Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.III, p.125

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HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 125

ter in Sharon. Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Their children were: 1. George H., mentioned hereafter. 2. Nancy Jane, married N. J. Cratty and is deceased. 3. Marian, unmarried, is a school teacher at Sharon, Pennsylvania. 4. Arthur, married, is a musician, living in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. 5. Martha, married George W. Davis, a blacksmith of Allegheny, Pennsylvania. 6. Maggie, married M. K. Hamilton. a ranchman of Colorado.
    George H. Love, father of Joseph K. Love, was born February 10, 1844, in Butler county, Pennsylvania. He received a good common school education, and farmed with his father until his marriage, January 7, 1867, to Annie B. Logan, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (McCandless) Logan, of Butler county, Pennsylvania. After his marriage he purchased a farm in Butler county, Pennsylvania, and farmed for himself until about 1870, when he opened a general store at Saxonburg Station, Butler county. He remained there for six years, when he sold and removed to Somerset, Somerset county, Pennsylvania. For twenty-two years he there operated a butter and cheese factory, coming to Johnstown in 1905. Here he founded the Union National Bank, of Johnstown, of which he is the president. He is also the vice-president of the Bessemer Coal and Coke Company, located in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, otherwise devoting his whole time and energy to the banking business at Johnstown. He retains a farm of one hundred acres, near Pittsburg, to which his family remove for a summer home. Politically he is a Republican. In church relations he is a Presbyterian and has been an elder for upwards of thirty years.
    As an evidence of his patriotism, it only needs to be stated that in his eighteenth year, six months after the first call for troops at the outbreak of the Rebellion, he enlisted as a drummer-boy in the Eighteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. This was a three months enlistment, during which time the regiment saw no active service. His second enlistment as a drummer was with the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment, he being a member of Company D, the term being for nine months service, during which they did mostly picket duty and detail work. Again, in September, 1864, Mr. Love enlisted in Company A, Two Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers for the balance of the war, still serving as a drummer. His regiment was detailed to protect the Orange and Alexandria railroad, running out from Richmond, Virginia. Its service was amost entirely against guerrilla leader Mosby and his band, a warfare bordering at times on the savage, in which no quarters were asked or given. Separated into small detachments and isolated from the main body of the army, they were exposed to an attack at any moment, day or night, and fortified with stockades as best they could provide, even then their post was a very dangerous one. It was a service calling for every stark of courage any man could well possess. It was lacking in brilliant engagements and opportunities for fame, but none the less of the highest importance in the cause. Mr. Love still retains a memento of his war experienee--the drum he used on his last enlistment of service. He is a member of Emory Fisher Post, Grand Army of the Republic, No. 30, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in which he has held all the offices, and was the adjutant at Somerset for about ten years.
    The children born to Mr. and Mrs. George H. Love are: 1. Joseph, mentioned hereafter. 2. Edward M., married Flora Heffley; he is engaged in the coal trade at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 3. Frank S.,

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ter in Sharon. Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Their children were: 1. George H., mentioned hereafter. 2. Nancy Jane, married N. J. Cratty and is deceased. 3. Marian, unmarried, is a school teacher at Sharon, Pennsylvania. 4. Arthur, married, is a musician, living in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. 5. Martha, married George W. Davis, a blacksmith of Allegheny, Pennsylvania. 6. Maggie, married M. K. Hamilton. a ranchman of Colorado. George H. Love, father of Joseph K. Love, was born February 10, 1844, in Butler county, Pennsylvania. He received a good common school education, and farmed with his father until his marriage, January 7, 1867, to Annie B. Logan, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (McCandless) Logan, of Butler county, Pennsylvania. After his marriage he purchased a farm in Butler county, Pennsylvania, and farmed for himself until about 1870, when he opened a general store at Saxonburg Station, Butler county. He remained there for six years, when he sold and removed to Somerset, Somerset county, Pennsylvania. For twenty-two years he there operated a butter and cheese factory, coming to Johnstown in 1905. Here he founded the Union National Bank, of Johnstown, of which he is the president. He is also the vice-president of the Bessemer Coal and Coke Company, located in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, otherwise devoting his whole time and energy to the banking business at Johnstown. He retains a farm of one hundred acres, near Pittsburg, to which his family remove for a summer home. Politically he is a Republican. In church relations he is a Presbyterian and has been an elder for upwards of thirty years. As an evidence of his patriotism, it only needs to be stated that in his eighteenth year, six months after the first call for troops at the outbreak of the Rebellion, he enlisted as a drummer-boy in the Eighteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. This was a three months enlistment, during which time the regiment saw no active service. His second enlistment as a drummer was with the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment, he being a member of Company D, the term being for nine months service, during which they did mostly picket duty and detail work. Again, in September, 1864, Mr. Love enlisted in Company A, Two Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers for the balance of the war, still serving as a drummer. His regiment was detailed to protect the Orange and Alexandria railroad, running out from Richmond, Virginia. Its service was amost entirely against guerrilla leader Mosby and his band, a warfare bordering at times on the savage, in which no quarters were asked or given. Separated into small detachments and isolated from the main body of the army, they were exposed to an attack at any moment, day or night, and fortified with stockades as best they could provide, even then their post was a very dangerous one. It was a service calling for every stark of courage any man could well possess. It was lacking in brilliant engagements and opportunities for fame, but none the less of the highest importance in the cause. Mr. Love still retains a memento of his war experienee--the drum he used on his last enlistment of service. He is a member of Emory Fisher Post, Grand Army of the Republic, No. 30, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in which he has held all the offices, and was the adjutant at Somerset for about ten years. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. George H. Love are: 1. Joseph, mentioned hereafter. 2. Edward M., married Flora Heffley; he is engaged in the coal trade at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 3. Frank S.,