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"DEATH OF WARREN P LOVE - The Veteran Hotel Man Expired at 8 O'clock Last Night
- Warren P Love, the veteran hotel keeper, died last evening after a brief illnesss, aged 66 years. Deceased was born in
Liverpool, NY, in 1832. For a number of years he had been a great sufferer from a disease which baffled the skill of the best
physicians. He sought relief in vain from many sources. Early in the present month it assumed an acute stage and since Sunday
the physician in attendance had been unable to hold out any hope of Mr Love's recovery to the grief-stricken family
circle. Mr Love first came to Titusville in 1871. He purchased a restaurant in the Merchants' Exchange block, of which
Taylor & Satterfield were then the owners. Subsequently he bought out and ran the European hotel. Later he became proprietor
of the American hotel, which at that time occupied the present site of the Oil Exchange. In 1877 he retired from the hotel
business and engaged for several years in oil refining. Later he established a wholesale liquor store in the Fertig block,
which he conducted until 1881, when he bought out the Mansion house, of which he continued [to be] the proprietor for twelve
years. Disposing of this hotel, Mr Love retired for a time to private life. He afterwards opened up a wholesale liquor store
on South Franklin street, which he disposed of to his son, A C Love, previous to removing with his family to Bucyrus, O,
where he re-entered the hotel business. He returned to this city about two years ago. Last spring Mr Love purchased the
European hotel of N Schaffner and occupied it at the time of his death. Deceased is survived by his widow and two children, A
C Love and Mrs May Ackerman, both of this city. Mr Love was a Mason of long and prominent standing. He was also a member of
the AOUW fraternal insurance society. His funeral at his own request will be under Masonic auspices. Warren P Love will be
mourned and missed in this community. He was kind-hearted and charitable in the extreme. In all business transactions he was
the soul of integrity. He was ever the kind husband and indulgent father. It was given him in the closing days of his career
to suffer as do few men from an incurable and painful disease, but he bore his affliction with uncomplaining fortitude. In
the death of Mr Love Titusville is called upon to mourn the loss of one of her best and oldest citizens. The time of the
funeral will be announced later."
(Titusville Morning Herald, Sept 23, 1898, p.3) |
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