[4] Lovering moved around between Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York during his adult life, rarely able to maintain steady work.
[5] Lovering and many of his family members suffered from a form of muscular atrophy known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome that limited their ability to walk.
"[2] [6] In 1819, Lovering published his most famous work, Drummer's Assistant or Art of Drumming Made Easy, with Philadelphia's Bacon & Co. [3] It featured what he called a "mode of notes" that he claimed to have invented.
Despite his claim, the notation style is actually quite similar to that of George Robbins, Isaac Day, and other sources from the late 18th and early 19th century, though not likely directly stolen or infringed upon.
Later in life, Lovering and his sister reportedly scammed the U.S. government for their father's pension, which they received some portion of in 1856.