>Source: IAFREMON@rootsweb.com >Subject: [IAFREMON] Rev. C. A. Lovelace of Cherry Grove United Brethren > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Author: farwellwalter >Surnames: Powers, Martin, Leslie, Rossiter, Lovelace; Blodgett, - Younts, >Classification: marriage > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7948/mb.ashx > >Message Board Post: > >THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. July 6, 1899. "MARRIED". -- June 28, >1899, at the United Brethren parsonage at Cherry Grove, Mr. William >Powers and Miss Anna Martin, Rev. C. Lovelace officiating". -- This >wedding unites the lives of two of our most worthy young people. Mr. >Powers is a prosperous farmer and Miss Martin, since her graduation, >has been a successful teacher. They will repair at once to the home >the groom had previously prepared, where they will be glad to >receive their friends. The bride was arrayed in white, with white >gloves and slippers and was decorated with natural roses. Their many >friends wish them a prosperous and happy journey as they travel >together the pathway of life. > >THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. Feb. 22, 1900. "MARRIED". -- On >Wednesday, Feb . 14, 1900 at 2 o'clock p.m., at the Cherry Grove >Church, Lorain Leslie, of Sidney, and Miss Mary Rossiter. The church >was nicely warmed and the former pastor, Rev. C. A Lovelace in a >very short but impressive ceremony pronounced the contracting >parties husband and wife. The day being a stormy one, the whole >party was soon off to the home of G. S. Leslie, the grooms's father, >where they enjoyed such a dinner as only loving parents can prepare. >All their friends will join in wishing them a prosperous journey through life. > >Marriages by C. A. Lovelace: >1. Lesley - Rossiter marriage of Feb. 14, 1900 performed by Rev. C. >A. Lovelace. >2. Powers - Martin marriage of June 28, 1899 at the U. B . >Parsonage, Sidney township, by C. A. Lovelace, minister >3. Reeves - Hayes marriage of Feb. 22, 1899 at Cherry Grove church, >Rev. C. A. Lovelace. >4. Younts - Martin marriage of Feb. 19, 1900 at Anderson, Rev. Lovelace >5. Meyers - Martin marriage of Mar. 8, 1899 at James L. Martin's, >performed by Rev. Lovelace. >6. Martin - Kuhns marriage of March 1, 1899 at Fred Martin's, >Sidney, performed by Rev. Lovelace >7. Blodgett - Cadle marriage of Dec. 25, 1898 at Sidney, performed >by Rev. Lovelace. >l8. Martin - Brackney marriage of Dec. 21, 1898 at Cherry Grove, >Sidney township. > >THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. January 26, 1899, -- Meetings at the >Cherry Grove U. B. Church;, Pastor, Rev. Lovelace, assisted by Rev. >Long from the eastern part of the state.

Mornin' Cuzzies, A fren living in the San Francisco area called last night saying they were having the most beautiful weather imaginable! And, we are, too. He said he thought the whole country was....I hope so. ( : I hear desperation in the voices of nearly everyone I talk with....abt. any number of things, but most especially our futures. If you are in good shape financially, there are worries abt. how long that will last. If you're not, you're worried abt. how you are going to make it.....it's going on w/ everyone. The future is so uncertain with everyone. My suggestion is to ban together.....be of solice to someone else over whatever their concerns are. We do have each other which truly is more important than any material possessions we have....and it will also help get your mind off of your own worries....which should be a welcomed relief. If you are fretting, understand that I'm seeing this everywhere! Have a good one! Make it a good one! Buckette

Mornin' Cuzzies, It's a faaast good mornin' 'cause I'm running....which seems to be mah regular pace these days. Ole Buckley's sister, a wirey age 90, is driving to town from Austin to have lunch with the Buckley widows such as we are. She's the beacon in the night for all of us. A warrior. Sez there are no pluses in out living one's three brothers. Just really wanted to say "hi".....hope everyone is doing well. Yeah, I'll slow down here soon.....and will have some stories to tell.....as the world strikes me as being a complete comedy! ( : Have a good one! Buckette

