Tennessee-born Annie M. Carpenter, one of a family of 10 children, grew up hearing stories of her pioneer forebears and came to Navarro County with her parents in 1876. She taught school in the area before her marriage in 1901 to William F. Love. Determined to preserve local heritage, she collected historical objects during the 1930s for a museum room at the county courthouse, and in 1933 she published her "History of Navarro County," based on research and interviews with surviving pioneers. For a time, Mrs. Love lived at this homestead in the Corbet community.