- John A. LOVE, who has held political honors in this municipality
at various times and who is held
- in high esteem by the citizens of Beloit, was born in Delaware
county, New York, October 7, 1850. His father, Richard C. LOVE,
and his mother, Harriett E. (ALVERSON) LOVE, were both natives
of New York state. They moved to Beloit, Rock county, Wis., in
1870, and settled on a farm, following the business of farming
and stock-raising successfully for many years and until their
decease. The father died in 1895 at the age of seventy-seven
years and the mother in 1885 at the age of sixty-one.
- John A. received his early education at Walton, N.Y., and
completed his studies in the Beloit
- schools, after which he engaged in the grain business, which
he followed for some twenty years; but for the past five years
he has been actively engaged in real estate in Beloit. In 1903
Mr. LOVE associated himself with Mr. Don VAN WART and the firm
name became LOVE & VAN WART.
- Mr. LOVE has been the trusted custodian of the funds of Beloit
for a number of years. He was
- elected treasurer in 1889 and held the office three terms
by re-election. He was also elected to the office of assessor
at different times and is now chairman of the board of public
works of the city.
- In societies Mr. LOVE has also taken a prominent part. He
is a member of the Masonic order
- and also of the Knights of Pythias, and for seventeen years
has been clerk of the Modern Woodmen lodge.
- In 1874 Mr. LOVE married Miss Jennie E., daughter of Isaac
SANDERS, a member of one of
- the first families of Beloit.
-
- Taken from "Rock County, Wis." by William Fiske
Brown, (c)1908, pp. 816, 817 & 819.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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