According to Dr. King's book on Maries County, all of the Love Family are descendants of Isaac Love and his wife Phoebe Conley. They came from Tennessee with their entire family in 1832, settling in the Spring Creek Area.

They had 12 children and at least half of them lived to maturity in Maries County.
Isaac had a son named John who had 6 children: John E., Phoebe, Malinda, Martha, Polly and another who married a Moreland. John E. Love married Cynthia A. Pinnell.
Polly married twice: 1st: Ferdinand Reike, 2nd: Ed Morgan James.
Martha Jane married George Miller.
Phoebe married George's brother, Thomas Miller.
Malinda married their cousin, William W. Miller.

I will try to identify these Loves as they appeared in later census.

=================Spring Creek Twp=================

1880 census: Maries County, (Spring Creek Twp)---------------
Joseph Love married Clarissa Ostrander, 4/22/1876.
Clarissa Love age 25 (ILL) father (Ny) mother (ILL)
Samuel D. age 3 (Mo)
Bertha M. age 1 (Mo)
(living with her mother, Rachel Ostrander)
1900 census; (Spring Creek Twp)--------------------------------
Joseph Love age 45 (Mo)
Clarissa age 47? (45) (ILL)
Bertha M. age 21 (Mo)
Oliver age 17 (Mo)
John age 15 (Mo)
Mandy age 13 (Mo)
1920 census: (Spring Creek Twp)--------------------------------
Clarissa Love age 65 (wd)
James M. age 38
Charles G. age age 10 (gr-son)

1880 census: (Spring Creek Twp)
Henry J. Love age 35 (Tn) parents (Tn)
Julia A. (Benton) age 28 (Mo)
Henry E. age 6 (Mo)
Mary B. age 2 (Mo)
Dialtha Love (Armstrong) age 66 (Wd) mother (Tn)

1910 census: (Spring Creek Twp)--------------------
Nellie Love age 26 (wd) (Mo)
Elbert age 4 (Mo)
(living with sister & brother-in-law, Thomas & Edie Skaggs)
1920 census: (Spring Creek Twp)--------------------
Elbert L. Love age 13 (Mo)
Eugene Love age 6 (Mo)
(living with their aunt & uncle, Thomas & Edith Skaggs)

1910 census: (Spring Creek Twp)
John Love age 25 (Mo)
Liza age 19 (Mo)
Charles age 4 months (Mo)

1910 census: (Spring Creek Twp)
Joseph T. Love age 55 (Mo)
Clarice age 55 (ILL)

1920 census: (Spring Creek Twp)
Viola Love (Davis) age 25 (wd) (Mo)
Davis age 4 (Mo)
Lurline age 3 (Mo)
(living with her parents, Charles & Esther Davis)

1920 census: (Spring Creek Twp)
Samuel M. Love age 78 (wd) (Tn)
(living with his daughter & son-in-law, Ara & Minnie Ballance)

=================Jefferson Twp==================

1880 census: (Jefferson Twp)-----------------------
Isaac Jasper Love age 23 (Mo) parents (Tn)
Mary E. age 20 (Mo)
Minnie M. age 1 month (Mo)
1900 census: Jefferson Twp)------------------------
Isaac Jasper Love age 44
Mary E. (Moreland) age 40
Minnie M. age 20 married L. O. Smith.
Warner W. age 17
Lee H. age 15
Wena W. age 13 married Lehnhoff.
1910 census: (Jefferson Twp)------------------------
Isaac J. Love age 53
Laura (Creech) nee (Wallace) age 37 (2nd wife)
Paul Creech age 17 (step-son)
Austin Creech age 15 (step-son)
Sylvia Creech age 12 (step-dau)
1920 census: (Jefferson Twp)------------------------
Isaac J. Love age 64
Emma Lea age 45

1880 census: (Jefferson Twp) (son of Isaac Love Sr.)
Harvey C. Love age 67 (Tn) father (N.C.) mother (Tn)
Martha (Sands) age 64 (Tn)
Joseph W. age 25 (Mo) married Rhoda E. Beckman, 9/8/1881.
Martha E. age 23 (Mo) married Columbus A. Imboden, 3/10/1883.
Benjamin F. age 20 (Mo)
Lee D. age 18 (Mo) married Eliza Ann Imboden, 6/8/1883.
Harvey B. Love married Mary Nipp, 2/8/1872.

