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Samuel Ebzan Love, Sr.

Parents

Father	Col. John Love (b. 1792, d. after 1862)
Mother	Nancy Louise Rinehart (b. 1793, d. after 1870)

Children with Sarah Elizabeth ("Sally") Darnell (b. 22 April 1849, d. 21 November 1895)

Daughter	Margaret Carriger Love+ (b. 11 February 1867, d. 5 April 1947)
Son	Milton Franklin Love (b. 1869)
Daughter	Mary Josephine ("Josie") Love+ (b. about 1871)
Daughter	Correen Augusta ("Gussie") Love+ (b. 16 June 1872, d. 27 September 1928)
Son	William Walter ("Bill") Love+ (b. 24 February 1874, d. 11 July 1949)
Daughter	Minnie Emma ("Minnie") Love (b. circa 1876)
Daughter	Musiadora ("Mussie") Love (b. 1877)
Son	Charles Darnell Love+ (b. 22 May 1878, d. 12 April 1938)
Son	Eugene Moore Love+ (b. 18 February 1885)
Son	Clyde Carl Love+ (b. 2 August 1887, d. 7 May 1956)

Biography

Person Source		Samuel Ebzan Love, Sr., had person sources.1
Anecdote		As far as I can tell Samuel did not marry Mary Cassandra Stewart and he may not have known that he had a daughter by her between his two marriages Fatherhood assigned due to DNA match
DNA Verified		12 DNA matches through Samuel Ebzan Love, Sr.,
ChildParent2,2
Birth	February 1827	He was born in February 1827 in Limestone Springs, Greene, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.1
1830 Federal Census	1830	He appeared in the 1830 federal census in 1830 in Greene, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.
1840 Federal Census	1840	He appeared in the 1840 federal census in 1840 in Greene, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.
Residence	29 October 1850	He lived in Greene, Tennessee, United StatesBGO, on 29 October 1850. Name: Elzan Love, Age: 23, Birth Year: abt 1827, Birth Place: Tennessee, Gender: Male, Race: White, Occupation: Farmer, Industry: Agriculture, Record ID: 8054::6162443, Household Members: John Love, Nancy Love, Sarah Love, Hamilton Love, Luther M Love, Ha3
Marriage	4 October 1852	He and Emma Bailey were married on 4 October 1852 in Madison County, North Carolina, United StatesBGO. Marriage Record # 01-004 Bondsman: P. H. Neilson Bond # 0000788591
Residence	7 July 1860	He lived in Madison, North Carolina, United StatesBGO, on 7 July 1860. Name: Ebzan Love, Age: 33, Birth Year: abt 1827, Birth Place: Tennessee, Gender: Male, Race: White, Occupation: Blacksmith, Personal Estate Value: 200, Record ID: 7667::41385557, Household Members: Ema Love, Nancy E Love, John H Love, James Love, Fergena4
Military	4 September 1863	He served in the military on 4 September 1863 in Alabama, United StatesBGO. Private, Alabama Cavalry Battallion, Field and Staff
Marriage	13 February 1866	He and Sarah Elizabeth ("Sally") Darnell were married on 13 February 1866 in Grainger, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.2
Residence	18 August 1870	He lived in Morristown, Grainger, Tennessee, United StatesBG, on 18 August 1870. Name: E Love, Age: 43, Birth Date: abt 1827, Birth Place: Tennessee, Gender: Male, Race: White, Post Office: Morristown, Occupation: Blacksmith, Personal Estate Value: 500, Inferred Children: Sarah Love, Household Members: Sarah Love, Nancy Love, John Lov5
Residence	1 June 1880	He lived at West State StreetBG in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United StatesBGO, on 1 June 1880. Name: Sam Love, Age: 50, Birth Date: Abt 1830, Birth Place: Tennessee, Record ID: 6742::9741271, Race: White, Gender: Male, Relationship: Head, Marital Status: Married, Spouse's Name: Sarah E. Love, Father's Birth Place: Tennessee, Mother's Birth Place: T6
Residence	14 June 1880	He lived in Springville, St Clair, Alabama, United StatesBG, on 14 June 1880. Name: Ebzan Love, Age: 53, Birth Date: Abt 1827, Birth Place: Tennessee, Record ID: 6742::5715402, Race: White, Gender: Male, Relationship: Head, Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania, Mother's Birth Place: Virginia, Occupation: Blacksmith7
Occupation	1890	In 1890 Samuel Ebzan Love, Sr., was a Blacksmith in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United StatesBGO.