Hi, folks And hello to Yolanda Tapp <mrsyolondatapp@gmail.com> Recall that a couple days ago, I posted some research I had done for Yolanda taking her line back to Jesse and Rebecca Mitchell Loveless. Welcome to the group, Yolanda. When you get comfortable with us, let us hear from you. In the meantime, feel free to dig in our archives, and be sure to visit our website at <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lovelace>http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lovelace Our online library of Lovelxxx documents, narratives, and pictures is an ongoing project to which we add as time allows. You can access it right now by clicking on the "Documents" button on the left margin of the main page. And our y-chromosome DNA study has proven very successful in unravelling the confusion surrounding several of the colonial American Lovelace and Loveless families. The results are posted both on the FamilyTreeDNA website (<http://www.familytreedna.com/public/lovelace/>http://www.familytreedna.com/public/lovelace/) and on our own DNA website (<http://dna.satmel.com/results.html>http://dna.satmel.com/results.html) Take a look! We now also have a companion website on MyFamily.com. If you're not familiar with that organization, to go <http://www.myfamily.com>http://www.myfamily.com and read to find out a little more about it. If you'd like to be invited to join that site, please email me at < <mailto:greglovelace@comcast.net>greglovelace@comcast.net>. Glad to have with us :-) Peace, Part of the Tree, Greg

If anyone has any information for Wayne, his email address is ewhendon@sbcglobal.net. Thanks, Wendy > > I'd like to correspond with descendants of Claud Tedford and wife Sallie > Bynum. > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

From: Wayne Hendon Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 7:27 AM To: info@1812hitchingpost.com Subject: Query from Lovelace web site I'd like to correspond with descendants of Claud Tedford and wife Sallie Bynum. Thanks, Wayne

Jack, This is so funny. I think the connections never cease. In the process of doing the book I'm working on for southern Cleveland County, OK I have found your Hills and the Avants who were your great grandmother's parents. But this is what is funny. Your grandmother had a sister Ora who married Delmer Couch (we always called him "Shorty"). His father was a Baptist Preacher who married my grandparents, Ed Loveless and Vestes Meltabarger and in later life rented a little house from my grandparents. But that isn't all. Delmer "Shorty" Couch had a sister Estalene who married a guy by the name of Ober Shobert. They had a granddaughter Tamra Renea "Tammy" who married Ed and Vestes's g grandson, Gregory Thomas Loveless. The Hills and Avants lived around a community called Etowah which is about 2 miles north and a little bit east of where your grandparents had their farm. Like your family, a lot of them left this area, but there are still a few around here. Lou Ann

Wow, Greg! You did good. Yolanda wrote me asking for info and I had a couple of people in Livingston Co KY who are probably related to her, but I didn't have the info that could make those connections. I referred her to the list and suggested she join it. What you found really solidifies those links. Kudos, Cuz. Lou Ann

