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George Orton Love
born: August 9, 1890
in Bluff Creek Twp.
Monroe County, Iowa
died: January 20, 1959
in Dallas, Texas

Marie Angela Meyer
born: October 16, 1894
in Chicago, Illinois
died: October 20, 1986
in Elmwood Park, Illinois

George and Marie Love were married November 22, 1922 in Albia, Iowa

George Orton Love was born on the J.H. Love farm, in Bluff Creek Township, Monroe County, Iowa, the son of John Richard and Lucinda Melissa Lambertson Love.

The image below is George's draft registration,
completed
June 7, 1917.

Marie Angela Meyer was born in Chicago, Illinois October 16, 1894 to August and Anna Lica Meyer, the fourth of nine children. George and Marie were married November 22, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. By 1930 the couple was residing in Brookfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, as shown in the April 4, 1930 US Census record below:

George Orton as
a young man

George Orton and Marie Love on a visit to Iowa

George Orton Love and Marie A. Meyer were married November 22, 1922 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

According to Delbert Love, George Orton's nephew, George worked as a salesman at Marshall Fields in Chicago. He and Marie moved to Dallas, Texas in 1936, due to his chronic sinus troubles, where he worked as a salesman for the Butler Brothers Company. George described the Butler Brothers as a company dealing in "variety merchandise" in the 1940 US Census record. The Butler Brothers later started the well known Ben Franklin 5 and Dime Store chain. George and Marie had no children.

Information regarding Marie A. Meyer Love provided courtesy of Eric J. Bateman, her great nephew.

Below: George Orton Love's 1959 Death Certificate

To the right is an early photo of George sitting on his mother's lap.

George described himself as an unemployed farmer at the age of 25 on his 1915 Iowa Census form as shown below.

A little over three months after registering for the draft, George enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 19, 1917. George became a member of Battery D of the 339th Artillery unit fighting in France during World War I. He was honorably discharged on February 12, 1919 as a Sergeant.

Below: the application Marie made for a bronze grave marker
to honor George's service to his country in World War I.

Below: the grave markers of George and Marie Love
at Hillcrest Cemetery in Dallas, Texas