Residence	15 June 1900	He lived in Jefferson, Alabama, United StatesBGO, on 15 June 1900. Name: Ebyan Love, Age: 73, Birth Date: February 1827, Birth Place: Tennessee, USA, Record ID: 7602::36668645, Gender: Male, Race: White, Relationship: Head, Marital Status: Widowed, Marriage Year: 1850, Years Married: 50, Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvani8
Death	29 January 1910	He died on 29 January 1910 at age 82 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United StatesBGO.1
Burial	after 29 January 1910	He was buried after 29 January 1910 at Oak Hill CemeteryBG in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United StatesBGO. Wife Sarah next to him. She is in Lot 23-1/2 Block 71
Anecdote		In searching for the parents of our ancestor William Walter (“Bill”) Love, we knew only that Bill was born about 1874 in Tennessee, plus we had a "family hearsay" clue. Bill’s children recalled that he told them his father had been married twice and had 16 children. The 1880 census in Knoxville, Tennessee, shows 6-year old William W. Love's father as Sam Love, age 50, and his mother as Sarah E. Love, age 33. Marriage records show that an "E. Love" and Sarah Darnell (also found as Sallie) were married on February 13, 1866 in Grainger County, Tennessee. From other records, we learn that the “E” stands for Ebzan (sometimes misspelled Elzan, Edzan, Ebyan, or Ebson). Further research shows that Ebzan Love was the same person as Sam Love--his name was sometimes shown as S. Ebzan Love, with the “S” standing for Samuel, probably after his paternal grandfather. Although his full name was Samuel Ebzan Love, he often went by by Ebzan or "Eb." The unusual name Ebzan is believed to be a biblical name. Ebzan's occupation was blacksmith. Sarah Darnell was Ebzan's 2nd wife. Ebzan's 1st wife was Emma Bailey, whom he married on October 4, 1852 in Madison County, North Carolina. Emma died between 1862 and 1865. The 1860 census shows Ebzan living with Emma in Madison, North Carolina with the following children: 1. Nancy E. Love, age 6, born about 1854 in Tennessee 2. John H. Love, age 4, born about 1856 in Tennessee 3. James Love, age 3, born about 1857 in North Carolina 4. Virginia (misspelled as Fergena) Love, age 1, born about 1859 in North Carolina Two additional children were born to Ebzan and Emma between the time of the 1860 census and Emma's death a few years later: 5. Ebzan Love, Jr., born Sept. 1860 in North Carolina, died 1917. (Occupation railroad engineer, married Alice Paralee Shelby.) 6. Edwin Love, born about 1862 in North Carolina On February 13, 1866, Ebzan, now a widower, married his 2nd wife, Sarah E. Darnell. The 1870 census shows Ebzan living with Sarah, all of the above six children, plus an additional two children of their own: 7. Margaret C. Love, born 11 Feb 1867, died 1947. (Margaret's death certificate verifies that her parents were Ebzan Love and Sallie Darnell.) 8. Milton Love, born about 1869. (Probably named after Sarah's brother.) The 1880 census shows Sarah's mother, Ruth Darnell, living with them, as well as children Margaret and Milton, plus an additional 5 children: 9. Mary J. Love, age 9, born about 1871 10. Correen A. Love, age 7, born about 1873 11. William W. Love, age 6, born 1874, born in Tennessee 12. Musiadora Love, age 2, born about 1878 13. Charles D. Love, age 1, born about 1879 An Alabama census for the same year (1880), shows an Ebzan Love living alone in Springville, St. Clair County, Alabama. Facts on that census include that he is 53, was born in Tennessee, his occupation is blacksmith, he’s been unemployed 3 months out of last 12, his father was born in Pennsylvania, and his mother was born in Virginia. This gives us enough information to know that it's the same Ebzan. Ebzan likely went to Alabama to look for work and to be near his son Ebzan Love, Jr., from his first marriage, who worked on the railroad there. Directories show that Ebzan Love, Sr. and Ebzan