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Benjamin Lloyd
Benjamin Lloyd was born March 22, 1831, in Wayne County, Ind., a son of Humphrey and Rachel (Clark) Lloyd, natives of North Carolina. They were among the first settlers of Wayne County where they were married. They were the parents of ten children, of whom only four survive — Milton, Edward, Benjamin, and William, all living in Wayne County except William, who resides in Grant County, Ind. Those deceased are — David, Sallie, Esther A., and three sons who died in infancy. Their mother died in 1844 aged thirty-six years, and their father died in Grant County, Ind., in 1879, aged seventy-nine years. Our subject was reared on the home farm till he was thirteen years of age, after which he lived with James Neal, of Wayne County, till he grew to manhood. After attaining his majority he was engaged as a teamster about three years when he worked as a brakesman on the Richmond & Chicago Railroad one year. Nov. 16, 1856, he married Louisa F., daughter of Henry and Louisa F. (Loggaman) Hessman. They have two sons — John W., born Oct. 25, 1857, and Charles H., born Sept. 16, 1859. After his marriage Mr. Lloyd rented and farmed near Richmond until 1861. He then rented a farm near Indianapolis where he farmed during the summer for five years, and during the winter seasons worked in slaughter houses. In 1866 he purchased his present farm of eighty acres for which he paid $8,000 and which is now worth $150 per acre. After residing here a number of years he returned to Indianapolis and worked several years for wages when he again settled on his farm. Mrs. Lloyd's father was born in 1800 and died in 1861, and her mother was born in 1804 and is living in Richmond. They came from Germany and settled in Wayne County in 1833. They had eight children, five still living — Henry, Louisa F., William, Charles and Lewis.
Source:
History of Henry County, Indiana Chicago Interstate Publishing Co 1884, Vol. 2