 5 and 23, Lovington, Moultrie Co., IL. R.J. Love wrote his brother Joel concerning their father's health (on the 5th) and his death (on the 23rd).

1878 Dec. 7, son Arthur Cecil born in Illinois.

1880 Cass Co., MO, census, p.148D, Pleasant Hill, June 9, 1880, James F. Bennett: 163/167, ROBERT LOVE (indexed as LORI), head, W M 32, farmer, Canada PA PA; Nettie, wife, W F 26, keeping house, IL OH OH; George M., son, W M 6, IL Canada IL; Olive P., dau, W F 4, IL Canada IL; Arthur S., son, W M 1, IL Canada IL; Lydia, sister, W F 28, boarder, Canada PA PA; Cyrus WHITNEY, boarder, W M 43, house painter, OH OH OH.

1880 Oct. 12, Evan Love wrote his sister Jane: "I dont hear from aney of R. J s folks aney more."

1881 June 18. $100 Hundred Dollars Reward / STOLEN. --- From R. J. Love, of Edgerton, Johnson Co., Ks., on Saturday night, June 18th 1881, one Chestnut Sorrel Horse; 4 years old; Blaze face, running to left nostril; Left hind foot white; Slim built; also a fair leather saddle. / ~ $75.00 Reward for Thief; $25.00 Reward for Horse. / Address, R. J. LOVE, / Olathe, Kansas. / William Julien, Sheriff, Edgerton, Johnson Co., Ks.

1881 Dec. 9, son Claud Lamar born in Edgerton, Johnson Co., KS.

1882 Jan. 16, Edgerton, Johnson Co., KS. Lydia Love wrote her sister Jane: "Bob has been to Allen county to see about Land / geuss he will go there in the spring / the children were well Pleased over their Presents / Art is the Worst Boy in kansas / Baby is well But Cross / Nettie says she will write when he quits Crying / Mell says he does Like Grace"

An undated list of addresses believed to be in the early 1880s has Robert's address as Moran [Allen Co.], KS. His sister Lydia was in Edgerton, Johnson Co., KS, and brother Evan was in Burrton [Harvey Co.], KS, by July 1880.

1883 July 15, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "Nettie got a letter from her Pa to day / he is not vey well"

1883 Aug. 22, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Lydia wrote her brother Joel: "Mell is not the same Boy as he was in Edgerton / there is also a change in the old man / he can Pick up the children and PUt them in the wagon most aney time and let them go"

1884 Feb. 3, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "all well but Nettie / She has a Cattarah in her hand / this is the 10th day / for 8 days she has sufferd terrible but wee think the work [worst] is over now . . . Sunday the 10 / will try to finish my letter . . . Netties hand is Some Better but she cant use it aney yet . . . Nettie will not write to aney one for a long time I fear her her fingers are going to trouble her" [Lydia's meaning here is a mystery as catarrh is the inflammation of a mucous membrane, particularly that of the nose, throat or bronchial tubes, causing an increased flow of mucus. Such debilitating pain would suggest what we now recognize as carpal tunnel syndrome.]

1884 March 5, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Lydia wrote her brother Joel: "all well Except Nettie / she had a Terriable hand / is getting better now / the woman where I am now has a (?)catorah in her right hand / is walking the Floor now / cant get aney rest at all . . . Joel would rather you would write to Bob your Self / I do not know what he will do / they dident see your letter / you speak of Bob growing you Part of his land / why do you want a Part of his when you can get a 160 for nothing Just as good as his / you will never miss the Watter untill the well runs dry / let me tell you that when you quit Sending him money / they were Living on corn Bread and Water Gravy and some times the children cried for more / corn was 90 cents and hardly aney to be had and Flora and doly [Robert's horses] so Poor they Stagered / you wouldent of Know them an Aug when I come but they said they were in good condition but they are fat now / if aney People Ever Earned a home they [have] / he owes me a bout 60 dolars and if I can wait dont you be too hard . . . Nettie says She wrote last She cant write now til her ha[n]d gets well"

1884 March 9, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "Netties hand is getting Better but not well"

1884 April 16, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "Bob has 40 Acres of corn Planted / is not through yet / he is getting a good deal of [ground] Broke"

1884 May 11, Evan Love wrote his cousin Lillice Jones: "I have not heard from Bobs for nearly 3 years I think / I will send him a Stamp Perhaps It will Be Some [Inducement] for him to Write / If he wants to Sull a way his life Just let him / I am Shure I do not care Do you?"

