He raised "the largest purebred shorthorn herd" in the United States by the end of the nineteenth century.
He was a co-founder of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and served as its secretary for twenty-seven years.
James Carrol Loving was born on June 6, 1836, in Hopkins County, Kentucky.
[1] Shortly after the war, he opened a general store in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas.
[1][3] In June 1868, together with Charles Goodnight, he drove 2,300 cattle to Colorado over a period of six months.