Ezekiel W. Love    

EZEKIEL W. LOVE, farmer, post-office Indian Run, was born October 10, 1824, in Butler County, Penn., to John and Margaret (Wilson) Love, natives, the father of Ireland and the mother of Beaver County. The father came to America at the age of ten with his parents, Patrick Love and wife. After a short residence in New York they came to Butler County, where the father was employed as a miller. He also served in the War of 1812. He died June 3, 1876, at the age of eighty-four years. His wife died in 1853. Their children were: Ezekiel W., Sarah J., married James Rodgers; David, lives at New Castle; William (deceased), John, in Oil City; Charles, in Pittsburgh; James, died small; Martha (deceased), Thomas (deceased). The parents were members of the Covenanter Church. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and learned the carpenter’s trade, which he followed until 1878. He bought a part of his present farm in 1853, and has now ninety-five acres, with a fine field of raspberries. He was married December 17, 1850, to Margaret Montgomery, whose family is mentioned elsewhere. She was born June 3, 1826, on the farm where they now reside. He has by her seven children: John A., dead; Nannie A., dead; Lizzie M., married December 13, 1887, to Robert Breckenridge, of North Liberty; Mary J., James M., Sibbet A., dead; Samuel T. A. Lizzie and Nannie have taught school. He has been a school director, and he and family are members of the Second United Presbyterian Church of Mercer. He is an elder of that church, and is a stanch Republican. He is a man of unimpeachable character and a good citizen.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.