At 07:53 PM 10/5/2010, Yolonda Tapp <yolondatapp100@yahoo.com> wrote: >I am seeking info on my grandfathers family -James Duncan Loveless >born 1906-1941 MARRIED Carrie Lee Harris Loveless born 5/7/1910 in >Livingston County Kentucky....James Duncan Loveless father was D C >Loveless....One of my grandfathers donated the land AND lumber to >build Loveless Chapel in livingston county kentucky that is all I >have on the loveless family.....Do you have any info on the LOVELESS >family? I do know that the loveless family married cobbs and >hardins and williams and ramages and kings.....Some were from >Kentucky,Ill,Texas,Az,Ga,Va and Tenn. To Lovelace List members: Yolanda is not subscribed to the list... please include her email address (above) in any reply Hi, Yolanda I am sharing this post with the Lovelace List on Rootsweb. I know there are researchers on there from your line, and hopefully they will be able to help you further than I can with stuff like source info, etc. Anyway, here goes with what my online search yielded: * I searched the 1920 census on Ancestry.com for your grandfather, thinking that he was still in Livingston Co., KY in 1920 (at about age 14). I found him in the home of his parents: Loveless, David; head; age 46; b. KY, father b. AL, mother b. TN; farmer Emma; wife, age 40; b. KY, father b. VA, mother b. TN; farmer David; son, age 21, b. KY Gracy; dau., age 18, b. KY Bettie; dau., age 15, b. KY ***Jim Duncan, son, age 13, b. KY Vernon, son, age 11, b. KY Wood Wilson, son, age 6, b. KY Darcy, dau., age 4, b. KY Katie, dau., age 3 and 9 mos., b. KY J. F., son, age 1 and 1 mo., b. KY * Looking back another 10 yrs in the 1910 census I found the family, again in Livingston Co., KY: Loveless, Dave C., head; age 36; b. KY, father b. AL, mother b. TN; farmer Emma, wife; age 28, b. KY Dave and Emma married 14 years Davy, son, age 10 Gracy, dau., age 8 Beddie, dau., age 5 ***Dunkin, son, age 4 Vernon, son, 1 and 1 mo. Also living in the home was a hired man, Homer Bramman, age 18, a farm laborer * Using this information, I did a search for David Loveless of Livingston Co., KY who was married to Emma. I got the following hit: Family Tree of Jerry Jefferds: David Clarkston Loveless, b. 28 Dec 1873 Livingston Co., KY, d. 18 Feb 1929 Livingston Co., KY m. Emma Mitchell son of Benjamin Franklin Loveless (b. 22 Feb 1853 Limestone Co., AL, d. 2 Mar 1921, KY) and Mary Frances Hartigen * Using Benjamin Franklin's birthdate as a guide, I returned to the census records, this time to Alabama where I found in 1860 Madison Co.: Josephine Loveless, age 41, b. TN; $1555 real estate Jas, age 21, b. TN Betsy, age 17, b. AL Rebecca, age 14, b. AL Abraham, age 12, b. TN Benj. F., age 8, b. AL * Family not found in the 1870 census, and I didn't look in the 1880 * Using the information from Josephine, I found the following in 1850 Limestone Co, AL census: William Loveless, age 36, farmer, b. NC Josephine, age 32, b. TN Isaac S., age 13, b. TN James, age 11, b. AL Elizabeth, age 7, b. AL Lucinda, age 4, b. AL Abraham, age 2, b. AL * I then searched Ancestry for William Loveless marrried to Josephine and got the following hit from the family tree of jeffloveless71 of Las Lunas, NM, who was on the Lovelace List at one point, and I'm not sure if he's still subscribed: William Abraham Loveless b. 1814 NC m. Josephine Isaacs 2 Apr 1837, Crittendon Co., KY children: Isaac b. 1837 James b. 1839 Elizabeth Smith 1844-1879 Lucinda Rebecca 1845-1916 Abraham Conn 1848-1916 Benjamin Franklin 1853-1921 William's parents are given as Jesse Loveless and Rebecca Mitchell Now I know there are some descendants of Jesse and Rebecca Mitchell on the list (Are you there, Buckette???). Jeff took his family tree back further, but I'm not comfortable sharing that information, because I don't really know that the family has been documented further back than Jesse and Rebecca. I'll leave that to others to speak to. And I also caution you that this isn't part of my line (yet, anyway), and so I can't vouch for the documentation except for the census records. I hope this helps you some, and I hope some of the others on the Lovelace List will chime in with their contributions. Peace, Part of the Tree, Greg

Mornin' Cuzzies, Well, shut mah mouf! 'Bama got tumped upside down in the football wars yestida. Merrrr cee me! Ole Bear Bryant be atwirling in the grave. o : Texas's best weather month is October, and we're having some good days. Clear, decent temps, and, of course, always still. Will be glad to get back to San Antonio where the breezes are always and usually gentle coming in from the Gulf of Mexico. Where I'm going is to an enclave called Alamo Heights which is a small town located within a big town. You never need to leave it were you to live there. The residents often are multi-generational, been there forever. By the same token Houston is not that way at all. Da Kid has moved back to his childhood neighborhood, and not a single soul there 20 years ago is living there now. I even drove down our old street the other day......4 of the actual houses there then are still standing. Everything's been scraped and there are a bunch of new McMansions in their place. An ugly $2 mil home covers our complete lot.....consumer consumption at it's wildest and most obnoxious! Y'all have a good one! ( : Buckette