1884 May 23, Nettie wrote her sister-in-law Jane Love: "all the children are great big things / Mel and Ollie are tall and slim / Artie and Claud are more hearty looking / will try to send you their pictures this fall if we can get them taken"

1884 Sept. 9, Iola, Allen Co., KS. Lydia Love wrote her sister Jane: "wee [Bob and Nettie] Live 9 miles East and 1 north of Iola and 1 1/2 north and 2 1/2 west of Moran / wee Live in a Large Stone front with Beautiful Back ground / Bob is Proud of his grove / it is small but growing so fast"

1884 Oct. 27, Iola, Allen Co., KS. Lydia Love wrote her sister Jane: "I was at Bobs a bout 2 weeks a go / all were well . . . Claud is a Big Boy no more on hands yet Mell Olive and Artie go to School / does it seem Imposible / Mell is as good Trusty Boy more so than his Sister"

1884 Dec. 28, Iola, Allen Co., KS. Lydia Love wrote her sister Jane: "Netties father is with them now so I heard / you ask why she dont write / she dont write to me / hasent for 6 weeks / monday night . . . I got a letter from Nettie to day / they are all well / She has a Poor chance to write and is carless as all married folks are . . . after I go to Bobs I will give you the news in general . . . must write to Nettie and tell her what to do with my share of the Poultrie"

1885 March 8, Iola, Allen Co., KS. Lydia Love wrote her sister Jane: "olie is 9 to morow / is howling for a cake with raisins in and Clara will soon be 17 . . . Nettie says if you knew how Bad She hated to write you wouldent ask her to"

1885 June 7, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "I got a letter from Nettie Just before I come hear the onley one in 3 months / She has a Poor chance to write and Bob wont"

1885 Oct. 11, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "I got a letter from Nettie the other day / she says crops are Poor there / I dont know when I will go to see them . . . Netties father is with them / Bob has all he can take care of / is one reason I stay hear . . . Nettie says She is waiting for Salley to have one be fore she does / do you think She will half to wait long / if you knew how Nettie hates to write you would Excuse her / She dont write to me onley when I threaten vengence on her head . . . I will try to Bring Olive with me / She is a cliper a Spoiled chicken but no Boddys Fool / you know the Loves are all nice"

1885 Nov. 8, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "I got a letter from Nettie / Bob has been vey low with Typhoid fever and Erciplus [erysipelis or erysipelas] in the head and they shaved his head and put costic [caustic] on / she said he was as Black as a negro but was out of danger / with care I Look for more word in a few days." She goes on to mention her brothers, Joe and Evan, suggesting that she has had a falling out with them, then says, "I have but one Brother any more and that is Bob."

1885 Dec. 12, Nettie Love wrote her sister-in-law Jane Love: "Bobs sickness left him worse off than the spotted fever did 12 years ago but he is feeling pretty well now / the medicine that cured the eresipelis [erysipelis or erysipelas] took his hair all out so that I had to make him a flannel cap to fit close over his head / he wears it all the time in the hous and out of doors / when out he puts on his other cap over his flannel cap . . . Melvin was 12 and claud 4 years old the 9th Dec and Arthur was 7 years old the 7th of Dec / Ollie will be 10 the 10th of March and as to any more babys here why we are waiting to get rich and also waiting on god to help keep up the Name."

