A cattle rancher and pioneer of the cattle drive, Oliver Loving, along with Charles J. Goodnight, developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail.
Born in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on December 4, 1812, Loving, the son of Joseph and Susannah Mary Bourland Loving, grew up to be a farmer in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky. He married Susan Doggett Morgan in 1833 and ten years later, he and his brother and sister, along with their families, moved to the Republic of Texas. There, he acquired over 600 acres of land in Collin, Dallas, and Parker Counties, where once again, he farmed and worked as a freight hauler.
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