This memorial is a bronze plaque mounted on a granite plinth about three feet high on the grounds of the old Chatham School, dating from 1924, on Main Street.
ISAAC H. LOVELAND
1817 - 1888
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF HIS
LOYAL AND GENEROUS GIFT TO
THE TOWN OF CHATHAM
The following short biography is found at
Roots Web.
"He was b at Chatham, Mass., Jan'y 18, 1817, m there Sept. 3, 1841, Anna Goodwin, dau. of Isaiah Nye, b Feb'y 14, 1823, d at Chatham, Sept. 8, 1843; m 2d in Chatham, Nov. 1, 1846, Elizabeth, dau. of David Kent, b in Chatham, July 21, 1820; she d at Chatham, April 17, 1891. He d at Chatham, Dec. 4, 1888. Universalist in belief. Republican. They had, born in Chatham: i. Arthur Donnell7, b May 2d, 1859, d Sept. 22, 1859.
The death of Isaac H. Loveland, of Chatham, removes one of that town's most eminent and worthy citizens. He has been ill with an incurable disease for several years and has borne his sickness with great fortitude and resignation. He has known all along that it was a battle with death and that he would ultimately be conquered, but he has preserved his life for a long time by a systematic and careful attention to his wants.
He was born in Chatham in 1817, and was the son of Timothy Loveland. In early life he learned the trade of cooper at Bath, Maine, and after working at it at home went to New York, and afterwards to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he pursued his trade. He then returned and worked several years at the north part of the town, Old Harbor, so called. In 1848 he went to Monomony Point in company with Anthony Thacher and his brother, Timothy Loveland, and engaged in the fishing business. In this he prospered and acquired a competence. He remained there until 1866. This closed his active labors with the exception of a few years in which he went to the Point to continue the work of fishing.
He was subsequently, at the death of the late Josiah Hurdy, made director of the Cape Cod National Bank, of Harwich. On the retirement of Capt. Prince Crowell from the presidency of the bank, Mr. Loveland was made president, which position he continued to fill till by reason of failing health he was obliged to resign. He was regarded by all as a shrewd business man and a good bank officer. His death is greatly lamented by all who knew him."