Veteran Bio

David Hall Love was a member of Captain William Kimbro's "San Augustine" Company at San Jacinto and was issued Donation Certificate No. 483 for 640 acres of land for having participated in the battle. In Service Record No. 4382 it is certified that he served in the army from March 15 to June 15, 1836. It is stated that he enlisted in Captain William Scurlock's Company July 4 and was on furlough until October 4, 1836, when his term of enlistment expired. He was issued Headright Certificate for one-third of a league of land February 1, 1838 by the San Augustine County Board and in the certificate it is stated that he came to Texas in 1835. Andrew, Gilbert and William M. Love, brothers of David H. served at times in the Army of Texas. William M. fought Indians in the fall of 1838 at Spring Hill in what is now Navarro County and was a lieutenant in Captain Eli Chandler's. Company of Minute Men. They had a fight with Indians April 21, 1841, on Pecan Creek, a tributary of the Trinity.

At a convention held on the San Jacinto Battlefield April 21, 1860, General Sam Houston was endorsed for president of the United States as "the people's candidate." Isaac L. Hill, a San Jacinto veteran, was elected president of the convention and among the vice presidents chosen were the following who had served under General Houston at San Jacinto: David H. Love, Samuel Paschall, Ellis Benson, Andrew Montgomery, William S. Taylor and William Dunbar.

Mr. Love was thrice married. His first wife was Tennessee Randall and after her death he was married to Mrs. Mary Dunn Robertson, daughter of James and Isabella (Canfield) Dunn, and widow of Felix Robertson. Mrs. Love was born in Ireland, January 20, 1820, and died in Fairfield, Texas, November 15, 1856. Mr. Love's third wife was Mary Hartzell Roark, widow of Jonathan Roark. Mr. Love died April 20, 1856 and is buried in a marked grave in the cemetery near Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. Mrs. Love died in Wortham, Texas November 20, 1899.

By his first marriage Mr. Love had one child, Andrew Campbell Love, who was never married. He died February 13, 1862, while a soldier in the Confederate Army. The following are some of the known children by his second marriage to Mary Dunn Robertson: Patrick Henry Love, married Laura McCrackin, daughter of Judge McCrackin of Fairfield; Benjamin Franklin Love, married Amelia Maud Weir; Tennessee Randall Love, married Dr. Felix Robert Collard, Jr.., of Wichita Falls.

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