1887 Feb. 12, Evan Love wrote his sister Jane: "Jo Got a Postal from Bob recently / they were well / I Guess Bob has Lost his Land / I feel Sorry for him and hope he may get get It"

1887 Feb. 15, Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "I got a letter from Nettie / they are having trouble about their land / I am a fraid they will be thown out of a home in Plow time."

1887 March 2, Evan Love wrote his sister Jane: "do not hear from Bobs aney more onley he Lost his Land"

ca. 1887 Summer. Evan wrote his sister Jane: "I never hear from Bobs at all or Siss Either"

1888 May 18, daughter Myrtle Dell born in Kansas.

1888 July 14, George Melvin Love wrote his Aunt Jane: "ma and Pa has not wrote to you for over two years / it is a shame to . . . Pa has been lea[s]ing here for 6 years and would have been set in the road if he hadent of rented / he expects to leave here next spring and go to Mo. or ark. And hunt squrels for a living . . . there are seven of us now / a dish washer at our house / they have named her Myrtle Del, Love. She will be two months old the 18th of this month."

1888 July 15, Olive Love wrote her Aunt Jane: "School will comence the first Monday in September . . . My little sister is one of the sweetest babys that ever was. / Claud and Arthur don't pay any attension to her / Cluad says he don't like her. / Claud and Arthur is great big boys . . . Ma has got a new washing mashine. / Claud is in the first reader at school / Arthur in the third / Melvin is in the fifth and I am in the fouth reader / I would like to study history but I think that it is to hard. "

1888 Nov. 18, Allen Co., KS. Nettie Love wrote her sister-in-law Jane: "Melvin has been having a very sore eye the same eye that was sore when he was small / the children go to school"

1889 Aug. 15, Joel Love wrote his sister Jane: "no word from Bobs this summer." 1889 Aug. 30, Joel Love wrote his sister Jane: "We have had no word from any of Kansas folks."

1889 Aug. 30, Gridley, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia Love Massey wrote her sister Jane: "I got a letter from Joe some time a go / also one from Nettie / all were well / her Father is dead"

1889 Sept. 8, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Geo. M. Love wrote his Aunt Jane: "Pa has gone to Oklahoma to look for a home. He star[t]ed last Monday . . . Crops are not very good on the account of the drought" His sister wrote Jane the same day: "Pa started to Oklahoma last Monday / he will be gone about four weeks . . . the Baby cut her hand offle bad the other day with a broom corn knife but it is healing nice / We have to go three miles to sunday school but we have a good school . . . Pa started to Oklahoma the 2 of September"

1889 Nov. 1, Gridley, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "I got a letter from Nettie / she and the children talk of coming to See me / She couldent stay mad at Siss / I am glad you like Evans Wife / hope she will Prove a Sister to you but I dont beleive Either one of them can fill Netties Place with me / forgive me if I Judge them wrong"

1890 Feb. 3, Moran, Allen Co., KS. George M. Love wrote his Aunt Jane: "We will stay here this year but have to rent our own place that we improved." If R.J. bought this farm, he apparently fell behind in his mortgage and it was repossessed, but the mortgage holder allowed them to stay and work it.

1890 March 5, Joel Love wrote his sister Jane: "We have not heard from Kansas for a long time."

1890 March 12, Hidalgo, Jasper Co., IL. Evan wrote his sister Jane: "A letter from Nettie and Mell Recently / they were all well / they talk of goeing to the "Strip" as soon as it opens"

1890 March 27, Hidalgo, Jasper Co., IL. Evan wrote his sister Jane: "A Letter from Bob and Melvin this week / they were all well / Bob was down to Oklahoma last winter / dont think he Likes it verry well / he likes the Cherokee Strip the Best / thinks he will go then when it opens up"

1890 June 28, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Olive Love wrote her Aunt Jane: "Three weeks ago today Mell cut his foot with the ax and it disabled him from for two weeks / it is not well yet / he has never had a shoe on it yet . . . this hot weather nearly gets away with Myrtle but she need to be got away with something for she just nearly rules the place / there is six of us to plague her / she is getting so bad spoilt we don’t know what to do with her . . . It is so offle hot here it nearly roasts me"

1890 July 28, Joel Love wrote his sister Jane: "no word from Kansas." 1890 Sept. 16, Joel Love wrote his sister Jane: "no word from any of the Kansas folkes."

