OBIT:  LLOYD, John; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA; 1911

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 6 Jan 1911
Volume 45, Number 1


Aged John Lloyd Dead 
Well Known Banker and Business Man is Called Across Dark River
Long Connected with Ebensburg Institutions

One of Oldest Men in County

The funeral of the late John Lloyd, who died at his home in the Center 
Ward last Sunday evening at 5 o'clock was held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 
o'clock from his late residence. The services were in charge of the Rev. 
T. R. Taggart, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Hugh Rowland of 
the Calvinistic Methodist Church and the Rev. Robert J. Roberts.  

Interment was in Lloyd Cemetery.  Mr. Lloyd was taken ill about six months 
ago and had never fully recovered from the effects of a stroke of 
paralysis he suffered at that time.

Probably no one had longer been actively identified with the business life 
of the county than John Lloyd.  He was born in this place Nov. 11, 1827, 
when the larger part of Cambria County was yet a wilderness.  His parents 
dying when he was young he did not have any advantages for securing an 
education outside those offered by the public schools. He first learned 
the trade of a printer and followed it 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.

Starts Mercantile Business

From 1859 to 1871 Mr. Lloyd speculated in various enterprises and followed 
no regular business.  During the latter years he bought a 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. In 1858 or 
1859 an opposition newspaper to James Buchanan was started in Ebensburg 
and the MOUNTAINEER was the organ of Buchanan's supporters.  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 Jan. 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 
asked 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 from 20 to 25 per cent and the commissioners were paying from 
12 to 14 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 the fact. They immediately agreed to collect and Mr. 
Lloyd sent out notices and succeeded in collecting the greater part of it 
and this put the finances of the county in such good shape that the orders 
of the county were paid promptly and at par.

Long Express Agent

The deceased has been agent of the Adams Express company for 30 years and 
during the temporary absence of his brother, Abel, in 1866, he served in 
his place as station agent in Ebensburg.  Mr. Lloyd was 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."  Mr. Lloyd in politics was a staunch Democrat but he never 
aspired to office.

Mr. Lloyd was twice married. Sarah Cannon of Indiana, Pa., was his first 
wife whom he married Jan. 21, 1857 and to them were born three sons, 
Fergus and Harry, who conduct the mercantile business under the name of 
John Lloyd & Sons and Ira, who 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.  No children were born to this union.