John Loveless

JOHN LOVELESS descends from William Loveless who came to America. John m. Marietta, lived in Georgia, then Alabama. He was a carpenter and blacksmith, made chairs and furniture for the entire county; he is buried at .Jonesboro (now Bessemer), Jefferson Co., Alabama. Issue:

• RICHARD LOVELESS m. Letha Massey. Lived in upper part of Jefferson Co., Ala.
• VINSON LOVELESS m. Sarah McLaughlin.
• RACHEL LOVELESS m. John Hooker of Pa. They lived and died in Jefferson Co., Ala.
• MARY LOVELESS m. Joseph Nicholas.
• JOHN LOVELESS b. 7/2/1806, d. 9/16/1847, buried in Jonesboro, Jefferson Co., Ala. He m. 7/30/1827 Martha Daniel. She d. 2/29/1895, buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. He was a carpenter and cabinet maker. Issue:
  1. Lovinia Loveless b. 4/ 24/ 1830 m. 11/4/1848 Dennis Armstrong.
  2. Elvira Loveless b. 9/14/1832 m. Thomas Kimball.
  3. Parthenia Loveless b. 5/7/1834 m. 8/18/1854 William Abernathy.
  4. Martha Loveless b. 7/23/1836, d. 10/10/1851.
  5. Mary Magaline Loveless b. 8/24/1838 m. 12/2/1859 Joseph Moon. Issue:

     1. Walter Moon m. Margaret Parker.
     2. George Moon.
     3. Jack Smith Moon.
     4. Martha M. Moon.
     5. Jeanette Cynthia Moon.
     6. Edna Earle Moon.

  6. John Loveless b. 2/2/1841 m. 12/19/1866, Susan Lee, dau.of Edward "Ned" Lee and Martha Roy Lee of Shelby Co. Issue:

     1. Martha Ella Loveless b. 10/4/1867 m. 4/20/1892 T. S. Millsap.
     2. Mary Melissa Loveless b. 12/6/1869 m. 2/23/1887 Thomas 0. Jones.
     3. William Thomas Loveless b. 1/17/1873 m. 5/26/1901 Belle Parsons. Issue: Edna Loveless b. 5/17/1905 m. 9/7/1924 Herman W. Whisenant; Clara Mae Loveless b. 3/ 13/1908 m. Thomas Clyde Starnes; and Ralph Peyton Loveless b. 1/19/1912, d. 2/8/1853 m. Inez Loveless. Children of Edna L. Whisenant and Herman A. Whisenant: Edna Jo Whisenant m. Leonard L. Lonas, Jr.; Jacquelyn B. Whisenant m. Otis D. Coston, Jr.; and Herman A. Whisenant, Jr. m. Joyce Leigh Diamond.
     4. Missouri Alice Loveless b. 11/2/1875 m. 9/27/1897 Will G. Porter.
     5. Susan Frances Loveless b. 5/2 2/1877 m. 1st, 2/9/1904, Frank D. Russell, 2nd, 3/12/1913, George W. DeShazo.
     6. Nancy Louvenis Loveless b. 4/12/1879 m. 11/3/1910 Capt. I. Robson.
     7. John Edward Loveless b. 12/19/1884 m. 1st, Lizzie Betts, 2nd, 12/10/1920, "Topsie" Bertha Billups.

  7. William Loveless b. 12/11/1842 m. Jane McBride.
  8. Nancy Loveless b. 3/19/1845 m. Isaac Allender, son of Thomas Allender.
• MADISON LOVELESS m. Keziah Drake of Shelby Co., A1a. They 1ived in Bibb Co., A1a.