Anna (Hall) Love ~ born Coal Valley, Illinois
A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York
1931
LAWRENCE P. LOVE. The early spirit of personal independence that drove the
men employed in the hard mining districts in Scotland to seek a broader and
fuller life in the United States continues in a great degree to individualize
the sons of Scotia. Isolation, dependence upon their own resources, and the
combativeness always developed by being the smaller numerically in great
combinations of people have doubtless had much to do in giving to these people
their personal characteristics. Wherever they are found, in the army, in the
professions, in business or in society, there is a spirit and a manner that
tells us whence they came and who their fathers were.
Lawrence P. Love, general manager of the Pershing Coal Company of Des
Moines, was born January 22, 1874, at Braidwood, Will County, Illinois, and is a a
son of Andrew and Marian (Piteaithley) Love, natives of Scotland, who
immigrated to the United States in 1869 and settled in the mining regions of
Pennsylvania. The entire family had been mining men in Scotland, and Andrew Love
found employment in the Pennsylvania coal fields, but in 1873 came to Illinois,
and after a short time in Will County went to Grundy County, in the same
state, where he became a mine manager. Later he moved on to Wayne County, Iowa,
where he was also a mine manager, and subsequently became the owner of a
mine in Mahaska County, Iowa. On July 18, 1928, Mr. and Mrs. Love, who had been
married for more than sixty-one years, came to Des Moines, where they are
now living in comfortable retirement. They are members of the Latter Day
Saints, and Mr. Love, who maintains independent views upon political questions,
served in the Illinois Legislature on one occasion, having been elected on a
Granger ticket. Mr. and Mrs. Love had eight children, of whom six are living,
Lawrence P. being the fourth in order of birth. The paternal grandfather of
Lawrence P. Love was William Love, a native of Scotland, and superintendent
of mines, who was murdered there while carrying a pay-roll. The maternal
grandfather, Lawrence Piteaithley, was born in Scotland, and, like his forebears,
was a seaman. He assisted in the laying of the first Atlantic cable. Mr.
Love's mother was one of twins, and was the recipient of a pound from the Queen
Victoria, according to Her Majesty's custom upon such occasions. Mrs. Love
was born in Queen's Castle, at Edinburgh, Scotland, and her mother was a
MacFarlane. Mr. Love was born at Glasgow, Scotland, and they were married at
Ardrie in their native country.
Lawrence P. Love received his education in the public schools of Braidwood,
Illinois, and Excelsior, Iowa, and in addition studied at night and took
night school and correspondence school courses in mining and mine engineering,
receiving a grade of 96-1/2. He was first employed by the Excelsior Coal
Company, a subsidiary of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Company, and
later became mine manager for the Hocking Coal Company in Monroe County,
Iowa. He then became superintendent of mines and a mine owner, being the owner
of the Love-Carpenter Coal Company for eighteen months. He next became
secretary of the Iowa Coal Operators, and was a commissioner thereof for more than
twelve years, finally accepting his present position as general manager of the
Pershing Coal Company, with offices in the Insurance Exchange Building at
Des Moines. He is also a director of this company, whose mines, the largest in
the state, are located in Marion County, and produce on an average of 1,200
tons of high-grade coal each day of eight hours.
Mr. Love is an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a Scottish Rite Mason, and has belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for thirty years and to the Ancient Order of United Workmen for thirty-three years. Like his father, he maintains an independent stand upon political matters, and on one occasion was nominated for the State Legislature, but refused the honor.
In 1905 Mr. Love was united in marriage with Miss Anna Hall, who was born at
Coal Valley, Illinois, of English parentage, and received her education in
the public schools of Iowa. To this union there have been born four children:
Iva, the wife of Cyril L. Kendree, assistant manager of the Phillips Oil
Company of Des Moines; Victoria, the wife of Joseph Vandresser, of Prairie
City, Iowa, general manager of the Dowden Potato Digger Company; Dorothy, the
wife of Stanley Wells, of Boone, Iowa, with the General Foods Company; and
Raymond, a law student at Drake University, who works part time for the Shell Oil
Company.
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