1900 census: (Jefferson Twp)------------------
Lee D. Love age 38 (Mo)
Eliza A. (Imboden) age 38 (Mo)
Henry A. age 16 (married Leona Pearle Jett)
Hattie E. age 14 (married Alexander Mathews)
Gertie B. age 13 (married Hans Peter Scouby)
Wellington L. age 10 (married Myrtle Gehlert and Bessie)
William E. age 6 (married Claire Bacon)
Guy Franklin age 4 (married Lillie Belle Gehlert)
1910 census: (Jefferson Twp)------------------
Lee D. Love age 48 (Mo)
Eliza A. age 49
Gertie B. age 23
Wellington age 20
William E. age 16
Franklin Guy age 13
1920 census: (Jefferson Twp)------------------
Lee D. Love age 58
Eliza A. age 59

1920 census: (Jefferson Twp)
Guy Franklin Love age 22 (Mo)
Lillie B. (Gehlert) age 25 (Mo)
Myrtle I. age 5 (Mo)
Marcella D. age 3 (Mo)
Ray F. age 11 months (Mo)

1920 census: (Jefferson Twp)
Wellington L. Love age 29 (Mo)
Dollie M. (Gehlert) age 24 (Mo)
Ruby I. age 2 (Mo)
Harold E. age 4 months (Mo)
Jacob A. Love age 80 (wd) uncle

1920 census: (Jefferson Twp)
William E. Love age 25 (Mo)
Clara A. (Bacon) age 26 (Mo)
James Lee age 6 (Mo)
William Verner age 3 (Mo) married Marguerite Unfrield

1900 census: (Jefferson Twp)
Benjamin F. Love age 35 (Mo)
Elisa age 18 (Mo)
Martha age 85 (wd) mother (Tn)

1880 census: (Jefferson Twp)
John Love age 39 (Mo)
Permelia J. (Fritts) (Bradshaw) age 38(Tn)
Stephen W. age 19 (Mo) married Lou Smith, 10/26/1882.
Thomas L. age 14 (Mo)
William N. age 12 (Mo)
Walker A. age 10 (Mo)
Delora C. age 7 (Mo)
Etta E. age 2 (Mo)

1910 census: (Jefferson Twp)
John Love age 37 (Mo)
Louise age 30 (Mo)
George W. age (Mo)
James S. age 2 (Mo)

1920 census: (Jefferson Twp)
John Love age 52 (Mo)
Emma J. age 45 (Mo)
George age 23 (Mo)
Mabel age 14 (Mo)
Thomas age 12 (Mo)
Joseph age 10 (Mo)
Reba age 6 (Mo)

1910 census: (Jefferson Twp)
Benjamin Triplett age ??????(Mo)
Eliza J. age 27 (Mo)
David B. Love age 8 (Mo)***********
Ernest F. Love age age 7 (Mo)********
Mayme/Mamie F. Love age 3 (Mo)*****
Naman W. Triplett age 13 months (Mo)

================Johnson Twp==============

1900 census: (Johnson Twp) moved from Jefferson Twp.
John E. Love age 59 (Mo)
Permelia J. age 58 (Tn)
Etta E. age 23 (Mo)
1910 census: (Johnson Twp)-------------
John E. Love age 69
Permelia J. age 68

1880 census: (Johnson Twp)----------------------------
Jacob A. Love age 41 (Mo)
Margaret C. (Roberson) (Coppedge) age 41(Tn)
Laura L. age 12 (Mo)
Waldo P. age 9 (Mo)
Martha M. age 8 (Mo)
William M age 2 (Mo)
George T. Coppedge age 20 (Mo) (step-son)
James A. Coppedge age 18 (Mo) (step-son)
1900 census: (Johnson Twp)-------------------------------
Jacob A. Love, age 61
Margaret C. age 61
Martha M. age 28
1910 census: (Johnson Twp)-----------------------
Jacob A. Love age 71
Margaret C. age 73? (71)

