David Hall Love was a Texas War for Independence veteran. At the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, he and 11 comrades captured 220 enemy soldiers, and on orders of Gen. Sam Houston he walked the next day to Harrisburg with news of the Texan victory. For military service he was granted 640 acres of bounty land, from which he later donated the Fairfield townsite. He held offices in his church and served as precinct justice. A native of Tennessee, he was married twice and had 8 children.