1890 Aug. 17, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Olive Love wrote her Aunt Jane: "Pa has hired two men to help him so as to get through for the boys can go to school / Mell lost nearly one whole winter school on account of sore eyes / he passed the examination on common school studies this spring and got his diploma."

1890 Nov. 20, Joel Love wrote his sister Jane: "no word from Kansas." 1891 March 13, Joel Love wrote his sister Jane: "No word from any of Kansas folkes."

1891 May 17, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Olive Love wrote her Aunt Jane: "we moved from the place we were on and Pa bought a place one and a half miles north east of there / I like living here real well / we are three quarters of a mile to church, and one and half to school . . . Myrtle will be three years old tomorrow (18) / Mell cut her hair yesterday and she does look so much like a boy"

1891 July 3, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Olive Love wrote her Aunt Jane: "The church we go and belong to is the Methodist Protastant / Ma, Pa, Mell, and I all belong to it / we joined it a year ago last winter . . . We have made some improvements on this place and Oh I like to live here so well / I guess we all like to live here / I do"

1892 Jan. 7, Moran, Allen Co., KS. Olive Love wrote her Aunt Jane: "We are all going to school now / we have a splendid teacher / Mell is forever studing but I dont care to study somehow. Mells eyes are weak / I am afraid that they will give out if he dont stop studing so much by lamp light . . . You ask what church we belonged to / we all belong to the Methodist Protestant church / we had a good pro tracted meeting at the church this fall / Arthur joined / we all belong now but Claud and Myrtle / there were a crowd of us went to Moran last Thursday night and expect to go a gain Tomorrow if we can . . . Pa went to Kansas City with some cattle last Monday. He has gone down south about 16 miles to day to visit a sick man"

1892 Feb. 6, Moran, Allen Co., KS. George Love wrote his Aunt Jane: "Olive has grown up until she is as large as Mother and feels a great deal larger. Arthur is as large as myself and thinks some about the girls While Claude and Myrtle are coming on slowly / Myrtle is as myschieveous as they ever get to be / We will run 3 teams this year and aim to tend about 250 or 275 acres / It was so wet last year that we always made a failure and have got to work this year to make up for lost time. Pa has 300bu of millet seed and has been offered 50 cents per bu. But the prospects are that it will be worth a 1.00 per bu before sowing time"

1892 Oct. 2, Lydia Massey wrote her sister Jane: "I dont hear from Bobs aney more."

1893 April 9, Gridley, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her cousin Lillice: "E J Spent the winter at Bobs / was here one week but dont know where he is now / he hasent wrote"

1895 Kansas state census

1895 Sept. 27, son Roy J. born in Fostoria, Pottawatomie Co., KS.

1900 Allen Co., KS, census, p.199A, Osage Twp., June 2-4, 1900, E.M. Hosley: 24/24, ROB. J. LOVE, head, W M, Feb. 1848, 52, md. 25 yrs., Canada Canada IN, immigrated 1858, in U.S. 42 yrs., farmer, owns farm free of mortgage; Nettie, wife, W F, Dec 1842, 57 [sic; should read 46], mother of 6 children, 6 living, OH OH OH; Arthur, son, Dec 1878, 21, IL Canada OH, farmer; Claude L., son, Dec 1881, 19, KS Canada OH, at school 6 months; Myrtle D., dau, May 1888, 12, KS Canada OH, at school 7 months; Roy, son, Sept 1895, 4, KS Canada OH.

