Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: LLOYD, Henry, Feb 1879

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From the Democratic Standard Newspaper, Hollidaysburg, Blair Co., PA.
Wed. 19 Feb. 1879 issue.

DEATH of HENRY LLOYD, SR.- Wednesday afternoon last a telegraphic dispatch 
conveyed the announcement of the death of Henry Lloyd, sr., brother of Capt. 
A.M. Lloyd in Pittsburg. Mr. Lloyd was well known in this community. For 
the following particulars of his life we are indebted to the Pittsburgh 
Commercial Gazette:
Henry Lloyd died at his residence, on Fifth avenue, Fourteenth ward, at 
half past two o'clock in the afternoon. The deceased had been seriously ill for 
several days with typhiod pneumonia and his death was not unexpected, yet 
the announcement of his demise created a profound sensation in the large 
circle of his warm personal friends.
Mr. Lloyd was born in Huntingdon county on the 25th of December, 1817, and 
was at the time of his death in his sixty-second year. HIs father was one of 
the most prominent citizens of Huntingdon county. He was elected to the 
office of Sheriff there, and held other posts of honor in the gift of his 
fellow citizens. He had five sons, viz: William, Henry, John, Alexander and 
Thomas. Henry, while quite young, evinced a strong inclination to engage in a 
business which would afford him an opportunity to rise in the world, and he 
was fortunate enough to secure a clerkship in the office at Hollidaysburg of 
D. Leech & Co., the then well known forwarding and commission merchants on 
the old Pennsylvania canal. His fellow clerks there were Thomas A. Scott, the 
famous railroad king, B.F. Jones, the no less famous iron manufacturer, Gen. 
Black, and several others who afterward made their mark in the business 
world. During his residence in Hollidaysburg Mr. Lloyd became a member of the 
Presbyterian church there, of which Rev. Dr. McKinney was then pastor, and 
subsequently married a daughter of Dr. McKinney. In 1848 the firm of D. Leech 
& Co. opened an office in this city, and Henry Lloyd and George Black were 
placed in charge of it. After serving several years to the capacity of clerk, 
Mr. Lloyd found an opportunity of embarking in business for himself. The 
Kensington iron works was sold out, and Mr. Lloyd and others bo't the concern, 
the name of the firm being Miller, Lloyd & Church. Afterward the name of 
the firm was changed to Miller, Lloyd and Black, Mr. Lloyd's old fellow clerk, 
George Black, purchasing an interest in the concern, and finally in 1857, 
the deceased and Mr. Black bought out the other partners, the firm then 
becoming Lloyd & Black. This firm existed until 1873, when it was dissolved by 
the death of Mr. Black. It was during the career of the Kensington Mills under 
the direction of Lloyd and Black that the deceased amassed the bulk of his 
large fortune, which is estimated at a million dollars. After the death of 
Mr. Black the deceased bought his late partner's interest in the business and 
formed a partnership with his sons and Mr. Henry Balken, the style of the 
firm being Lloyd, Sons & Co. The works are now being carried on by this firm. 
Of late years Mr Lloyd had turned his attention to other pursuits, 
entrusting the management of the iron works to his partners. Some years ago he 
founded the Pittsburg Insurance Company, of which he was president. He was also 
president of the People's Savings Bank, a director of the M. & M. Bank, and 
one of the founders and for a long time president of the Safe Deposit company.
In all relations of life Mr. Lloyd seemed to come up to a noble standard, 
and of him it seems as if it could especially be said "none knew him but to 
love him", and certainly " none named him but to praise". Was not such a life 
a radiant success, and now that he gone it is too much to say, in view of 
his benefactions and his personal character, that "eyes full of heart-break 
will gaze wistfully adown the path he has vanished, and for the long after 
time hearts that he helped to make happy will recall his memory with gratitude 
and tears". His pastor, Mr. Holland, said "In his last hours he showed the 
most childlike Christian faith. He was a man of sterling integrity and pure 
heart, and his end was peace. To his pastor and physician, as well as to his 
family about him, he gave the clearest proof of the firmest Christian 
faith. Almost his last word were, "It's all right if I live. If I die that will 
be glory. I know that my Redeemer liveth".