HENRY LOVIN
History of Arizona, page 59

Henry Lovin, Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors of Mohave 
County, has been prominent in the business, political and civic 
affairs of Mohave County for many years. He was born in Richmond 
County, North Carolina on the 27th day of June, 1865 and is a son 
of Squire and Elizabeth (Webb) Lovin, of whose four children he is 
the youngest. He received his education in the country schools of 
his native county and before he had attained his majority he went 
to Florida as manager of an orange grove. In 1887 he came to 
Phoenix, Arizona where he and W.W. Ward set out the second orange 
in that district. He remained there two years, after which he was 
for the same length of time in Prescott, where he was employed in 
the mercantile department of the Phelps-Dodge Corp. In 1893 he 
came to Kingman, where he established a mercantile business and 
also engaged in mining operations, being one of the original 
owners of the Gold Road mining Company, as ell as in several 
other paying mines.  Later for a number of years he was engaged 
in the cattle business but disposed of the last of his cattle 
this year at a considerable loss owing to the drought. He is 
the owner of well improved ranches at Francis Creek, Grant 
Valley and Chloride.

Mr. Lovin was married to Ruby Roe, a native of Nevada who died in 
1911, leaving two children, Fannie and Elizabeth.  In 1923 Mr. 
Lovin married Cora Thompson, of Louisiana.  He is a member of 
Kingman Lodge 468, BPOE and Kingman Lodge No 7, IOOF.  Mr. Lovin 
had an active part in the organization of the state government 
of Arizona.  He was a member of the constitutional convention 
of 1912 and was also elected to the first and second state 
senates.  He served from 1900 to 1904 as sheriff of Mohave 
County.  He has been a member of the County Board of Supervisors 
for the past six years and is now Chairman of that body. He is a 
man of progressive and up to date ideas, is generous in his 
support of all worthy causes and has contributed freely of his 
time and exerted his influence for the building up of his 
community, for which reasons he commands the respect and good 
will of all who know him.

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