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