Nancy, I have no proof, but I think that the parents of John Lovelace who married Milley are another John Lovelace and Nancy Bohanan of Culpeper County, Virginia. The work of Maria Lipscomb, which has largely been discredited, has a John Lovelace married to Nancy Bohanan. They had a daughter, named Nancy, who married Reuben Rosson in Culpeper County, Virginia, between 1776 and 1783. Reuben and Nancy are found in Culpeper County, Virginia, on the 1810, 1820, and 1830 federal census. Nancy was born, per Lipscomb, on 20 Aug 1761 and died 28 Apr 1838 in Culpeper County, Virginia. Since this is Maria's line, I think she probably got this right. DNA testing places John Lovelace, b: c1753, d: c 1824, in the Maryland DYS 439 (12) sub group. (This is the John who married Milley). DNA testing also places James Lovelace, b: 1751, d: 1824, in the Maryland DYS 439 (12) sub group. This is the James who ended up in Abbeville District, South Carolina, married to Joanna Smith. James is found on the tax lists for Culpeper County, Virginia, between 1782-1787 and is found on the state census in 1787 in Culpeper County, Virginia. James has not been found on a 1790 federal census. He is found on the 1800, 1810, and 1820 federal census for Abbeville District, South Carolina. There is a Noah Lovelace on the 1787 state census for Culpeper County, Virginia, who also ends up in Abbeville District, South Carolina, where he is found on the 1800, 1810, and 1820 federal census. If I am correct, Noah is found on the 1790 census for Charles County, Maryland, where he is listed as Menoel Lovelace. Noah has no living male descendents for whom DNA testing may be obtained. These are the only Lovelaces that I know of who were in Culpeper County, Virginia. Nancy Gooch wrote: > Has anyone found the father of John Lovelace, Sr, born 1745 in either Maryland or Virgina, married a Milley or Myla or something? > > Also, who was Hazzel Lovelace's father? I have to get back to work on my LOVELACE LINE!! I am still stuck on who the father of George W. Lovelace born 1837 in Lauderdale County, AL is....can't prove it.....most think its a JAMES, but there is no proof of this. I got really frustrated with my BRICK WALL (Father of George W.)....... > > It's been so long since I worked on my Lovelace's it's like starting all over again!! So ya'll help me out here. > > Thanks, > > Your Cuzzin, > > Nancy Lovelace Gooch Here is my line: Nancy Earle Lovelace, born 1948, Florence, Lauderdale County, AL > > Earl Bynum Lovelace, born 1913, Florence, Lauderdale County, AL > > Bennett Pope Lovelace, born 1871, Lauderdale County, AL > > George Washington Lovelace, born 1837, Lauderdale Co. AL > > I BELIEVE James Lovelace, born about 1801, in SC??? > > Hazzel Lovelace , born about 1770 in Edgefield County, SC > > died 1838, buried in Lower Duncan's Creek, Newberry, SC > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Jack D. Lovelace

Mornin' Cuzzies, Another beee u ti ful day, still as can be.....boidies really enjoying the morning! It's gonna be a good week-end for the poor downtrodden U. of Texas football team .....they don't play. ( : And, we gotta a real war going on down at the border....lotsa fighting and killing that pretty much isn't reported by the news media. But, it isn't w/ our neighbors the Mexicans.....it's w/ the Zetas who is a very dangerous drug cartel gang who really is beginning to hold the whole country of Mexico at hostage.....very dangerous and bloody group! The rumor is they intend to take over the gubmit of Mexico, and they've killed a number of Mayors, Chief of Police, and numerous other gubmit officials in going in that direction. It's not pretty.....also I heard first hand that gang members are infiltrating our Border Patrol as members.....definitely not cool. The cat crew are out and prowling this morning.....surely they are checking the weeds and brush for bad hombres.....like baby rabbits and birds who might say "si." Y'all have a good one! ( : Buckette