1910 census: (Johnson Twp)
Waldo Love age 39 (Mo)
Minnie age 29 (Mo) parents Sweden.
Annie age 13 (Mo)
Irene age 10 (Mo)
Georgia age 6 (Mo)

1880 census: (Johnson Twp)---------------------------
John E. Love married Cynthia A. Pinnell, 1/17/1869.
John E. Love age 35 (Mo) parents (Tn)
Cinthia A. age 31 (Mo)
Minnie B. age 8 (Mo) married Albert B. Shinkle.
Ina M. age 6 (Mo) married Joseph O. Bassett, 10/29/1893.
Robert Lee age 3 (Mo)
Charles A. age 9 months (Mo)
1900 census: (Johnson Twp)---------------------------
John E. Love age 55 (Mo)
Cynthia A. age 52 (Mo)
Charles E. age 20 (Mo)
John R. age 17 (Mo)
Oran/Owen? Clarence age 14 (Mo)
Nellie E. age 11 (Mo)
Sarah E. West age 18 (Mo) (servant)
1910 census: (Johnson Twp)---------------------------
John E. Love age 65
Cynthia age 61
John Rainey age 27 (divorced)
Bertha I. age 9 (gr-dau)
1920 census: (Johnson Twp)---------------------------
John E. Love age 75
Cynthia age 71

1910 census: (Johnson Twp)----------------
Clarence O. Love age 24 (Mo)
Minnie age 24 (Mo)
Edgar K. age 3 (Mo)
1920 census: (Johnson Twp)---------------
Clarence O. Love age 33
Minnie age 34
Ray E. age 13
Eleanor L. age 2 (married Jack Allen ,10/23/1936.

1920 census: (Johnson Twp)
Frances Love age 53 (Wd) (Mo) female
Guy age 14 (Mo)
Fanny age 8 (Mo)

1910 census: (Johnson Twp)
Charles Love age 30 (Mo)
Maud age 27 (Mo)
Flossie age 7 (Mo)
Earl Keeney age 20 (Mo) (cropper)

1900 census: (Johnson Twp)
Ella D. Love age 17 (Mo)
(Living with her mother, Ida Heady age 56 (Wd)

1900 census: (Johnson Twp)
Robert L. Love age 22 (Mo)
Della H. age 21 (Mo)
Mamie L, age 4 (Mo) married Earl Butler
Bertha I. age (May 1900) married William Motl.

1900 census: (Johnson Twp)------------------
Joseph W. Love age 44(Mo)
Rhoda I. (Beckham) age 38 (Mo)
Walter F. age 17
Della E. age 14
Everett L. age 12
Elbert A. age 11
Nellie M. age 3
1910 census: (Johnson Twp)------------------
Joseph W. Love age 55
Rhoda age 48
Lee "Everett" age 22
Nellie age 13
Grace O. age 8
1920 census: (Johnson Twp)-------------------
Joseph W. Love age 64
Rhoda age 58
Grace Olive age 18 (married Albert Bray)

1920 census: (Johnson Twp)
Everett L. Love age 31 (Mo)
Nellie B. age 29 (Mo)
Pauline H. age 6 (Mo)
Helen M. age 4 months (Mo)

1910 census: (Johnson Twp)
Mayme/Mamie Love age 13 (Mo)
(living with her grandparents, David & Martha Gardner)

MARRIAGES:
Virginia Ann Love to Jacob C. Stockton, 12/19/1875. (Harvey Love's girl)Sarah E. Love to C. W. Hays, 6/4/1876. (Harvey Love's girl)
Eliza Jane Love to Flower Light, 3/16/1879.

I am not researching the Love Family. I just put together some information for the people who are. In hopes it will help someone.

DeVere