S. C. LOVE

    S. C. Love, a farmer, was born October 9, 1846, in Morrow County, Ohio.  His parents were Leonard and Catherine Love.  When about seven years of age, with his father, stepmother and two sisters, he moved to Delaware County, Ohio, where his father settled and remained until his decease.  Our subject served a short period in the late war of the rebellion, in the One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was attached to the Army of the Cumberland.  On December 15, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Criswell, who was born November 24, 1848, in Licking County, Ohio.  Her parents were William and Tacy Criswell.  To them have been born three children- Carrie, born August 6, 1871; Valentine, born March 7, 1873, and Wilfred C., born September 19, 1878.  In the spring of 1876, our subject settled in the northern portion of Jackson Township, this county, where he still resides.  He is a self-made man, having procured all he has by his industry and strict adherence to business.  He has served as School Director, and is the owner of sixty-four acres of land, the greater portion of which is under a state of cultivation.