Robert W Loveless (MD DNA group) ..Carl Burton Loveless ...Frank W Loveless & Emma Hiltabiddle ....Martin Douden Loveless & Malinda Chloe Wilson .....Samuel Loveless & Hulda Martin ......George L Loveless & Lucy Quimby .......John Loveless & Hannah Loveless Family of Martin's Station John Loveless, born Abt. 1730 in England; died June 1808 in Colerain, Ross Co., OH. He married first Hannah, before 1760. He married Rachael Van Hook Abt. 1760 in Mayville, Mason Co., KY. John and Rachel Van Hook Loveless and their children: George, Sarah, John, Joseph, Nathan, and others to a total of nine persons were taken captive by the British Canadians and the Indians at Martin's Station, KY. they were taken to Detroit by the British soldiers the 26th day of June 1780. They were held there until 1784 and taken to American authorities at Pittsburg after their release. Some of these children are from John Loveless' first marriage to Hannah. Linda Parsons -----Original Message----- From: lovelace-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lovelace-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wendy Waldron Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 8:17 AM To: lovelace@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LL] R.W. Loveless 1929-2010 (Bob Loveless Knifemaker) Here is an obituary I found. Jane, I'm so glad you went to see Bob. I appreciate the autograph you sent me for my son. I always imagined his home as sort of like the "hoarder" programs we see on TV. :-) Wendy R.W. 'Bob' Loveless dies at 81; master knife-maker To many hunters, collectors and fellow bladesmen, the Riverside resident crafted the best handmade knives in the modern world. He was known for fixed-blade knives with unsurpassed workmanship. By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times September 9, 2010 R.W. "Bob" Loveless, who made some of the world's most coveted sporting cutlery by refining knife design to high art, has died. He was 81. Loveless died Sept. 2 of lung cancer at his longtime home in Riverside, said his friend Jack Lucarelli. "He is pretty much the Picasso of the knife world and the father of 20th century knife-making," said John Denton, an authority on Loveless knives. "His design is what made him famous." To many hunters, collectors and fellow bladesmen, Loveless crafted the best handmade knives in the modern world. He was known for fixed-blade knives with unsurpassed workmanship. "He always said, 'You want it to look so good that you want to pick it up, and feel so good that you don't want to put it down,' " Denton recalled. In 1953, Loveless was a seaman on furlough when he tried to buy a blade by master knife-maker Bo Randall at sporting outfitter Abercrombie & Fitch. Told there was a nine-month waiting list, Loveless later said he thought, "It can't be so hard," and decided to make his own. Returning to his ship, he created his first knife from the steel spring of a 1930s Packard automobile, forging the blade on a galley stove. He sold his first knives for $14 to Abercrombie & Fitch in 1954. When Loveless died, he was selling his knives for $5,000 to $20,000, said Edmund Davidson, a Virginia knife-maker. Loveless' most popular blade was a widely imitated drop-point hunting knife, "a modern-day classic which many consider the most attractive knife design of all time," American Handgunner magazine said in 2006. He liked to say his knives were aimed at "the working man," but their beauty and craftsmanship made them highly collectible, Denton said. A major dealer of Loveless knives, Denton once sold one for $50,000 that resold three years later for $150,000. "A knife is a tool, and I make 'em to be used," Loveless groused to The Times in 1981. "It burns me up that most of them wind up in velvet boxes and display cases, priced so high your average deer hunter or cowboy can't afford 'em." In explaining why people might think his knives were better, he told Sports Illustrated in 1980: "A knife is an extension of your experience. And I've had more experiences than most people. There's more character running in my veins." Robert Waldorf Loveless was born Jan. 2, 1929, in Warren, Ohio, and grew up on his grandparents' Ohio farm. At 15, he doctored his birth certificate and joined the merchant marine during World War II. The knife fights he witnessed in foreign ports intensified his interest in the weapon, according to Sports Illustrated. After the war, he joined the Army Air Forces, serving as a control-tower operator on Guam and Iwo Jima. In the early 1950s, he studied at the Institute of Design in Chicago but left after a few months. One lesson from the Bauhaus movement seemed to stay with him: Form follows function. Back in Ohio, he attended Kent State but soon dropped out to work on a tanker, where he became familiar with Randall knives. Once Abercrombie & Fitch started buying his tools, Loveless settled in Delaware before moving to Modesto in 1959. The next year, he moved to Lawndale and worked in machine shops while making knives on the side in his garage. By the late 1960s, he owned enough machinery to craft knives full time. He was the first to use the corrosion-resistant steel that became the industry standard, said Davidson, a board member of the Knifemakers' Guild, an industry organization Loveless helped found in 1970. In Japan, which Loveless often visited with his Japanese American second wife, he was regarded as a spiritual master of blade craft and was even more revered than he was at home, Denton said. For decades, Loveless had lived in Riverside, creating knives that were so popular that a five-year wait for one was not uncommon. Since 1982, he had made knives with Jim Merritt, who will continue the Loveless line. Often outfitted in the shirt and hat of a train engineer, Loveless was a big man with a big personality, a colorful character who wouldn't sell a fighting knife unless the buyer could prove he was in a hazardous profession. His survivors include his wife, Yoshiko; three daughters from a first marriage that ended in divorce; and two stepdaughters. A memorial service is pending. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here is an obituary I found. Jane, I'm so glad you went to see Bob. I appreciate the autograph you sent me for my son. I always imagined his home as sort of like the "hoarder" programs we see on TV. :-) Wendy R.W. 'Bob' Loveless dies at 81; master knife-maker To many hunters, collectors and fellow bladesmen, the Riverside resident crafted the best handmade knives in the modern world. He was known for fixed-blade knives with unsurpassed workmanship. By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times September 9, 2010 R.W. "Bob" Loveless, who made some of the world's most coveted sporting cutlery by refining knife design to high art, has died. He was 81. Loveless died Sept. 2 of lung cancer at his longtime home in Riverside, said his friend Jack Lucarelli. "He is pretty much the Picasso of the knife world and the father of 20th century knife-making," said John Denton, an authority on Loveless knives. "His design is what made him famous." To many hunters, collectors and fellow bladesmen, Loveless crafted the best handmade knives in the modern world. He was known for fixed-blade knives with unsurpassed workmanship. "He always said, 'You want it to look so good that you want to pick it up, and feel so good that you don't want to put it down,' " Denton recalled. In 1953, Loveless was a seaman on furlough when he tried to buy a blade by master knife-maker Bo Randall at sporting outfitter Abercrombie & Fitch. Told there was a nine-month waiting list, Loveless later said he thought, "It can't be so hard," and decided to make his own. Returning to his ship, he created his first knife from the steel spring of a 1930s Packard automobile, forging the blade on a galley stove. He sold his first knives for $14 to Abercrombie & Fitch in 1954. When Loveless died, he was selling his knives for $5,000 to $20,000, said Edmund Davidson, a Virginia knife-maker. Loveless' most popular blade was a widely imitated drop-point hunting knife, "a modern-day classic which many consider the most attractive knife design of all time," American Handgunner magazine said in 2006. He liked to say his knives were aimed at "the working man," but their beauty and craftsmanship made them highly collectible, Denton said. A major dealer of Loveless knives, Denton once sold one for $50,000 that resold three years later for $150,000. "A knife is a tool, and I make 'em to be used," Loveless groused to The Times in 1981. "It burns me up that most of them wind up in velvet boxes and display cases, priced so high your average deer hunter or cowboy can't afford 'em." In explaining why people might think his knives were better, he told Sports Illustrated in 1980: "A knife is an extension of your experience. And I've had more experiences than most people. There's more character running in my veins." Robert Waldorf Loveless was born Jan. 2, 1929, in Warren, Ohio, and grew up on his grandparents' Ohio farm. At 15, he doctored his birth certificate and joined the merchant marine during World War II. The knife fights he witnessed in foreign ports intensified his interest in the weapon, according to Sports Illustrated. After the war, he joined the Army Air Forces, serving as a control-tower operator on Guam and Iwo Jima. In the early 1950s, he studied at the Institute of Design in Chicago but left after a few months. One lesson from the Bauhaus movement seemed to stay with him: Form follows function. Back in Ohio, he attended Kent State but soon dropped out to work on a tanker, where he became familiar with Randall knives. Once Abercrombie & Fitch started buying his tools, Loveless settled in Delaware before moving to Modesto in 1959. The next year, he moved to Lawndale and worked in machine shops while making knives on the side in his garage. By the late 1960s, he owned enough machinery to craft knives full time. He was the first to use the corrosion-resistant steel that became the industry standard, said Davidson, a board member of the Knifemakers' Guild, an industry organization Loveless helped found in 1970. In Japan, which Loveless often visited with his Japanese American second wife, he was regarded as a spiritual master of blade craft and was even more revered than he was at home, Denton said. For decades, Loveless had lived in Riverside, creating knives that were so popular that a five-year wait for one was not uncommon. Since 1982, he had made knives with Jim Merritt, who will continue the Loveless line. Often outfitted in the shirt and hat of a train engineer, Loveless was a big man with a big personality, a colorful character who wouldn't sell a fighting knife unless the buyer could prove he was in a hazardous profession. His survivors include his wife, Yoshiko; three daughters from a first marriage that ended in divorce; and two stepdaughters. A memorial service is pending.

