Capt. Lewis Love (1818-1903), born in Chautauqua Co., NY. He married Nancy M. Griffiths in Marion Co., Illinois, in 1836. They came across the plains in 1849 and settled in what would become North Portland, near the Columbia River. He was a pioneer industrialist and land developer in Multnomah and Clark Counties, as well as a farmer, gristmill operator, lumber manufacturer, and ferry operator.