BIOGRAPHY: Griffith J. 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. 88
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GRIFFITH J. LLOYD, a progressive farmer of Cambria township, is a son of John 
and Jane (Vaughn) Lloyd, and was born near Beulah, in Cambria township, Cambria 
county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1824.
     His paternal grandfather, Griffith Lloyd, was born in North Wales, but 
emigrated to America in 1818. He brought his wife and family with him, and first 
located in Philadelphia; here they remained one year. In 1820 they moved 
westward, and settled at Beulah, where Mr. Lloyd passed the remainder of his 
life, engaged in farming. He was a member of the Congregational Church, and, 
while in his native country, followed the trade of a weaver.
     John Lloyd, father, was born in North Wales June 6, 1795, and at the age of 
twenty-three came to this country in company with his father and family. They 
finally settled near his father in Cambria township, upon a piece of vacant land 
containing one hundred and forty acres, and afterwards purchased one hundred and 
sixty acres more from John Evans. He had learned the trades of a weaver and 
stone-mason in his native country, but, after coming to this, followed 
agricultural pursuits exclusively. In early life he was a member of the 
Congregationalist Church, but finally became identified with the Christian 
Church, in which he was active.
     On May 6, 1816, he wedded Jane Vaughn in Wales. She was born in North 
Wales, May 8, 1790, and became the mother of eight children, three sons and five 
daughters; Jane died during the voyage to this country; Nancy, died in girlhood; 
John J. resides in Marshall county, Iowa; Griffith J. is the subject of this 
sketch; Elnora, deceased, was the wife of David Jones; Anna, deceased, was the 
consort of George Wilson; Thomas, deceased, was a lumber merchant of Ebensburg, 
the county seat of Cambria county; and Phoebe, the relict of Stephen Lloyd, of 
Nebraska.
     Griffith J. Lloyd was reared upon a farm, and has been engaged in the 
pursuits of husbandry most of his life. In 1854, he purchased the old homestead, 
which contains one hundred and forty-six acres. He also owns an interest in a 
valuable tract of timber land situated in Blacklick township, this county. He is 
a member of the Christian Church, and in politics is a republican. He has filled 
various local offices, among which are: assessor, auditor and school director.
     His marriage on December 7, 1852, with Mary, a daughter of David Powell, 
resulted in the birth of five children: Jane A. is deceased; John C. is a 
farmer, and resides near Iowa city, Iowa; Jerry, who resides at home with his 
parents, is a successful teacher of Cambria county, and is taking the normal 
course in the Indiana State Normal school; Hattie resides with her brother, John 
G., and Lilly is at home with her parents.