Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 896.
 
CHARLES S. LOVELESS

     resides five and one-half miles north from Lakeview at the well known road
station, Warner Canyon or Loveless Place. He was born on January 2, 1862, in
Plumas county, California. J. W. Loveless, his father, better known as "Dave"
Loveless, was born and reared in Essex county, New York. He went to the lumber
woods in Wisconsin then to Iowa and later to Louisiana and Mississippi. In 1857,
he journeyed from Iowa across the plains, to California and did mining and
trapping. He returned to Iowa and married Emma Miller and the next year, crossed
the plains and located in Plumas county, California. His wife died there,
leaving one child, the subject of this sketch. In June, 1871, Mr. Loveless
journeyed to Oregon, settling on the Crooked creek in what is now Lake county,
being the second settler in that valley. Very few people were in the entire
country and the nearest postoffice was Willow ranch, a distance of thirty-eight
miles. During the Modoc War, Mr. Loveless carried the mail on snowshoes from his
place to Camp Warner. He was a large and very powerful man and has been known to
carry ninety pounds of mail at one load. The first fourteen winters after coming
to Oregon, he spent on snow shoes, trapping and carrying the mail. He was also
engaged in stock raising. In January, 1884, Mr. Loveless contracted a second
marriage, Roberta A. Davis. becoming his wife at that time. She died in
December, 1889, leaving two children, Frank D. and Lena A. Mr. Loveless was very
successful financially and was one of the foremost citizens of the country. He
died in 1901, being then seventy-one years of age. Our subject has spent most of
his life in this county and grew up with his father on the frontier and early
learned the stock business. He used to herd his father's sheep and soon he went
into the sheep business for himself. In 1901, he purchased the place where he
now resides, which consists of four hundred and forty acres of land, half of
which is excellent hay land and the balance is timber and pasture. He has a fine
eight room residence, very large barn, plenty of other outbuildings and all
improvements needed on the farm. He make's a specialty of raising hay and
keeping the traveling public and is widely known as a very generous and
hospitable man.
     He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and Forresters and has always taken a
great interest in building up the country and especially in educational matters.
     On April 15, 1891, occurred the marriage of Mr. Loveless and Cora B. Sloan,
who was born in Leavenworth county, Kansas, the daughter of Lemuel D. and Henrie
(Cuthenthal) Sloan, natives of Kentucky and Missouri, respectively. Mrs.
Loveless has one brother, William Albert and one sister, Mrs. Winifred Huff, the
former, older and the latter younger than she. Mrs. Loveless came with her
parents from Colorado to Lake county, Oregon in the fall of 1890. Her father
died on May 2, 1891, and then her mother returned to Kansas where she is now
living. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Loveless, Emma, Mary and
Ralph.
 
 
Transcriber's additional notes.
 
Census Indexing:
1870  LOVELACE  CHARLES SCOTT  1  M  W  CA  CA  PLUMAS  SENECA TWP 
1880  LOVELESS  CHARLIE S   11     W  CA  OR  LAKE  CROOKED CRK 
1900  LOVELESS  CHARLES S  30  M  W  CA  OR  LAKE  CROOKED CRK 
1910  LOVELESS  CHARLES S  41  M  W  CA  CA  SHASTA  MILLVILLE 
1920  LOVELESS  CHAS S  50  M  W  CA  CA  SHASTA  MILLVILLE 


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2008 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.