Paul R. Orr
812 Cindy Dr.
Burlington, IA 52601
319-752-0528
Last Revised: 16 Jul. 2005
Spell check 15 May 2005
Ck Census – 9 Jul. 2006
Unproofed
This compilation is broken into four parts as follows:
1) Descendants of William & Sarah (Logan) Love
2) Descendants of Alexander & Elizabeth (Platt) Love.
3) Descendants of X’ Love who stayed in Ireland, a brother of William 1) & Alexander 2) above and the Father of at least four sons who came to the U.S.
4) Descendants of Samuel & Susan (Kirkskadden) Love whose relationship to the above three brothers is uncertain but a daughter Jane Love b. 1826 married Joseph Love b. 1818, a son of X’ Love. They lived in Keene Twp. Coshocton Co., OH and later in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA.
DNA results from one male descendant from Alexander Love and X’ Love may reveal a close connection. Living male descendants (2005) of William and Samuel Love have not been identified, if they exist.
Descendants of William & Sarah (Logan) Love
of
County Donegal, Ireland, Coshocton Co., OH & Johnson Co., IA
1. Love, William "Billie" b. ca 1784, pb Co. Donegal Co., Ireland, d. 29 Aug. 1856, Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA, bur. lot 53-3, Oakland Cem., Iowa City, 72 yrs., md. ca 1815, probably Coshocton Co., OH area to Sarah Logan b. ca 1791, Ireland, d. 20 Feb. 1865, Iowa City, bur. lot 53-3, Oakland Cem., 74 yrs. Res. Linton Twp., Coshocton Co., OH, Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA.
Ref: Note that in the 1856 census, Sarah was reported as blind at age 67 yrs.
Ref: A probate could not be found for William Love nor his wife, Sarah (Logan) Love in Johnson Co., IA.
Ref: Coshocton Co. Recorder’s office indicated they had no land transfers for a William Love.
Ref: Zanesville Land Office, Ohio Land Recds – William Love, docu. 7361, 80.71 acres, signature, issue date, 3 Sep. 1835, 3 Stat. 566, treaty, 24 Apr. 1820, 1 W1/2SE Ohio River Survey, No. 8N, 8W, 36; William Love, docu. 7362, 40.08 acres, same issue date, 1 NESW, Ohio River Survey, 8N, 8W, 36. (PRO – This likely is not our William Love because Linton Twp. would have been either 4 or 5 W and 4 N. William was likely a squatter or rented land.)
In 1800 the land area that presently includes Coshocton Co., OH was known as Washington Co., OH. By 1810 the area had been modified and the area that presently includes Coshocton Co., OH was known as Muskingum Co., OH. By 1820 the area that is now known as Coshocton Co., OH also included part of what is now Holmes Co., OH. By 1830, the present boundary of Coshocton Co., OH had been determined. It is important to keep these boundary changes in mind when searching for ancestors’ records. Records may indicate several addresses over the years indicating they moved when in fact, they may have remained in one place and the address changed.
Ref: Clerk of Courts, Coshocton, Coshocton Co., OH – William Love, Ireland – Naturalized Oct. 17, 1833. Record D, pg. 355, Common Pleas Court. (Don’t know which William this is?)
Ref: History of Coshocton Co., OH (1740-1881), N. N. Hill, compiler, A. A. Graham, 1881, pg. 544, and p. 547 – “On what was called Irish run, just below Bacon run, (Linton Township), William Love and Alexander Love, great-uncles to Joseph Love, settled in 1810 and 1812, respectively. They were from Ireland.”
“The manufacture of whisky was one of the main industries of pioneer times. Alexander and William Love inaugurated its manufacture in Linton Township. Their still-house, of modest size, was located on Irish Run, near the western line of section 9. The process of distillation was begun here about 1812. The Loves subsequently sold out to Andrew Ferguson who removed the still to Bacon run. ---“
Ref: Mrs. Catherine Mossmann reported that William Love migrated from Scotland to Ireland at the time of the "Weaver Strike" and William was a weaver of carpets. The Coshocton County, OH history records that that William & his brother, Alexander Love were distillers of whiskey in Coshocton Co., OH. Mrs. Mossman reported that William liked to drink his whiskey too.
Ref: A notebook in the possession of G/G Charles J. & Louise B. (Eggimann) Orr, 809 Cedar Lane, Mt. Pleasant, IA during the mid 1970's contained locks of hair sewed to the pages with the following names and notes. I have entered the dates in parentheses to try to identify the individual and the year the locks were cut and sewed into the booklet. I saw the booklet several times but unfortunately at the time didn't record the color of all the hair. Sorry! I have no idea who sewed in the locks of hair as many sides of the family were represented.
