DAVID C. LOVE.     David C. Love, a retired farmer residing in Dardanelle, where he now devotes considerable time to making loans, has throughout his business career displayed sound judgment and indefatigable energy and his success is the direct and merited outcome of his own labors.  He was born in Desha county, Arkansas, Dec. 2, 1845, his parents being Isaac and Elizabeth (Ferrell) Love, who were natives of North Carolina and of Arkansas, respectively.  The latter was a daughter of David C. Ferrell, one of the pioneer settlers of this state.  The father is mentioned more at length in connection with the sketch of Louis E. Love on another page of this work.
     In the common schools David C. Love acquired his education and when but seventeen years of age entered the army for service in the Civil war.  He was engaged in military duty for two years and was badly wounded in Missouri, his injuries preventing further service with the army.  He was a member of Captain Reed's company which was attached to the regiment under Colonel Wright.  After war Mr. Love returned to Desha county and secured a clerkship in a store, while later he engaged in farming for a year in that county, raising a good crop on which he realized a substantial profit.  He then joined his father in Yell county and worked on the home farm there for a year or two.  On the expiration of that period he purchased land in Yell county and from time to time bought and sold farms, each business transaction yielding him a good return on his investment.  He is today the owner of about six hundred and fifty acres of valuable land and has disposed of some of his property.  In business affairs his judgment is sound and his enterprise unfaltering and he ever displays marked capability in the cultivation and development of his fields.
     In 1872 Mr. Love was married to Miss Annie E. Keaton, who was born in Virginia, a daughter of William Keaton, who was killed while serving in the Confederate army during the Civil war.  Mr. and Mrs. Love became parents of ten children, six of whom are living:  Virginia, the wife of William Howell, a painter of Dardanelle; Myrtle, who is the wife of Tom Cotton, superintendent of waterworks at Dardanelle; D. A., who cultivates his father's farm; Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Evans, an express agent of Hope, Arkansas; Violet, the wife of R. W. Sibley, secretary of the Agricultural School at Magnolia, Arkansas; and Katheryn, the wife of Haynes A. Hamon, who works in a store in Dardanelle.  The wife and mother died in 1918, her heath being deeply regretted by many friends as well as by her immediate family.  She was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Mr. Love has always voted with the democratic party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and has held different township offices, discharging the duties that devolved upon him in his connection with promptness and efficiency.  In 1882 he removed to Dardanelle and for a few years supervised his agricultural interests from this point, after which he rented his farms out.  He then began loaning money and he has prospered in this undertaking as he did while promoting his farming interests.  In 1915 he built a nice modern residence in the city and is now largely living a retired life.  He is practically a self-made man.  He received limited financial assistance and by reason of his diligence, perseverance and sound judgment in business transactions has reached the plane of affluence.  He is today regarded as one of the wealthiest men of Yell county and none covet him his success, owing to the fact that has been most honorably gained and most worthily used.
Source:  History of Arkansas, by Dallas T. Herndon, Vol. II, publ. by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1922 - Pg. 92

Dr. GEORGE M. LOVE, M. D.      George M. Love, one of the leading and most progressive representatives of the medical fraternity in Rogers, where he has practiced his profession with notable success during the last twelve years, was born in Lovington, Illinois, on the 9th of December, 1873.  His parents were Robert J. and Nettie* (Porter) Love, who were natives of Indiana and Illinois, respectively, their marriage being celebrated in the latter state.  Representatives of the Love family emigrated from Ireland to Canada and thence crossed the border into the United States.  Robert J. Love, the father of Dr. Love, devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits throughout his active business career.  He removed to Kansas in 1881 and purchased a farm in Allen county, that state, whereon he continued to reside throughout his remaining days and which is still the home of his widow, who has now reached the age of sixty-eight years.  In the conduct of his agricultural interests he won a gratifying measure of success and he was widely recognized as a substantial and esteemed citizen, well read and well informed, who contributed to the upbuilding and development of his community in no inconsiderable degree.  He gave his political allegiance to the republican party, was a Methodist in religious faith and fraternally was identified with the Masons and the Woodmen.  To Oklahoma; him and his wife were born six children: George M., whose name introduces this review; Olive, who is the wife of J. O. Gillenwater, a farmer residing in Arthur, who is also engaged in agricultural pursuits in Oklahoma; Claude, likewise living on a farm in Oklahoma; Myrtle, who is at home with her mother; and Roy, who cultivates his mother’s farm in Allen county, Kansas.