I was the one that traveled a little ways to see Bob Loveless. He was an odd sort of guy but very talented when it came to knives. He had received a medical report at that time that said he wasn't going to be living much longer. I am glad to know he proved the doctors wrong. I wanted to order two of his knives for my son in laws but he said he had so many back orders that he wouldn't be able to fill them all. He did sell me two of the knives made by another man but his design. He autographed them for me. After Linda Parsons and I compiled information about his family, I took it to him. He wasn't impressed at all and was very disappointed that we hadn't researched his maternal line. For commanding the prices that he did, you would be shocked at his living quarters and his knife facility. Very shocked. Jane Westlake In a message dated 10/8/2010 7:41:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dcw1000@verizon.net writes: I keep forgetting to submit this notice. Last month it was reported on a firearms/edged weapons forum that I follow that famed knifemaker Bob Loveless died September 2, 2010. If I recall correctly, a couple of the Lovelxxx list members contacted Bob Loveless about seven or eight years ago and got some information from him about his roots. He was born in Ohio, but I don't recall where his earlier generations may have lived. I have not yet looked in the archives to see what info may be there. Bob Loveless was more artist than steel shaper. If you check out his website www.lovelessknife.com you will see samples of his work. Prepare to be astonished at the prices his work commanded. For those of you who might wonder, no -- I don't own any. And at those prices I never will. David Wilson Benjamin/Barton/Samuel/Seaborn etc. (MD group) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And now that he's gone, the knife prices will skyrocket. Nancy Welty Ross > From: dcw1000@verizon.net > To: lovelace@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:40:09 -0700 > Subject: [LL] R.W. Loveless 1929-2010 (Bob Loveless Knifemaker) > > I keep forgetting to submit this notice. Last month it was reported on a > firearms/edged weapons forum that I follow that famed knifemaker Bob > Loveless died September 2, 2010. > > If I recall correctly, a couple of the Lovelxxx list members contacted Bob > Loveless about seven or eight years ago and got some information from him > about his roots. He was born in Ohio, but I don't recall where his earlier > generations may have lived. I have not yet looked in the archives to see > what info may be there. > > Bob Loveless was more artist than steel shaper. If you check out his website > www.lovelessknife.com you will see samples of his work. Prepare to be > astonished at the prices his work commanded. For those of you who might > wonder, no -- I don't own any. And at those prices I never will. > > David Wilson > Benjamin/Barton/Samuel/Seaborn etc. (MD group) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I keep forgetting to submit this notice. Last month it was reported on a firearms/edged weapons forum that I follow that famed knifemaker Bob Loveless died September 2, 2010. If I recall correctly, a couple of the Lovelxxx list members contacted Bob Loveless about seven or eight years ago and got some information from him about his roots. He was born in Ohio, but I don't recall where his earlier generations may have lived. I have not yet looked in the archives to see what info may be there. Bob Loveless was more artist than steel shaper. If you check out his website www.lovelessknife.com you will see samples of his work. Prepare to be astonished at the prices his work commanded. For those of you who might wonder, no -- I don't own any. And at those prices I never will. David Wilson Benjamin/Barton/Samuel/Seaborn etc. (MD group)