1. Robert B. Graham, 23 yrs. (1868 - son of Benjamin & Jane {Love} Graham.)
2. Lovely Love, 2 yrs. (1869 - daughter of Hiram Love.)
3. Hiram Love, (no age given - son of William & Sarah {Logan} Love.)
4. Albert Love, 15 yrs. (1868 - son of Hiram Love.)
5. Maria Bradie /Brady/ (no age given and relationship unknown but her name was mentioned as a friend of Sarah (Love) Orr, wife of Andrew Orr.
6. Grandpa Love - white hair, (no age given, this has to be William Love, husband of Sarah Logan).
7. Grandma Love - white and brown hair, (no age given, this is the wife of William Love, Sarah Logan.)
8. Joseph Cameron Orr, 23 yrs. (1871 - Father of Charles J. Orr and son of Andrew & Sarah (Love) Orr.
9. Jennie Chrystal, 3 mos., (1868 - daughter of John & Mary {Orr} Chrystal. Mary Orr was d/o of Andrew & Sarah (Love) Orr.)
10. Willie Ferguson, 5 mos., (1867 - son of Samuel & Annis Love {Orr} Ferguson. Annis Love Orr was d/o Andrew & Sarah (Love) Orr.)
11. Caddie Graham, 16 yrs., (ca 1865, I think this must be Caroline Graham, daughter of Benjamin & Jane (Love) Graham. 1865 is a little earlier than most of the other dates.)
12. Yirbly Daniels, no age given, (unknown but Annis, a daughter of William & Sarah (Logan) Love married James B. Daniels.
13. Jimmie Daniels, 77 yrs. or 17 yrs. (for many years I thought it read 77, but 17 fits better for James C. Daniels, son of Joseph B. & Annis (Love) Daniels.
14. Billie Orr, 4 yrs., (1869 - youngest son of Samuel & Nancy {Allison} Orr. Samuel Orr was a 1/2 brother of Andrew Orr.)
Ref: 1810 Linton Twp., Coshocton Co., OH - William is listed. There may have been children not listed, as Sarah was 21 years when their first known child, Sarah was born. They moved to Johnson Co., IA in 1849 where they lived the rest of their lives.
Ref: 1820 Linton Twp., Coshocton Co., OH census records, pg. 26A
William Love
1 male 26 -- 45 yrs. - b. 1775 - 1794 - William b. ca 1784
1 male 16 -- 25 yrs. - b. 1795 - 1804 - unknown*
1 female 26 -- 45 yrs. - b. 1775 - 1794 - Sarah b. ca 1795
1 female under 10 yrs. - b. 1810 - 1820 - Sarah b. 1816
1 female under 10 yrs. - b. 1810 - 1820 - Jane b. 1818
1 male not naturalized, 1 person engaged in agriculture. The unknown male may be a brother of William or Sarah but probably not a son due to Sarah's age. (It could be a son of William by a previous marriage but we have no indication of William being md. previously. William's brother, Alexander, is listed also on pg. 26A next door to William.)
Ref: Dr. Maro Johnson, Chicago, IL – “This William Love was born in 1784. He married Sarah Logan, probably in Ireland. She was born in 1791, and died 20 Feb. 1865. About 1855, they moved to Iowa City, Iowa, with their daughter, Annis, who had married J. B. Daniels. William Love died 29 August, 1856, aged seventy-two. He and his wife are buried on the Daniels lot in Oakland Cemetery at Iowa City. The above dates are as shown on their gravestones. In addition to their daughter, Annis, born 1825, they had a daughter, Jane, born 1818, who married Benjamin Graham, having a son, Hiram, and possibly others. Nothing more is known of Alexander Love of this generation.”
Ref: 1830 Tuscarawas Twp., Coshocton Co., OH census, pg. 31.
William Love
1 male under 5 yrs. - b.1825 - 1830 - Joseph A. b. 1829
1 male 5 - 10 yrs. - b.1820 - 1825 - James L. b. 1822
1 male 30 - 40 yrs. - b.1790 - 1800 - William, b. ca 1784
1 female 5 - 10 yrs. - b.1820 - 1825 - ???
1 female 5 - 10 yrs. - b.1820 - 1825 - Annis Rebecca b. 1828
1 female 10 - 15 yrs. - b.1815 - 1820 - Jane b. 1818
1 female 10 - 15 yrs. - b.1815 - 1820 - Sarah b. 1816
1 female 30 - 40 yrs. - b.1790 - 1800 - Sarah b. 1795
{If this is William & Sarah (Logan) Love, William is reported too young and there is an extra Love girl or possibly a relative or ???; otherwise the family fits; perhaps another Love girl that we are not aware of, at any rate, she doesn’t appear in the 1840 census. William is not listed as being an alien.} (PRO – I suspect this is not William & Sarah (Logan) Love as they are found in the 1840 census living in Linton Twp.
