Jack County, TX - Obituaries - J.C. Loving ************************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************************* The Jacksboro Gazette Thursday, November 27, 1902 J.C. LOVING DEAD Secretary and General Manager of Texas Cattle RaisersŐ Association The sad news reached Jacksboro Monday announcing the death of J.C. Loving. Mr. Loving, since his early youth resided in Jack and adjoining counties, and remained always closely connected with all the interests of this county until he went to Fort Worth to make his home. As that city was the great center of the cattle interests of Texas it was considered the most suitable place for the headquarters of The Texas Cattle RaisersŐ Association, and this necessitated Mr. Loving making his home in Fort Worth, he being secretary and general manager, which office he filled with perfect satisfaction until his recent illness and death. Mr. Loving still retain close connection with Jack County as he owned large ranch and cattle interests in Los Valley, which have been under the management of his son, Oliver Loving. He also had a large number of friends in Jacksboro, the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Spiller. He was kind hearted and liberal to a high degree, always contributin! g to the relief of the needy and distressed. Mr. LovingŐs death was unexpected to his many friends, as it was not known that he was seriously ill. His wife, son and daughter have the sympathy of all. Fort Worth Record: J.C. Loving, secretary and general manager of the Texas Cattle Association, died at his residence, 1221 North Street, Fort Worth, this morning of an ailment of an ailment of the stomach. His wife and his son Oliver were at his bedside. His daughter, Mrs. George Spiller, who resides at Jacksboro, the former home of Mr. Loving, has been notified and will arrive here today. George B. Loving, brother of the deceased, was also present when the end came. James C. Loving was 66 years old. He came to Texas with his parents in 1844 and had resided in Texas ever since. He had devoted his entire life to the cattle business and there was no branch of this great industry with which he was not familiar. At the time of his death he owned a large ranch about 15 miles west of Jacksboro and he was quite well to do. When the Texas Cattle RaisersŐ association was organized in 1875, Mr. Loving was elected secretary and manager of The Texas Cattle RaisersŐ Association and under his direction it grew and thrived until it became the most important and wealthiest association of cattlemen in the world. His work for the cattle business of Texas cannot be measured in dollars. In 1893 Mr. Loving moved to Fort Worth and brought his family with him. He has lived in Fort Worth since 1893. Mr. Loving was a Mason. The funeral will take place at Weatherford when the remains will be interred in the family burial lot there.