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Maj. Alexander W. Loving, agent of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, at Milan, is a native of Madison County, born January 18, 1831, son of Dr. Wilson and Mary H. (Edding) Loving, who were born respectively in Lovingston, Nelson Co., Va., and Limestone County, Ala. Dr. Wilson Loving came to Tennessee in 1825, locating first in Madison County, and soon after in Fayette County, where he spent the greater part of his life. He died in Haywood County in October, 1870. He was a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, Pa., and was one of the most successful and thorough practitioners of West Tennessee. He was one of the leading spirits of the Whig party and held various county offices. He was very public-spirited and a man whose integrity was unquestionable. His son, Alexander W., was reared to manhood in Fayette County and secured a limited academical education in his youth. In 1855 he engaged in the commission and grocery business in Memphis, Tenn., continuing until 1859. Early in 1861 he assisted in drilling infantry and aided in organizing the Fourth Regiment, Mississippi Infantry. He then served in the ordnance department six months, then joined the Twelfth Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, and served as adjutant, with the rank of lieutenant, and at the formation of Gen. R. V. Richmond’s brigade he was promoted to adjutant-general of the same, with the rank of captain, and afterward major. At the close of the war he resumed farming, and in 1869 accepted the position of agent for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Galloway. In 1871 he was given a similar position at McKenzie, and in September, 1873, came to Milan, where he has had charge of the Memphis division of the railroad. In October, 1857, he married Sallie J. Black, and ten children blessed their union: John D., Broomie, Alphonso V., Annie Carey, Mary, Daisy, Lizzie, Ruth, Flossie and Fannie. The Captain is a Democrat, but in ante-bellum days was an old line Whig. He is president of the board of education at Milan and is a member of the K. of P. and A. O. U. W. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a deacon in the same.