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    Famous Residents Lewis Allen Dr. Ida Catherine Bender Louis L. Berger, Sr. Dorothy Goetz Berlin John Blocher Wilson S. Bissell Al Boasberg Willis Haviland Carrier George Cary Shirley Chisholm George Clinton Dr. Frederick Cook Jessica Brown Cornelius Joseph Dart August Esenwein Millard Fillmore Millard Powers Fillmore Mary Abigail Fillmore Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore Frank H. Goodyear Erastus Granger Charles W. Goodyear William Hengerer Katharine Pratt Horton Kathleen Howard Red Jacket Rick James Mary Elizabeth Johnson Rev. Leeland Newton Jones Jr. Edward Austin Kent Irvine Kittinger Edward Kleinhans Seymour H. Knox II Northrup Knox William P. Letchworth Daniel Lockwood Maria Love Brigadier General Albert Myer John R. Oishei Dr. Roswell Park Ely Parker George N. Pierce Samuel F. Pratt George Rand Mary Jane Rathbun Major General Bennet Riley Anna Katharine Green Rohlfs Aaron Rumsey Rev. Willie Brown Seals John N. Scatcherd Jacob Schoellkopf Col. George H. Selkirk Prince Kyril Scherbatow Sidney Shepard Elvin J. “Shep” Shepherd William J. Simon Jr Annie Singleton Rev. Bennett Smith, Jr. Alfred P. Southwick Elbridge Spaulding Margaret St. John Victoria Sutherland Mary Burnett Talbert Edwin R. Thomas Charles Townsend Margaret L. Wendt America Pinckney Peter Williams William Fargo Cyrus Lazelle Warner Eidlitz William Buchanan Charles Reidpath Lawrence Bell John E. Brent James Tillinghast Ehrhardt Koch

    Maria Love

    Visionary philanthropist

    Maria Love died on July 19, 1931 at the age of 91.  Born in Clarence, N.Y., she was a philanthropist and social visionary from an elite Buffalo family.   Her father, Judge Thomas C. Love, was a veteran of the War of 1812, where he was wounded and captured at the American sortie at Fort Erie in 1814.  He later became a prominent local abolitionist.  Her brother was George Maltby Love, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his capturing the South Carolina battle flag during the Civil War.  Maria Love was a staunch Episcopalian and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  She was one of the most prominent adherents to the "Social Gospel," a movement among late 19th century Protestants who were fervently humanitarian and interested in the solution to urban problems, especially poverty.   In 1881, she established the Fitch Crèche, at 159 Swan Street in Buffalo.  She did so  after a trip to France where she became aware of the plight of children of working mothers.  The Fitch Crèche was nationally recognized as the first day care center for the children of working women in the United States - one which would serve as a model to be emulated by other American  cities.  She also worked with William Prior              Letchworth to make arrangements for children from Buffalo orphanages to have two-week stays at his home at Glen Iris.  In 1903, Miss Love organized a group of 31 prominent Buffalo women to raise funds and implement a program of convalescent respite care for mothers and their children. This was the beginning of what is known today as the Maria M. Love Convalescent Fund.  Maria Love is buried in section F in Forest Lawn. 

     

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