BIOGRAPHY: John 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. 173-4
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JOHN LLOYD, a prominent citizen and business man of Ebensburg, was born November 
11, 1827, in Ebensburg, Cambria county. His parents dying when he was young, our 
subject did not have any advantages for securing an education outside of those 
afforded by the common schools. He first learned the trade of a printer, and 
followed it for about three years. Then he taught school one term, and 
afterwards took a position as clerk in Ebensburg, in which capacity he was 
engaged for about three years. In 1851 he was one year at Plane No. 2 on what 
was then known as the old Portage railroad. From that time until 1859 he was in 
the mercantile business in Ebensburg with a Mr. Davis, the firm name being Davis 
& Lloyd.
     From 1859 to 1871 he speculated in various enterprises, and followed no 
regular business. At the latter date he bought one-half interest in the 
mercantile business of H. A. Shoemaker & Co., continuing it until 1878 under the 
name of Meyers & Lloyd. He was sole owner from 1878 to 1882, when he took his 
two sons into partnership, and, in the name of John Lloyd & Sons, the business 
has been carried on successfully ever since. Thus we have found Mr. Lloyd in the 
capacity of a printer, a teacher, a clerk and a merchant, discharging his duties 
in every instance with intelligence and efficiency. His versatility, however, 
was manifested in other directions. In 1858 or '59 an opposition newspaper to 
James Buchanan was started in Ebensburg, and The Mountaineer was the organ of 
Buchanan's opposers. In August, 1860, Mr. Lloyd was induced to take charge of 
it. This he did with ability and enterprise for one year.
     In 1861 Thomas Callan was elected treasurer of Cambria county for a term of 
two years. He took his office January 1, 1862, and served until August of the 
same year, when, having met with an accident which made it impossible for him to 
discharge the duties of his office, his bondsmen solicited Mr. Lloyd to take 
charge of the office, which he did, serving out the remainder of the term. In 
the autumn of 1863 Isaac Wike was chosen treasurer, and Mr. Lloyd was his deputy 
in full authority, holding this position during the term of two years. When he 
took charge of the office under Mr. Callan he noticed that the orders on the 
county were selling at a discount of from twenty to twenty-five percent., and 
the commissioners were paying from twelve to fourteen per cent. for the money. 
Mr. Lloyd, in looking over the books, found that there was much uncollected 
money, and he called the attention of the commissioners to this fact. They 
immediately agreed to collect, and Mr. Lloyd sent out notices, and succeeded in 
collecting the greater part of it, and thus put the finances of the county in 
such good shape that the orders were paid promptly and at par. This furnishes 
another instance of the sagacity and unerring foresight of Mr. Lloyd.
Since 1871 our subject has also been Adams Express agent, and, during the 
temporary absence of his brother, Abel, in 1866, he served in his place as 
station agent at Ebensburg. Mr. Lloyd is essentially a business man, and from a 
business standpoint the same tribute may be accorded him that Johnson paid to 
Goldsmith, "He touched nothing that he did not adorn." It should be added that 
Mr. Lloyd is a staunch democrat, but he never aspired to office.
     He has been twice married. Sarah Cannon, of Indiana, was his first wife, 
whom he married January 21, 1857, and to them were born three sons: Fergus and 
Harry, both are residents of Ebensburg, and are in partnership   with their 
father in the mercantile business, under the name of John Lloyd & Sons; Ira died 
in 1882, about the time of reaching his majority. In 1874 Mr. Lloyd was married 
the second time to Margaret Evans, of Cambria county.