"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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FRANCIS C. LLOYD is the youngest son in a family of eight children, born to
Owen and Sarah (Coleman) Lloyd, natives of Ireland and Ohio, respectively.
He was born in Morgan County, Ind., September 10, 1852. His parents were
married in Ohio and lived there until 1840, when they came to Indiana and
located in Morgan County, on a farm of 320 acres, a part of which he entered
and where, in the full enjoyment of excellent health, they at present
reside. Francis C. Lloyd was reared on the old home farm in Morgan County,
where he obtained a good education in the district schools. In 1871, he
went to Indianapolis and entered the wholesale and retail meat business,
where he remained for two years. He then went to Morgan County and
commenced farming there. In 1877, he went into the meat business in
Morgantown, Morgan County; removing thence to Martinsville, he opened a
meat market and after two years in this was elected Deputy Sheriff. In
April, 1883, he entered the grocery business and is at present carrying on
quite a successful business, one door north of the post office. In October,
1871, he was married in Paris, Ill., to Miss Margaret Norman, a daughter of
Hiram and Annie Norman, old and respected citizens of Morgan County. By
this union there were six children--Ira, Bertha, Edna, Edgar (deceased)
Effie and Harry. Mr. Lloyd and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Martinsville Lodge, No. 274, and
is a Republican.
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