James Carroll Loving was the son of Oliver and Susan Daggett Morgan Loving. He was the husband of Mary Ellen Willett Loving.
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James' father, Colonel Oliver Loving, was one of the earliest pioneers and cattlemen in Jack county and west Texas, and in that part of the state the family still retain large interests. For years none connected with the great industry were better known than the Lovings, Oliver (the father) and James C. (the son). The latter was at the height of his prosperity, influence, popularity and energy when the cattlemen responded so heartily to the suggestion that they organize for mutual benefit and the business good of the state. When, therefore, the Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas was organized at Graham, Young county, in February, 1877, James C. Loving, of Jack county, was elected to the office of secretary, which carried with it the most active and heaviest burdens connected with the systematic promotion of the cattle interests of the state. As long as Mr. Loving lived his position was secure, and he held it, by successive re-elections, until his decease, November 24, 1902. He also filled the office of treasurer from 1879 to 1893, and that of general manager of the association from 1884 until his death. To James C. Loving, more than to any other one man has always been freely accorded the honor of bringing the great success which has marked every distinct step taken by the association. At the death of Mr. Loving, his grandson, E Berkeley Spiller, entered the office of the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association and served under four different administrations . (A History of Central and Western Texas, Vol 1, Captain B. B. Paddock, The Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1911 -)