Lela Adean Whisnant Cobb was previously married to William E. Lovelace William E. < William S. < Jezebel < William < Nathaniel < Asa < Barton < Benjamin Bob Stewart ===================================== The Shelby Star, October 8, 2010 ELLENBORO- Lela Adean Whisnant Cobb, 90, of 508 Webb Road, died Oct. 6,2010, at Autumn Care Nursing Center. A native of Rutherford County she was born Dec. 1, 1919, a daughter of the late David Cletus and Girtha Robbins Whisnant . In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Priscilla Anne Lovelace and a son, David William Lovelace. Adean was retired from Fiber Industries, a member of Race Path Baptist Church where she was a member of the WMU. She was a volunteer at the Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital, yoke fellow and she was also a member of the Amvets women's auxiliary. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law; Charles Ray and Candy Lovelace of Ellenboro; three daughters and sons-in-law; Rachel Lovelace Vardiman and Ronald Edward of Asheville, Diane Lovelace Frady and Jerry of Shelby, Sara Lovelace Sal-mons and Naman of Ellenboro; one daughter-in-law, Brenda Higdon Lovelace of Franklin; eleven grandchildren; Susan Mot-ley, Cynthia Vardiman, Dwayne Lovelace, Tina Phiephoff, Angela Lovelace, Dana Gettys, Melissa Lavendar, Jeff Frady, Karen Ivey, Randy Henson and Leslie Henson; sixteen great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Visitation: The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church sanctuay Funeral: 3 p.m. Sunday at Race Path Baptist Church Officiated by: The Reverend John Godfrey Burial:. Burial will follow in the church cemetery Memorials: Hospice of Rutherford County P.O. Box 336 Forest City, N.C. 28043 Funeral home: McKinney-Landreth is serving the Cobb family Online condolences: www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com

