OBIT: Joseph Alvan Lloyd, 1887, Jefferson Co., KY

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Submitted by: Bernadette Wallace BMWSalon1@aol.com
Date: 10 Dec 2000
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Courier Journal Louisville, Thursday Morning, March 17, 1887

Death of Mr. Joseph A. Lloyd, a Veteran of 1812 and a Hero of the Confederacy.

Mr. Joseph A. LLOYD died at 6:30 O'clock yesterday morning at the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. A. H. SMITH, 125 W. Chestnut Street. He was in the ninety-second year 
of his age and had been complaining but a few days. On Tuesday morning he was able to 
partake of a hearty breakfast. Soon after he went to bed and was never able to leave 
it. Yesterday he awoke rather early and called for a sup of water.  Five minutes
later he passed away, without a struggle, and so quietly that those around him were 
not conscious of the dissolution. 

Mr. LLOYD was in many respects a remarkable man, and at all times a popular citizen.  
The amount of vitality he displayed in his advanced days was wonderful, and until the 
last his faculties were bright and clear. The deceased was born in Fauquier County 
Virginia, March 8, 1796. His father served with distinction as an officer in the war 
of the Revolution.  Mr. LLOYD took part in the war of 1812, serving as a private in 
Capt. Wm. O. Bannon's Company, Virginia Militia. In the fall of 1846 he came to 
Kentucky.

In the fall of 1861, he resided near Bowling Green, and although then sixty-five years 
of age, he, with his two sons, entered the Confederate service. He enlisted with Gen. 
Jo Lewis, Company B. Sixth Kentucky Regiment, Volunteer Infantry.  The next year he 
was captured and imprisoned at Nashville, but was released shortly afterward through 
the intervention of friends.  He was regarded as a brave soldier and a man who never 
faltered when duty called.

Some years ago Congress passed a bill granting pensions to the survivors of the war of 
1812, who had not aided the Confederate army.  For the time this restriction cut off  
the stipend which might have reverted to Mr. LLOYD, but in 1879 Congress removed the 
disability specified in the first enactment, after which time Mr. LLOYD received $8.00 
per month, or $24.00 quarterly, for services.

In 1833 he married Miss Margaret Fenimore GHEEN, the first cousin of James Fenimore 
COOPER, and a granddaughter of Col. Wm. PEARL, of Revolutionary fame. Mrs. LLOYD is 
dead, but four children survive. These are James F. LLOYD, who has been engaged in the 
insurance business in this city for a number of years; Alexander W. LLOYD, of 
Slatesville, N.C., who is like wise in the insurance business; Mrs. A. H. SMITH, of 
this City, and Mrs. Lula L. BARNUM, who is the editor of the Social and Dramatic Era, 
a Washington, D. C., Publication. 

The Funeral will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon from 125 W. Chestnut Street. 
The deceased was a faithful member of the Central Christian Church.

(In the above list of children of Joseph A. Lloyd the name Alexander W. Lloyd I have 
also seen spelled with the middle initial (V.) Alexander Vanham Lloyd. Is listed in 
the 1890 Louisville directory living at the same address as Albert H. Smith. And also 
Alexander V. Lloyd is listed in the Civil war veterans index serving in the 6th 
Kentucky infantry) If any of these names sound familiar please email me