BIOGRAPHY: John G. LLOYD, Cambria County, PA 

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From Wiley, Samuel T., ed. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria 
County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1896, p. 174-5
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JOHN G. LLOYD, a county commissioner of Cambria county, and a son of Abel Lloyd, 
was born February 17, 1856, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He was educated in the 
common schools of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. At the age of twelve years he 
commenced to carry the mail for the railroad company, and has been in the 
service of the railroad company ever since, having learned the business in the 
office of his father. In 1881 he engaged in the coal business on his own account 
in Ebensburg. He continued in this business until 1887, when he was nominated 
and elected commissioner as minority candidate. In 1890 he was again elected as 
minority commissioner and in 1893 as majority commissioner, the position he now 
holds.
     In 1892 he entered into a partnership with a Mr. Tibbott, in the grain and 
feed business, under the firm-name of Tibbott & Co. Mr. Tibbott sold out to Mr. 
Ferguson, and the business was continued in the name of Ferguson & Co. Mr. Lloyd 
is now out of business, except as assistant agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
company at Ebensburg, and as county commissioner. The father of Mr. Lloyd owns a 
one-third interest in the Moore syndicate which controls about twelve thousand 
acres of land. Mr. Lloyd himself is interested in the Springfield syndicate, 
which controls about one thousand acres of the finest coal land in the county. 
The lumber on this tract has been sold. In addition he is largely interested in 
other real-estate enterprises in the county and State.
     Mr. Lloyd is an ardent republican. He has served as a congressional 
conferee, and in many ways has been prominent in the councils of his party. It 
was largely through his influence that the county officers are Republican, and 
the political power was thus wrested from the Democratic party. All his work for 
his party has been strong and distinct, all his business enterprises have been 
ably and successfully conducted.
     Mr. Lloyd married Miss Mary Griffith, a daughter of Evan Griffith, and to 
this union have been born four children: Mazie, Elsie, and Charles Gardner are 
living; Joseph died young.