JUDGE JAMES M. LOVE. AMES MADISON LOVE, son of John and Mary His father died while he was a mere lad. His widowed mother removed to Zanesville, Ohio, when the sub ject of this sketch was twelve years of age. His opportunities for obtaining an education were limited and his school days ended at the age of fifteen. From his earliest boyhood he was a devourer of books and libraries were his delight. His habits of study were such that he attained by himself a thorough mastery of English Grammar and of Rhetoric, for to become a skilled writer and speaker was his ambition. Without a teacher he mastered the first six books of Euclid. English Classics in prose and verse were his constant study. For a brief period he pursued the study of Latin and Mathematics at the Zanesville Academy. His study of Mathematics led him to engage in Civil Engineering under the late General Samuel R. Curtis, then in charge of government improvements of the Muskingum river. Returning to Virginia he began the study of Law in the office of an older brother, Thomas R. Love, with whom he remained one year, and then completed his course in the office of Judge Stillwell, of Zanesville, Ohio. |