David William < William E. < William S. < Jezebel < William < Nathaniel < Asa < Barton < Benjamin Bob Stewart The Franklin Press, Franklin, NC May. 5, 2010 David W. Lovelace David W. Lovelace, 69, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2010. Born in Asheville, N.C., he was the son of Lela Adean Cobb and the late Emmitt Lovelace. He was a Vietnam War veteran serving in the U.S. Air Force and was a Drill Instructor. After retiring from the service, he worked for Goodyear Tire Company as a store manager. He loved camping and fishing and was a member of Higdonville Baptist Church. In addition to his mother, Lela Cobb of Forrest City, he is survived by his wife of 50 years, Brenda Higdon Lovelace; a son, Dwayne Lovelace and wife Cindy of Lincolnton, N.C.; a daughter, Tina and husband Chris of Davidson, N.C.; three sisters, Rachel Vardiman of Asheville, Diane Frady of Shelby, N.C., and Sarah Simons of Ellenboro, N.C.; a brother, Charles Ray Lovelace of Ellenboro; three granddaughters, Ashley Lovelace, Caroline Piephoff and Sarah Piephoff; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, May 6, at Higdonville Baptist Church, with Rev. Mac Hudson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Higdonville Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, C/O Harold Rayborn, 1459 Cat Creek Rd., Franklin, NC 28734. Macon Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences available at maconfuneralhome.com.

Mornin' Cuzzies, Another bee u ti ful day.....clear skies, coolish for this time of year. Cats all napping right at my feet.....well, the major cats who live in the house: feral Blackie, Gray Toot, and Mr. Kat, the elder statesman who's health is none too good.....but, he's hanging in. Don't mind telling you.....I've turned into Exec Mgr. from Sadie, Sadie, Leisure Lady......and it's not much fun. I can be a worry wart and drive mah sef nuts. And, I don't have Ole Buckley around to say, "Not too worry. No big deal." Stuff like the stock market and the IRS just not my bag, altho I'm getting a crash course somewhat in both. And, all of this going on in the most unsettling part of American history. But, I will say.....w/ all these thoughts, I have lots and lots of company that I wasn't aware of. Many, many feeling the same as I do......which I really didn't know. Seems that people are as concerned about the culture of our country as they are the economics, and saying their kids are on a tread mill and not having much fun. "Teach us delight in simple things" no longer the by word. And, the grandiose world of *tech* is driving us all crazy! W/ that heavy philosophical message, I'm outta here.....and, really, I do apologize for the serious thoughts.....Hee, hee, I have them soooo seldom! Buckette