John Jacob Loud was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts back in 1844 to John While Loud and Sarah.  He graduated from Weymouth High School later attending Harvard College.  He graduated from law school in the class of 1866.  He was admitted to the Suffolk County Bar in 1872.  Law did not suit him so he joined his father working for the Union National Bank as an assistant cashier.  His father died in 1874, he assumed his position as cashier and remained in the post until he resigned in 1895 for health reasons.  He was a member of the Union Congregational Church, the Maine Genealogical Society, New Hampshire Genealogical Society, and several of the societies.  He was a descendant of Francis Loud, originally of Ipswich, Massachusetts and Mayflower passengers William Brewster and John Alden.  H... 07/27/2021

Ruth Watson was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania to John and Lillian back in 1927.  In 1952, she began her education and training in the nursing program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.  It was there she met William who she married in 1955. That same year she graduated with her RN diploma and was recognized as the recipient of the Letitia White Award for the Highest Academic Average and the Florence Nightingale Medal for Excellence in Nursing Practice.In 1959, she graduated with her bachelor’s degree in nursing, she received her master’s degree in medical/surgical nursing from Teachers College, Columbia University.  She was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 1971.  In 1973, she was invited to join the United States medical delegati... 07/28/2021

Robert Waldorf Loveless was born in Warren, Ohio back in 1929.  At 14 he altered his birth certificate and joined the Merchant Marine, later serving as an Air Corps control tower operator in Iwo Jima. He witnessed many fight in bars where this gave him an idea, more on that in a moment.After being discharged he attended Chicago’s Armor Institute of Technology.  In 1951, he returned to Ohio and studied literature and sociology at Kent State.  In 1953, he returned to the Merchant Marine on a tanker.  While in New York City, New York he wanted to make a purchase only to find out there was a nine-month waiting list, so he decided to make his own and as they say the rest is history.  What you may not know about Robert AKA Bob Loveless is that he was an American knife maker.  He designed the ... 07/26/2021

Harry Love was born in Vermont circa 1810, he left home at an early age to be a sailor.  Ending up in Texas he fought in the Mexican-American War with the U.S. Army.  By 1846, he served as a scout, an army express rider and led an exploration up the Rio Grande.  By 1850, he joined the California Gold Rush but was unsuccessful in the mines.  He wound up being a Deputy Sheriff in Santa Barbara, California.  By 1852, he was working as a bounty hunter.  In 1853, California Governor John Bigler started the California Rangers placing Harry as the commander.  By order of the governor he gave Harry specific order to capture or kill Joaquin Murrieta.  On the morning of July 25, 1853 near Monterey four men were killed, two captured and three escaped.  One of the men killed was Murrieta, assuring ... 07/24/2021