W. Z. Lloyd

W. Z. LLOYD, farmer, P. O. Elliott, Montgomery Co., Iowa, was born in Ohio June 26, 1840. His father, David Lloyd, was born in England, and was a farmer; he died in Iowa in 1863 Subject's mother, Anna (Williams) Lloyd, was born in England, and died in Kansas in 1872. His parents had ten children, all of whom are living. Mr. Lloyd has a common-school education. He began life for himself as a renter in 1865. He has served his township in the capacity of Postmaster, Justice of the Peace, Treasurer, Collector, etc. He enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, Third Brigade, Fourth Division and Seventeenth Army Corps. He served three years, and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865. On September 2, 1868, he was married to Miss Hannah Hughes, born in Burlington, Iowa, November 6, 1847; her father, John Hughes, was born in England, and died in Iowa in 1848; her mother, Winifred (Owens) Hughes, was born in England, and is living in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd have five children — Gracie, born January 20, 1871; Winifred, February 11, 1873; Ernest, March 7, 1875; Mary Ida, March 17, 1877; and David Garfield, September 27, 1880. Mr. Lloyd located in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, in 1871, buying eighty acres at $12 per acre, and he now has 320 acres, worth about $40 per acre. His residence is beautifully ornamented on the west by a grove of about two and a half acres. He has on his farm seventy head of fine cattle and about one hundred and fifty head of hogs. He is a Republican.

SOURCE: John H. Keatley, History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p. 259