Liberty in Clay County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Lucy A. Ward Love
Born Mass., 1813
| | Died Mo., 1891 | |
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 30, 2013
1. Lucy A. Ward Love Marker
Mt. Holyoke Seminary, Mass.
Twenty-five years a teacher in
Central and Western Mo., and
with her husband, James Love,
A.D. 1855, founded Clay Seminary
Erected by the Thompson/Love Family.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Education • Religion & Religious Structures • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1855.
Location. 39° 14.568′ N, 94° 25.371′ W. Marker is in Liberty, Missouri, in Clay County. It is on Shrader Street east of Gallatin Street, on the left when traveling east. Monument is in Fairview Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Liberty MO 64068, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Missouri River Corridor and in Greater Kansas City. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Col. John Thornton (within shouting distance of this marker); Pioneer Families (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Antebellum Era (about 400 feet away); Teachers and Educators (about 400 feet away); Veterans (about 400 feet away); Reconstruction, Great Migration and Civil Rights Eras (about 400 feet away); Business Owners (about 400 feet away); General Alexander William Doniphan (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Liberty.
Also see . . . Clay Seminary Collection at the State Historical Society of Missouri. (Submitted on August 26, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 30, 2013
2. Lucy A. Ward Love Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 26, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 622 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 26, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
