Life History

Notes

• Isaac Love married Virginia Dumond, daughter of Louis B Dumont and Félicité (Felicity) Caillot Dumont.  Their first listing in the census was in 1850, when they have been married about 5 years.
  
  Patrick Noonan, in his genealogy on the old Ancestry World Tree reported that Virginia Dumond married Isaac Love about 1849 in Arkansas County.  But Patrick does not report their oldest child, born in 1846.  (While David could be a child from a previous marriage of Isaac, this does not appear to be the case.)  In the 1850 census they are living in Desha County, so his report that they married in Arkansas County could be wrong.
  
  It may be that they were married in Arkansas County (at Arkansas Post on the north side of the river, where Virginia was living with her mother in 1840) though they lived and farmed in neighboring Desha County.  Virginia's brother Caliste purchased public land in 1850, and his plot of 60 acres is designated as being in both Arkansas County and Desha County.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 1 November, Chester Township, page 71 (141), Hse/Fam #268
  Isaac Love 25 M  Farmer born Georgia
  Virginia Love 22 F born Arkansas
  David Love 4 M born Arkansas [b abt 1846]
  
  By 1860, they are still in Desha County, living in Redfork Township.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 18 July, Redfork Township, page 71 (141), Hse/Fam #268
  Isaac Love 38 M  Planter  $8440 Real Estate $12,000 Personal  born Tennessee
  Virginia Love 30 F born Arkansas
  David Love 15 M born Arkansas
  Louis Love 5 M born Arkansas
  Francis Love 2 F born Arkansas
  John B West Jr 24 M Overseer b Alabama
  John B West Sr 53 M Planter  $25,000 Real Estate $18,000 Personal  b North Carolina
  
  Note the change of birth state in this report for Isaac, in 1850 Georgia, now Tennessee.  I also see that David is now reported as 15, 11 years older than in 1850, even though the census is earlier in the year.  He should be either 9 or 10, depending on the birth month, or should have already been 5 in 1850.  Meanwhile, Virginia has lost year, gaining only 8 years of age in less than 10 years.  Isaac has gained 13 years during this period!  These age variations throughout these censuses are always a reminder of the difference in cultural worldview at that period, compared to our modern minutial focus on details as objective information.
  
  Before the next census, Isaac and Virginia moved to the western part of Arkansas, buying land in Yell County, near Dardanelle, on the Arkansas River.  A John L Dumond is with them.  This must be a nephew of Virginia, but the age 13 does not match  John L who is the son of Pierre Dumond and Mary Pinot, who should be 23 or 24 in 1870.  It could be the same person, and the age was written down wrong by the enumerator.  John L (probably John Louis) had lost both his parents when he was young.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Yell County, Arkansas, 5 July, Gally Rock Township, PO Dardanelle, page 7 (563), Hse #59, Fam #53
  Love, Isaac 45 M W  Farmer  $18,000 Real Estate $1000 Personal  born Tennessee
  Love, Virginia Love 40 F W  Keeping Home  born Arkansas
  Love, Louis E 14 M W At School born Arkansas Attended school during last year
  Love, Frances E 12 F W At School born Arkansas Attended school during last year
  Love, Lucinda F 10 F W At School born Arkansas Attended school during last year
  Johnson, Hesicah [Hezekiah?] 65 M W  Works around Home born Maryland
  Johnson, Julia 63 F W  Works in Kitchen  born Arkansas
  Dumond, John L 13 M W Works on Farm  b Arkansas Attended school during last year
  
  Isaac's age here matches that in 1850.  We get a bit more information also on the children, with middle initials given.  Isaac and Virginia have a new daughter, Lucinda F.  Also, Frances' name is now spelled in the expected female form.  David is out on his own at this time, and we find him enumerated as a single man working as a merchant in Jefferson County (Pine Bluff area).  (See notes for David.)
  
  1880 Federal Census, Yell County, Arkansas, 8 July, Dardanelle Township, District 18, page 52, Hse #328, Fam #353
  Love, Isaac W M 58   Farmer  TN SC SC
  Love, Virginia Love W F 57 Wife Keeping House  AR Canada AR
  Love, Lou F W F 19 Dau At Home AR TN AR
  
  Brearley Cemetery, Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas Registry
  Love, Isaac (Mason)  28 Jan 1822  29 Sep 1880
  --  http://bethg.shutdown.com/yell/ybrearley2.html
  
  Isaac Love
  BIRTH 28 Jan 1822 Georgia
  DEATH 29 Sep 1880 (aged 58) Dardanelle Township, Yell County, Arkansas
  BURIAL Brearley Cemetery, Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas, Section 3
  Spouse Virginia Dumond Love 1828-1886
  Created by Jerry W Ferguson 13 Mar 2016
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 159424164, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159424164

Sources

• 1. Brearley Cemetery, Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas Registry
  • Location: http://bethg.shutdown.com/yell/ybrearley2.html;
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Yell County, Arkansas
  • 5 July, Gally Rock Township, PO Dardanelle, page 6 (563), Hse #59, Fam #53
• 3. 1850 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 1 November, Chester Township, page 71 (141), Hse/Fam #268
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Patrick Noonan, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=1008393&pid=-2016416836&ftm=1
• 6. 1880 Federal Census, Yell County, Arkansas
  • 8 July, Dardanelle Township, District 18, page 52, Hse #328, Fam #353
• 7. 1860 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 18 July, Redfork Township, PO Redfork, page 7 (59), Hse/Fam #49
• 8. 1900 Federal Census, Yell County, Arkansas
  • 14 June, Dardanelle, District 105, page 12B, Hse #236, Fam #239
• 9. 1910 Federal Census, Yell County, Arkansas
  • 27 April, Dardanelle, District 165, page 15A, Second St, Hse #312, Fam #315
• 10. 1880 Federal Census, Yell County, Arkansas
  • 14 June, Wilson Township, District 217, page 24, Hse #163, Fam #177
• 11. 1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Arkansas
  • 12 July, Bogy Township, PO Greenback, page 5 (395), Hse #38, Fam #40
• 12. 1860 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 18 July, Redfork Township, page 71 (141), Hse/Fam #268
• 13. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957