Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Thomas S. Loveless
THOMAS S. LOVELESS
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Thomas S. Loveless, a senior member of the firm of Loveless, Howe &
Bishop, proprietors of the Richwood Woolen Mills, and dealers in wool,
grain, hides, furs and staves, Richwood, Ohio, was born in the Empire
State May 25, 1821 ; he is a son of Thomas and Sarah (Sprowls)
Loveless, the former of English, and the latter of German
descent. His parents emigrated to Ohio in 1832, and settled near
Akron. Our subject received a common school education, and
remained with his parents on the farm until sixteen years of age, when
he began learning the manufacture of woolen, in which he was engaged
ten years. He then commenced the business at East Liberty, Ohio,
in 1846, and remained fourteen years. In 1869, he came to
Richwood and started the Richwood Woolen Mills, in which be has been
since engaged. In 1849, he married Miss Miranda James, who was
born in Logan County, Ohio, December 3, 1830 ; she is a daughter of
Thomas James. Her parents were members of the Society of Friends,
and of English descent. To this union two children were born,
viz.: E. O., a jeweler in Delaware, Ohio, and Jennie, wife of S. W. Van
Winkle, a lawyer of Richwood. Mr. Loveless has been in business
all his life, has never been sued, and has made what he now owns by his
own exertions.
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