CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO - BIO: JAMES GLOYD (1881)

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CRAWFORD COUNTY
HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, p.741
CHICAGO
BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS
186 DEARBORN STREET
1881

BUCYRUS TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO

JAMES GLOYD, merchant, Bucyrus, is the son of Samuel and Rebecca Gloyd, and was born Aug. 1, 1811 in
Hampshire Co., Va. The days of his youth were spent on a farm and his educational advantages were limited. In
1821, his father removed his family to Ohio, settling in Richland Co., where Plymouth has since become a town of
some importance. He was compelled by the exigencies of the time and his father's condition in life, to work hard
and was allowed but little time for recreation or education. Young James remained with his father until he attained
to his majority and then commenced to work by the month at meager wages, continuing some two years, until he
was able to purchase some land. He was a farmer in Richland Co. until the new division of the county, and
continued as a citizen and farmer of Vernon Township until 1873, being the possessor of some four hundred acres
of land and also managing a steam saw-mill. During his residence in the township he was one of its prominent
citizens, and for four years he kept a store at Liberty Corners. As a farmer and business man he was uniformly
successful. In 1873, he came to Bucyrus and has been living there ever since. He has been a partner in the large
mercantile establishment of Malic & Gloyd since 1876 and is recognized as a business man of ability and
enterprise. He was first married March 26, 1835 to Charlotte Wethewill, a native of England. Of this marriage five
children survive out of eight born to them: Henry, Ira (both farmers in Missouri); Rebecca, wife of C. G. Malic;
Amy Dickson, widow of the late Andrew Dickson. Jr., and Anna, wife of Emanuel Magner. The first wife of his
affections departed this life Jan. 13, 1873 and April 27, 1876 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Ruth Plants, widow
of the late Jeremiah Plants. Mr. Gloyd is a business man of tact and commendable enterprise, his dealings being
characterized with honesty and uprightness and he has always commanded the respect of his fellow-citizens.