     George M. Love acquired an academic education in Kansas City, Kansas, and subsequently attended the Kansas City University there, being graduated from that institution with the degree of Ph. B. in 1906.  In further preparation for a professional career he then entered the Hahnemann Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1909.  He at once located in Rogers, Arkansas, where he has remained continuously since and has been accorded a large and important practice.  He also conducts a sanitarium, containing six beds, which he established in 1910.  He has taken postgraduate work in Chicago, has spent a month each year in visiting hospitals and has specialized in the study of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.  Through membership connection with professional organizations he keeps thoroughly in touch with advanced thought and research work, belonging to the Benton County Medical Society, the Arkansas State Medical Society and the National Orificial Surgeons Society.  He is the president of the Benton County Tuberculosis Society and has long been recognized as one of the most prominent and able representatives of the medical profession here.
     On the 31st of March, 1896, Dr. Love was united in marriage to Miss Alice Harris, who was born in the state of New York and whose parents now make their home at Garfield, Kansas.  Her father is a native of England, while her mother's birth occurred in Ireland.  Dr. and Mrs. Love have one son, George R., who is a junior student in a Chicago medical school.
     In his political views Dr. Love is a republican and for eight years has filled the position of city alderman, while at the present time he is serving as president of the school board.  He has been identified with every movement for the benefit and upbuilding of his city, having led the fight for pure water, for fire-fighting machinery and good roads.  His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church, while fraternally he is a Knights Templar Mason and an Elk.  He also belongs to the Rotary  Club, of which he has served as president.  An enterprising, public-spirited citizen and skillful physician and surgeon, his labors have been a potent force in the development and growth of his community and his reputation is a most enviable one.
Source:  History of Arkansas, by Dallas T. Herndon, Vol. II, publ. by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1922 - Pg. 899
* aka Anetta

LOUIS E. LOVE, M. D.     Dr. Louis E. Love, actively engaged in medical practice in Dardanelle, was born in Desha county, Arkansas, Aug. 24 ,1855.  He comes of a family long represented in the south.  His grandfather, Edward Love, was a native of North Carolina and was prominently connected with the iron industry, owning large iron works in his native state.  His son, Isaac Love, was born on the French Broad river in North Carolina and in early manhood came to Arkansas, where he married Elizabeth Ferrell, a native of his state and a daughter of David C. Ferrell one of the pioneer settlers of this commonwealth.  She died leaving an infant son, D. C. Love.  Isaac Love then married Virginia Dumond, who was born in Desha county, this state, a daughter of Louis Dumond, who was a native of Canada and of French descent.  In early life he became a resident of Arkansas and was one of the builders of the Arkansas Post, living near the post for a number of years.  He fought the Indians in an early day and met with all of the hardships and privations of pioneer life.  For a number of years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Love resided in Desha county and in 1868 removed to Yell county.  In later years the father retired from active business and was living in Dardanelle at the time of his demise.  His wife was reared a Catholic, while Mr. Love was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and also belonged to the Masonic fraternity.  In politics he was a democrat an during the Civil war aided in the recruiting service and in supplying provisions to the army.  To him and his wife were born three children, two of whom are living:  Luis E. and Frances, who is the widow of George Cole and lives in Dardanelle.
     Dr. Love acquired his education in the graded and high schools of Dardanelle and afterward became a student in the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, from which he was graduated in 1877.  He then located for practice in Dardanelle, where he has remained throughout the greater part of the time through the intervening years to the present.  He took postgraduate work in St. Luis and also with the Mayo Brothers at Rochester, Minnesota.  He devotes his attention to general practice and is skillful in all branches of the profession.  He was also for a number of years associated in mercantile business with the brother-in-law, T. E. Wilson, and he owns considerable farm interests.  He is likewise a director in the Dardanelle Bank & Trust Company and thus his activities have covered a broad field and have shown marked judgment in investments but nevertheless the major part of his time and attention has been given to his professional duties.  He served as state medical examiner in 1907 and he is a member of the Yell County and of the Arkansas State Medical Society.
     In June, 1809, Dr. Love was married to Miss Rena Hall, who was born in Arkansas, a daughter of L. C. Hall, who was one of the prominent and early settlers of Dardanelle.  He is still living and has retired from active business.  The family of Dr. and Mrs. Love numbers three children:  Virginia Dumond, Louis E. and Anna Louise, all in school.  Dr. and Mrs. Love belong to the Presbyterian church and are interested in all those forces which make for progress and improvement in the community.  Fraternally he is a blue lodge Mason and politically he is a democrat.  He has ever combined a broad humanitarianism with comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of medicine and thus he has gone about doing good among his fellows, his many friends and acquaintances bearing testimony to the sterling worth of his character and his capability along professional line.
Source:  History of Arkansas, by Dallas T. Herndon, Vol. III, publ. by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1922 - Pg. 21