Ohio County, West Virginia Biography of James Francis LOVING ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Submitted by Nancy Taylor, , April 2000 ************************************************************************** The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II, pg. 437 BIO: JAMES FRANCIS LOVING, Wheeling, Ohio County JAMES FRANCIS LOVING, president of the Loving Furniture Company, Incorporated at Morgantown, was for thirteen years in the railway train service, and left that to establish his present successful business. He represents two prominent family names of old Virginia, Loving and Lamford. His great-grandfather, William Loving, was a native of Fluvanna County, Virginia, where ancestors of this name settled in Colonial times. He married Polly Williams, of Welsh decent. Their son, Richard Loving, was born in Fluvanna County and married Isabella Fisher. A son of Richard and Isabella was Richard Sidney Loving, who was born in Louisa County, Virginia, in 1839, and except for the time he was a Confederate soldier his life was devoted to the farm. He died March 6, 1874. He was in the fighting from the beginning to the end of the war between the states, his chief service being in General Mosby's command. He married Pattie H. Lamford, who was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1839 and died March 11, 1910. Her parents were Nimrod and Sally (Williams) Lamford. Her grandfather was Nimrod Lamford. Lamford is an old and prominent name in Virginia family annals. James Francis Loving was born on the farm of his parents in Louisa County, Virginia, October 1,1871. He was only three years old when his father died, and he lived on the farm during schooldays and had charge of it for several years. In `898 he took up railroading, and for three years was a brakeman with the Chesapeake & Ohio and then for ten years did service as a railway conductor. Mr. Loving located at Morgantown in 1911, and in the same year organized the Loving Furniture Company, his two business associates being S. P. Jones and C. S. Reams. Later he and George W. Davis bought the entire business and are the active officials in the present incorporated company. Mr. Loving is a member of the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce and the Baptist Church. September 26, 1907, he married Nela B. Omohundro, who was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, daughter of Charles Fitzroy and Katie (Hudson) Omohundro. Mr. and Mrs. Loving have a daughter, Frances S., who was born June 11, 1911.