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124	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
Crosse, Wisconsin, April 2, 1860, and when five years old removed with his parents from that city to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he has since lived. He was educated in the Johnstown public schools, and at the age of sixteen entered the service of the Cambria Iron Company, working in one capacity and another, steadily advancing to his present position of boss roller in the Gautier department of that company's extensive plant. Mr. Krebs is a Republican, but does not take an active part in politics other than the public welfare requires of every loyal citizen. He was brought up under the influence of the German Lutheran church, to the support of which he contributes and of which his family are members. He holds membership in Johnstown Lodge, No. 157, Knights of Pythias, and also in Johnstown Turnverein, a German society of that city.     Albert August Krebs married, February 24, 1898, Emelia, second daughter of August and Louisa (Kress) Lambert, of Johnstown. They have one son--Albert Krebs--born September 16, 1899, and a daughter, Louise, born November 2, 1903. Karl Kress, maternal grandfather of Emelia (Lambert) Krebs, was a native of Germany. On coming to America he settled first in Ohio and removed thence to Johnstown, where he was the second minister of the German Lutheran church. When he came to this country be was a widower, and was accompanied by his two sons and two daughters. August Lambert, father of Emelia Krebs, also was a native of Germany, and previous to his removal to Johnstown was landlord of a hotel in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In Johnstown he was an ale brewer, in business partnership with his brother-in-law, C. F. Kress.     JOSEPH KIRK LOVE, president of the wholesale grocery firm of Love, Sunshine & Co., at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was born October 31, 1867, on the farm in Butler county, Pennsylvania.     He obtained his education at the common schools and spent several years at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.     Concerning his ancestry, it may be said that the first of the name to come to America was James Love, the great-grandfather, a native of Ireland, born near Cork, came to America about 1820, was a farmer by occupation, and settled in Butler county, Pennsylvania, where he followed farm life. James Love was first a Whig, then a Republican. He was an elder in the Covenanter church for many years. He died about 1833, his wife surviving him some two years. His wife was Nancy Hutchinson, by whom he had the following children: 1. Samuel, mentioned hereafter. 2. George, died unmarried. 3. John, married Annie McCray. 4. Mary Ann, married William Heckert. 5. William, married Mary May. 6. Robert, married Sarah Ann Love. 7. Sarah, married William Armstrong. She is the only one living--a widow, residing at Allegheny, Pennsylvania. The others all remained in Butler county and their descendants still live there.     Samuel Love, son of emigrant James Love, was born, 1817, in Butler county, Pennsylvania, and remained on the old home farm until his marriage, when he purchased a farm near the homestead and operated the same. He married Helen Kirk, daughter of Arthur and Marian (Smith) Kirk, who came to this country from near Glasgow, Scotland; Arthur Kirk, in Butler county, Pennsylvania, was interested in a woolen mill. Samuel Love was a Republican and served the district in which he lived as one of the directors. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church. He is deceased and his widow lives with her daugh-

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