Love, Jr. lived next door to each other in Alabama. Ebzan Sr. was probably planning to send for his family as soon as he became established there. Perhaps Sarah's mother Ruth had been brought into the 1880 Tennessee household to help Sarah manage with all the children until things got settled for the move to Alabama. Ebzan probably moved to Alabama very shortly after the 1880 Tennessee census count and was counted twice, once in Tennessee (as “Sam”) and once in Alabama (as “Ebzan”). He remained in Alabama. Sarah joined him there sometime between late 1880 and 1884, and two more children were born to them in Alabama: 14. Eugene M.Love, born Feb. 1885 in Birmingham, Alabama 15. Clyde (or Clide) C. Love, born August 1887 in Birmingham, Alabama Sarah died in 1895 at the age of about 48. The 1900 census (in which Ebzan's name is misspelled as Ebyan) lists Ebzan as a widower, with only the two youngest children, Eugene and Clide, still at home. The total child count for Ebzan Love adds up to 15, not 16. Perhaps William Walter Love's recollection was one child off, or possibly there was an additional child who died young and was not counted in the census. Ebzan is found on a list of over 22,000 Southerners who filed a claim between 1871 and 1873 with the Southern Claims Commission, claiming their property had been taken by U.S. military personnel for use in the Civil War. His claim was allowed. The county listed was Hamblen. Such claims were allowed if the claimant could prove through the testimony of others that he had lost property, and was loyal to the Union during the Civil War. Although Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabama, the states in which Ebzan lived, were all confederate states, Eb apparently remained loyal to the Union (although some have said that many southerners did whatever they had to to receive compensation and did not consider it “lying” to “lie” to a Yankee...) Ebzan probably was loyal to the Union in spite of his sourthern roots--records show that his brother, Luther M. Love, fought on the side of the Union during the Civil War. Ebzan died in 1910, in his 80s. He and Sarah are buried side by side in Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. Sarah's tombstone says, “Sarah E., wife of E. Love, Sr., born April 22, 1849 in Morristown, Tennessee, died November 21, 1895.” Ebzan's headstone is three concrete steps with “E. Love, Sr.” carved on the top step. Although no years are listed on his headstone, cemetery records give his birth year as 1830 (it was probably a few years earlier), and his death date as 29 January 1910. In tracing Ebzan and Sarah farther back, we learn Ebzan’s father was John Love of Pennsylvania and his mother Nancy Rinehart of Virginia. Sarah’s parents were William Darnell and Ruth Hodges of Tennessee.9

Citations

1. [S40] , online http://www.mytree.net/gen/getperson.php?personID=I913&tree=cross, Martha (email address.)
2. [S23] "Otto Katz Chronological Log of Events," (MS). Hereinafter cited as "Otto Katz Chronological Log of Events."
3. [S239] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 9, Greene, Tennessee; Roll: 880; Page: 204a
4. [S242] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Madison, North Carolina; Roll: M653_905; Page: 316; Family History Library Film: 803905
5. [S240] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 1, Grainger, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1530; Page: 4B
6. [S360] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee; Roll: 1265; Page: 123A; Enumeration District: 145
7. [S360] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Springville, St Clair, Alabama; Roll: 31; Page: 49B; Enumeration District: 117
8. [S580] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Precinct 8, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 20; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0091; FHL microfilm: 1240020
9. [S119] Bev Loomis1, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6824325/person/-536792849, (Concord, VA.)