In a capital town as Frankfort, the need for taverns and boarding houses to provide homes for legislators and other political business is a must. The Love House became a popular establishment for legislators and notables.  Aaron Burr, Marquis de Lafayette, Henry Clay and Philip Nolan stayed at Love's on their visits to Frankfort.

Through the county various religious denominations were organizing meeting houses.  However, Frankfort had no established church.  In 1810, Mrs. Margareta Brown, wife of Senator John Brown and Mrs. Elizabeth Love, wife of Thomas Love organized the first Sunday school west of the Allegheny Mountains.  Classes met in the garden of the Liberty Hall when weather permitted and in the drawing room during bad weather.  The ladies classes were intended for the spiritual education of the children.

Thomas and Elizabeth Love had children; George W. Love, who died young, Harriet Love, Mary B. Love and James Young Love, the only son to live to maturity.  He who joined Captain Dudley's Company during the War of 1812. It is said, that Elizabeth Love was filled with grief when her son enlisted.  She prepared, with her own hands, the uniform that he wore. Elizabeth Love, widow of Thomas Love, died on January 19, 1846 and was the first person buried in section N of the Frankfort Cemetery. Today her tombstone is broken in half, most of the lower half is in the ground.  The birth date, February 4, 1767 is barely legible. When Thomas Love died of where he is buried is not known.

Sources:
The Capital On The Kentucky, by Kramer
History of Franklin County, Kentucky, by L. F. Johnson
The Frankfort Cemetery . . . in Kentucky, by KGS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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