W. A. Lloyd, resident and farmer of the Tenth District of Lauderdale County,
was born in Orange County, N. C., December 17, 1840, and is a son of Sydney S.
and Susan M. (Barbee) Lloyd. The father was born in North Carolina, January
19, 1807, and located in Haywood County, Tenn., in 1844, but in a short time
moved to Lauderdale County, locating near Henning Station, where he remained
until 1855, when he moved to the farm where our subject now lives. He settled
the farm and built a log house on it, which is still standing. He died
December 6, 1879. The mother was born September 3, 1814, in Orange County,
N. C., and died in 1867. W. A. Lloyd was raised on a farm, and worked for his
father until the war, when he entered the Confederate service in Company G.,
Fourth Tennessee Infantry, and was badly wounded at the battle of Shiloh, in
April, 1862, just above the right ankle, shattering the bone and disabling him
from further service, so he returned home and resumed his farming. In 1866 he
commenced merchandising at Oak Grove, and continued until 1868, but since then
has given all of his time to farming. December 13, 1866, he married Margaret
(Selina) Hanna, daughter of John Hamilton and Martha Hanna. Nine children were
born to them: Sidney Merritt, Rosa Viola, Mason Allen, Lizzie Ozella, Fred
Aulston, Lina Etta, Mattie Ella, Tommie Hanna, who died August 14, 1885, and
Nora Ida. Mr. Lloyd is regarded as one of the most substantial citizens of
the county, and is a self-made man, as his educational advantages were
limited. He is a Democrat, and a man of strict integrity.

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN