William Lloyd

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@NI04710@ NOTE>From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,

Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 70-73

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LLOYD. The Lloyd ancestors came from Wales as a body of Welsh Quakerswho

had received a grant of a large tract of land along the Schuylkillriver from

William Penn before he came to America. These Welsh immigrants, with afew

exceptions, came over in the ship "Lyon," and landed on the west bankof the

Schuylkill Aug. 13, 1682, about three months before William Penn landedat

Upland, now Chester, on the Delaware river. This Welsh tract includedthe

townships of Merion, Haverford, Radnor and others, and was situatedwest of,

and adjoining, Philadelphia.

Among the members of the Lloyd family whose names appear early in the

public annals was Thomas Lloyd, third son of Charles Lloyd, ofDolobrand,

Wales. He was a physician, and came to America with

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William Penn on the ship "Welcome." He subsequently became deputygovernor

under Penn, president of the council, and keeper of the great seal ofthe

Commonwealth. He filled the positions named for several years, anduntil his

Quaker principles prevented him from taking the oath required byEngland,

which would have bound him to participate in military affairs. It willbe

noted that some of the subsequent descendants of the Lloyd family seemnot to

have been troubled with these conscientious scruples. Thomas Lloyd'sfamily

consisted of his wife and nine children. He died in Pennsylvania Sept.10,

1694. His great-grandson and namesake, Thomas Lloyd, waslieutenant-colonel

in Col. James Burd's battalion during the French and Indian war.

David Lloyd, a cousin of the first named Thomas Lloyd, became amember of

the General Assembly in 1693, and the following year was Speaker of that

body. He was also a member of the Supreme court, and for fourteen yearsChief

Justice of the Province. He died in 1731.

Hugh Lloyd, who was prominently associated with Anthony Wayne, Thomas

McKean and other patriots, in representative assemblies when the stormof the

Revolution was gathering, was also colonel of the 3d Battalion ofChester

County troops during the war, and after our independence was achievedwas

twice a representative in the Legislature, and subsequently an Associate

Judge of Delaware county for thirty-three years, resigning after he had

reached his eighty-third year. He died the year following.

It was from the gristmill on Darby creek owned by Hugh Lloyd and his

brother, Isaac, sons of Richard Lloyd, that Washington after the battleof

Brandywine ordered the mill-stones to be removed and hidden in thewoods,

that the mill might not be of service to the British.

During the century which elapsed from the landing of these Welsh

immigrants, in 1682, the Lloyd name appears very frequently in therecords of

Delaware county, showing that, while in this lapse of time the originalfamily

had become separated into several branches, yet the members of all ofthese

were the descendants of the Lloyd Welsh Quaker immigrants of 1682.

Isaac and Rebecca Lloyd, grandparents of William Penn Lloyd, andresidents

of Delaware county, had the following children: Elizabeth, born in 1786;

Phoebe, in 1788; Joseph, in 1790; John, in 1792; Isaac, in 1793;Rebecca, in

1794; and William, the father of William Penn Lloyd, in 1796. Mr.Lloyd's

grandmother being deceased, his grandfather, Isaac, removed fromDelaware

county to Lisburn, Cumberland Co., Pa., in 1799, bringing with him his

daughter Rebecca and three sons, John, Isaac and William. He died atLisburn

in 1834. John returned to Delaware county in 1812, and died there in1850.

Isaac died in 1849, and William in 1860, both in Lisburn.

On the maternal side, Mr. Lloyd's great-grandfather was GeorgeAnderson, of

Scotch-Irish lineage. He came from Scotland early in 1700 and settled in

Chester county, Pa. In 1755 he was commissioned by Robert H. Morris -

lieutenant-governor and commander-in-chief of the Province ofPennsylvania -

a lieutenant in Col. William Moore's Chester County regiment, andserved in

the Braddock campaign of that year. He had five sons who grew tomanhood.

John and George served in the Continental army in the war forindependence.

John returned and settled in New York State, but George was never heardfrom.

The remaining three moved west of the Sus-

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quehanna river in 1787. Benjamin, the youngest of the sons, and the

grandfather of Mr. Lloyd, located at Lisburn, Cumberland Co., Pa.,James at

Martinsburg, and Nathan at Winchester, Va. Benjamin was born in 1767,and

died in 1830, at Lisburn. He married Charity Martin in 1795, and their

daughter, Amanda, married Mr. Lloyd's father in 1827. Their childrenwho grew

to mature age were William Penn and his three sisters, Mary Ellen,Margaret

Jane and Sarah Rebecca. The first named married John M. Hart, the second

George W. Ettele, and the third Frederick K. Ployer.

WILLIAM PENN LLOYD married Anna Helena Boyer May 23, 1865. She was a

daughter of Israel L. and Margaret Moser Boyer, who removed from Berksto

Cumberland county in 1841. Her paternal grandparents were Michael andDorothy

Helena Luther-Boyer, who came from Germany in 1797.

Mr. Lloyd was born at Lisburn, Cumberland Co., Pa., Sept. 1, 1837. He

worked on a farm in the summer and attended the public school in thewinter

until he reached his seventeenth year, when he was employed as ateacher. He

taught eight years, six prior to entering the army and two after hisreturn,

teaching winter sessions, and attending special schools and studyinglaw the

remainder of the year. He became a private soldier in Company G, of the1st

Pennsylvania Cavalry, Sept. 1, 1861, and was discharged with the rank of

regimental adjutant at the expiration of the term of service of hisregiment,

Sept. 9, 1864. During his last year of service he was frequentlyassigned to

duty as adjutant general of a brigade. He participated in all thecampaigns

of the Army of the Potomac during the three years' service of hisregiment,

and was present and engaged in the following battles: Drainesville,Dec. 20,

1861; Harrisonburg, June 6, Cross Keys, June 8, Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9,

Gaines Mills, Aug. 28, Bull Run, Aug. 29 and 30, and Fredericksburg,Dec. 13

- all in 1862; Brandy Station, June 9, Aldie, June 21 and 22,Gettysburg,

July 2 and 3, Shepherdstown, July 16, New Hope Church, Dec. 27 - all in1863;

Todd's Tavern, the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, May 5, 6, 7 and 8,

Childsburg, May 9, Richmond Heights and Meadow Bridge, May 12, Haws'Shop,

May 28, Cold Harbor, June 1, Barker's Mill, June 2, Trevillion Station,June

12, White House, June 21, and St. Mary's Church, June 24 - all in 1864.He

also participated in thirty-five of the skirmishes in which hisregiment and

brigade were engaged during his term of service. He was detailed onspecial

service at Camp Cadwallader, Philadelphia, and at the United StatesGarrison

at Carlisle, Pa., to organize and forward drafted men to the army, fromAug.

3 to Nov. 6, 1863: These three months, and one ten days' leave ofabsence,

cover the period of his absence from the front during his whole term of

service.

On the reorganization of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, after the

close of the war, Mr. Lloyd was commissioned division inspector withthe rank

of lieutenant-colonel, by Gov. Hartranft. He was commander of the GrandArmy

Post of Mechanicsburg, Pa., for seven consecutive years, has been amember of

the Loyal Legion since 1888, and is author of the "History of the First

Pennsylvania Cavalry."

He read law with Col. William M. Penrose, of Carlisle, for three years

prior to his army service, and on his return reviewed his course ofstudy,

and was admitted to the Cumberland County Bar April 18, 1865. He is nowalso

a member of the York and Dauphin County Bars, has been admitted to

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practice in the Supreme and Superior courts of Pennsylvania, and in the

Eastern District court of the United States, and has been a member, andthe

treasurer of the Pennsylvania Bar Association since its organizationJan. 16,

1895. He represented the 32d District, composed of the counties ofCumberland

and Adams, in the Senate of Pennsylvania, from 1890 to 1894. This wasthe

only political office for which he has been a candidate, and hismajority was

nearly three times that of any former candidate in the district. In1866 he

was appointed Internal Revenue collector for the 15th CongressionalDistrict

of Pennsylvania. This office he resigned in 1869 to accept a positionin the

Dauphin Deposit Bank, of Harrisburg, where he remained for nearlyfifteen

years. He quit the bank in 1884, and has been engaged in the practiceof his

profession in Mechanicsburg, Pa., and in the management of extensive

financial and agricultural interests, to the present date. He at oncemet

with encouraging success in the practice of his profession, it beinglargely

in the Orphans' court in the settlement and distribution of decedents'

estates, and also as counsel for large individual and corporateinterests. He

is now filling a number of important positions of public and privatetrust.

While in the Senate he gave special and untiring attention to thesubjects of

public roads, common schools, fence laws, equalization of taxation,Sunday

laws and municipal government, and since then, as a speaker and writer,has

vigorously advocated improvements in these branches of our Stategovernment.

Mr. Lloyd's family now consists of his wife, Anna H., his daughter,Mary

E., married to Dr. H. A. Smith, and his son, George E., all nowresidents of

Mechanicsburg, Pa. His eldest son, Weir B. Lloyd, died June 1, 1903,leaving

to survive him his widow, Elizabeth A., and three children, Ruth, AnnaH.,

and William Penn Lloyd, Jr., also residents of Mechanicsburg,Pennsylvania.

Mr. Lloyd's maternal ancestors were Presbyterians, and in his youth he

frequently attended the Silver Spring Church with his Uncle George andAunt

Martha Anderson, who were also residents of Lisburn. The round trip was

fourteen miles, and horse back was then the means of travel. He is anelder

in the Presbyterian Church of Mechanicsburg, and has been aSabbath-school

teacher for more than forty-five years.