James A. Campbell
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Below is part of an "EDITOR'S NOTE following Oliver Loving's Apr 12, 1862 letter to Col. James Bourland" from my book.
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“When Oliver Loving delivered a herd of about 1,000 of cattle to Denver CO in 1861 and stayed there until he sold them (probably several weeks), he was arrested and thrown in the Denver jail because he was a Southern Sympathizer. His friend Chris ‘Kit’ Carson, a Lt-Col. in the New Mexico Volunteer Union Army that defeated the Confederates at Santa Fe, bailed him out of jail. I think the thing they had in common was they were both Freemasons. ..." per a direct descendant of Oliver Loving.
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Oliver Loving was a Bourland desc.: Col. James Bourland was a 1st cousin, once removed, to Oliver Loving of Palo Pinto Co TX, son of Susannah Bourland (c1787-1842/50) and Joseph Loving (1786-1842), and grandson of Martha Slaton and Wm. M. Bourland (d-1806).
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