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ROBERT LLOYD
ROBERT LLOYD, of Elkhorn
Township, was born April 27, 1836, in Massachusetts, his parents being Thomas
and Rosa (McLaughlin) Lloyd, both natives of Ireland. The father, farmer by
occupation, came to America in an early day and settled down in Rhode Island,
afterward moving to Massachusetts, where he and his wife died. There are in the
family six children, four boys and two girls.
Robert was raised on a farm, remaining at home till twenty-one years of age. In 1854 he came to California, via the Isthmus, sailing from New York, and landing in San Francisco April 13, 1854. The following two years he spent in mining principally. The year of 1856 he spent working on a farm; then went to work on a threshing-machine. In 1857 he took up his present property, located on the Mercer road, which he helped to lay out in 1858-’59. In the fall of 1857 the first crop was sown, and in 1858 he commenced a general farming business; he has remained there ever since, cultivating and improving his property. He now owns 333 acres of choice farming land.
Mr. Lloyd was married in 1873 to Miss
Susan B. Murray, a daughter of Edward Murray, a native of Ireland. They have
three children living and one deceased, viz:
Gertrude, George W., Lucretia G. The home of the
Lloyds is a neat, pleasant and comfortable one, and does credit to Mr. Lloyd’s
management and business ability. When he first came to California he had but
$300 in his pocket, and to-day is one of the most
successful farmers of this section.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 408. Lewis Pub. Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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