Ref: 1840 Linton Twp., Coshocton Co., OH census records, pg. 278, ln 4.
William Love
1 male 50 -- 59 yrs. - b. 1781 - 1790 - William b. ca 1784
1 male 10 -- 14 yrs. - b. 1826 - 1830 - Joseph A. b. ca 1829
1 male 10 -- 14 yrs. - b. 1826 - 1830 - Hiram Wright b. 1830
1 female 40 -- 49 yrs. - b. 1791 - 1800 - Sarah b. ca 1795
1 female 20 -- 29 yrs. - b. 1811 - 1820 - Jane b. 1818
1 female 15 -- 19 yrs. - b. 1816 - 1830 - Annis R. b. 1828
1 female under 5 yrs. - b. 1835 - 1840 - ???
(PRO – Only two Love sons listed in the 1840 census – James would have been ca 18 yrs. by 1840 and perhaps working away from home.)
Ref: 1850 Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA census, pg. 653, dist. 9, dtd. 12 Sep. 1850; 53/55.
Love, William, 65, b. Ireland, Farmer (b. 1785)
" , Sarah, 55, b. Ireland, (b. 1795)
" , James L., 28, b. OH, Carpenter (b. 1822)
" , Hiram W., 21, b. OH, Tinner (b. 1829)
Ref: 1856 Scott Twp., Johnson Co., IA, pg. 640, dtd. 31 Aug. 1856; 50/52. (William & Sarah living next door to Benjamin Graham family.)
Love, William, 70, b. Ireland, no occupation, 6 yrs. in IA*
" , Sarah, 67, b. Ireland, blind*
(*William b. ca 1786; Sarah b. ca 1789, this is the oldest birthdate for Sarah, ck census again.)
Ref: 1860 Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA census, dtd. 20 Jul. 1860, pg. 729; 2749/2614
Love, Sarah, 70, b. Ireland (b. 1790, birthdate is consistent with 1856 birthdate but older than earlier. Sarah in 1860 is listed with daughter and son-in-law, Joseph & Annis (Love) Daniels. William Love d. 29 Aug. 1856, two days before census was taken.)
Ref: Will of William Logan dtd. 30 Jun. 1836, Londonderry Twp., Guernsey Co., OH - (I believe this man to be the Father of Sarah (Logan) Love. Needs to be proved - The will is found in the Guernsey Co., OH courthouse.
In the name of God, Amen, I William Logan of Londonderry Township, Guernsey County, State of Ohio, being very frail and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory, calling to mind the mortality of the body and that it is appointed for all men once to die and after death the Judgment when we must all render and account of the deeds done in the body whether good or evil do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following: That is to say:
1st - It is my will that my funeral expenses and all my just debts be paid.
2nd - I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Elizabeth Logan, if she thinks proper her support as in my lifetime in the family on my estate during her life, otherwise, she shall have the room in the north part of the house with fuel laid down and prepared for her fire at the house - Also, a sufficient quantity of the necessaries of life provided for her. Also, one of my cows, which shall be her choice, and her keeping yearly, she shall have little Margaret Madden to attend her as long as she needs her or until her indenture is fulfilled, also one third of the wool of this years growth, the half of the flax seed excepted and all of my bed and body clothing at her disposal excepted the best suit of my body clothes for John.
3rd - I give and devise to my son, James, five dollars.
4th - I give and devise to my daughter, Sarah, five dollars.
5th - I give and devise to my son, Edward, five dollars.
6th - I give and devise to my daughter, Ellen, one hundred and twenty dollars to be paid in five years after my decease, one horse, the second best on the place, to be given her in two years after my decease, Also one cow and four sheep, to be given her in two years after my decease, I leave her the third of the wool of this years growth and the half of the flax, the seed excepted, Also, if she is unmarried at her Mothers death, while she continues so (if she stands in need of it and allows her, her Mothers room, a cows keeping yearly, and one peck of flax yearly, Also I allow her, her Bureau, half dozen chairs, saddle, ????? there being an heifer she claims as her own at present.
7th - I give and devise to my son, John, after paying off the above legatees all my property, real and personal to him the said John Logan, his heirs and assigns forever.
Lastly - I hereby constitute and appoint John Mathews Loug (??), Sr. and my son, John Logan, to be the executors of this my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all former wills by me made, and ratifying and confirming all and no other to be my last will and testament. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 30th day of June, 1836. Signed William Logan
Witnesses: John Logan & William Hernahaw.
Offered for probate on 13 March 1837, during the March 1837 term of court.
Ref: 1900 Washington Twp., Guernsey Co., OH census, dtd. 6 Jun. 1900, 14-8-2, pg. 2B; 59/59.
Logan, James, 67, b. Jan. 1833, OH, Brother, Farmer, single
“ , Sarah, 71, b. Feb. 1829, OH, Sister, single, no children