1905 Kansas state census

1910 Allen Co., KS, census, p.50B, Osage Twp., April 19, 1910, Aaron F. Hall: 38/39, Mrs. NETTIE LOVE, head, W F 56, widow, mother of 6 children, 6 living, IL OH OH, farm manager, farm work; Myrtle, dau, W F 21, single, KS Canada IL; Roy, son, M W 14, KS Canada IL, worker, home farm.

1915 Kansas state census

1920 Allen Co., KS, census, p.243A, Osage Twp., Jan. 2, 1920, Clarence A. Houk: 2/2, Mrs. NETTIE LOVE, head, owns farm free of mortgage, F W 66, widow, IL OH OH; Myrtle, dau, F W 31, single, KS Canada IL; Roy, son, M W 24, single, KS Canada IL, farming.

1922 Nov. 19, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia Love Massey's daughter Stella wrote Lillice Jones Harper: "Aunt Nettie Love was here Monday of this week with her son Claud and family. They was speaking of you & your brother." Correspondence from the family letters and papers of Jane Love and her cousin, Lillice Jones Harper, courtesy John, Danny, and Dave Harper in 2001 and 2004, transcribed by Brenda Boyer

1930 Allen Co., KS, census, p.16A, Deer Creek Twp., April 21, 1930, Alex R. Stamp: NETTIE LOVE, moth-in-law, F W 77, widow, IL IL IL; with 29/29, Charles H. GARDSEN, head, owns home, has a radio, M W 38, age 23 when first md., IL Germany Germany, farmer, general farm; Myrtle L., wife, F W 40, age 32 when first md., KS Canada IL; Pauline M., dau, F W 6, KS IL KS; John R. HAMILTON, ___, M W 19, KS -- --, laborer, general farm.

death notice from a Burlington, Coffey Co., KS, newspaper: 1930 July __. MRS. RAY'S AUNT / DIES AT MORAN / --FUNERAL TUESDAY Mrs. D. F. Ray has received word of the death of her aunt, Mrs. Nettie Love of Moran. Death was the result of a paralytic stroke. The funeral will be held at Moran Tuesday afternoon and Mr. and Mrs. Ray will attend. Mrs. Love has visited in Burlington several times. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Love's, posted by Donna McCoy <dodamccoy@@hotmail.com>, 22 Nov 2000. My great grandfather was Robert Jasper Love b2/23/1848 near Toronto, Canada. His parents were James and Rebecca Jones Dawson.* They had 3 sons Joseph Joel, Evan or Ivan Jefferson and Robert Jasper. Looking for information on his parents and brothers.

• This would be Mary Jane Jones Dawson Love; Rebecca Dawson was Mary Jane's dau. by her first marriage to William Washington Dawson.

The children of Robert Jasper & Annetta (Annettia Porter) Love are: 1. George Melvin, b. Dec. 9, 1873 2. Olive Pearl, b. March 10, 1876 3. Arthur Cecil, b. Dec. 7, 1878 4. Claud Lamar, b. Dec. 9, 1881 5. Myrtle Dell, b. May 18, 1888 6. Roy J., b. Sept. 27, 1895 (my Grandpa); he was born in Fostoria. Ks They lived in Edgerton, Johnson County, before they moved to Moran, Allen County. --Donna McCoy <dmccoy@@terraworld.net>, e-mail, May 9, 2004

Moran Cemetery, Allen Co., KS <http://www.orwells.com/morancem%20A-L.htm> LOVE, Robert J., b. Feb. 23, 1848, d. Apr. 10, 1910 LOVE, Annetta, b. 1853, d. 1930 LOVE, Claude L., b. 1881, d. 1948 LOVE, Tamza L., b. 1881, d. 1953 LOVE, Roy J., b. 1895, d. 1961 LOVE, Pera B., b. 1896, d. 1955 GERDSEN, Charles H., b. 1891, d. 1959 GERDSEN, Myrtle D., b. 1888, d. 1948

Photograph of Robert J. Love, wife Nettie, and their first 5 children at http://hometown.aol.com/chloeqcumber/Jones-Love2.html