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MRS. LUCY (LOVE) VOMBURG
One who enters actively into
fraternal and social life in San Joaquin County, being in thorough harmony with
the growth and progress of Lodi and environs, is Mrs. Lucy (Love) Vomburg, who
was born and reared in Kentucky, and comes from a very distinguished
family. She is a daughter of Colonel S.
P. and Jane (McConnell) Love, the former born in Lincoln County, Kentucky, May
10, 1826. In 1846, in Garrard County,
Kentucky, S. P. Love enlisted as a private, Captain Donovan commanding, and
served in the Mexican War. He also
served in the frontier trouble in Missouri, and later he was discharged at
Buena Vista. In 1849 he moved to
Muhlenberg County and married Miss Jane McConnell. In August of 1861, S. P. Love was
commissioned lieutenant-colonel in the 11th Kentucky Infantry, under
Colonel P. B. Hawkins. In May of 1863,
Colonel Hawkins resigned and S. P. Love then became colonel of the
regiment. He was engaged in the Battle
of Shiloh and was in full pursuit of General Bragg’s army; he took part in the
siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, and served under General Burnside in eastern
Tennessee; he was also with Sherman’s army from Ringgold to Atlanta, and was
discharged on December 16, 1864. In 1897
he was called upon to help compile the history of the 11th Kentucky
Infantry for the “History of the Union Regiments of Kentucky,” and was of great
assistance to the historian. He was the
father of eleven children, namely: Mrs.
Dan Mosley, John G. Love, Mrs. Edward L. Yonts, Mrs.
Annie R. White, Mrs. H. F. Young, Mrs. George Gossett, Mrs. J. W. Vomburg, Mrs.
Henry Nunan, Mrs. George A. Hillebert,
Mrs. Henry Bruce Barkis, deceased, who was the first wife of Henry Bruce
Barkis, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work; and Lucien T., deceased
in 1896. Colonel Love passed away at
Greenville, Kentucky, on March 26, 1903, and was buried with full military
honors.
Lucy Love grew up in Kentucky and
was well educated. In that state, also,
she married Mr. J. W. Vomburg, late of Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky,
where he was the proprietor of a meat market.
Mr. Vomburg died, leaving his widow and three children: Joseph L., of Detroit, Michigan; Harry L., of
Los Angeles; and Nannie B., now a sophomore in the Lodi high school. Soon after her husband’s death in Kentucky,
Mrs. Lucy (Love) Vomburg, accompanied by her daughter, Nannie B., came out to
Lodi, where she has since been housekeeper for Mr. Henry Bruce Barkis, her
brother-in-law, whose first wife was Miss Fanny Love, an older sister. A favorite daughter of Kentucky, she was
heartily welcomed to California, where she has become a leader in fraternal and
social circles. She is a prominent
member of Flora lodge of Rebekahs, No. 162, of Lodi; the Woman’s Relief Corps;
of Irena Dutton Tent, No. 37, Daughters of Civil War Veterans, and the Woman’s
Club of Lodi. She has won a host of
friends who deeply appreciate her sterling worth and public-spirited efforts. As chairman of the refreshment committee of
the W. R. C., she has gained the love and respect of all.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1171. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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