COURTLAND C. LLOYD is one of the popular and progressive young agriculturists of Jefferson township, and is a reprehensive of one of the honored pioneer families of Williams county.  He was born on the ancestral homestead, in Center township, this county, on the 6th of November, 1874, and is a son of David and Sophia (Snyder) Lloyd, the former of whom was born in the State of Vermont, the Lloyd family being of Welsh extraction and having been founded in New England in the Colonial epoch.  David Lloyd first married Miss Emily Welch, likewise a native of Vermont, and she died in Williams county, O., having become the mother of four children, namely: Mary, who is the widow of William Morris and resides in Gladwin county, Mich.; Frank, who is deceased; Alice, who is the wife of Daniel Ridenour, of Defiance county, O., and Emma, who likewise re- sides in Defiance county.  Martin Lloyd, father of David, came from Vermont to Ohio in an early day and settled in Center township, Williams county, being one of the pioneers of that section, where he passed the remainder of his life.  He was a soldier in the war of 1812.  David Lloyd came to the county about 1842 and lived on the old homestead farm until his death, which occurred in 1898.  He was one of the representative farmers of the county, was a Democrat in his political allegiance and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also his widow, who still lives on the home farm, which comprises one hundred and eight acres.  David and Sophia (Snyder) Lloyd became the parents of two children, of whom the subject of this review is the elder.  His sister, Edith, is the wife of Edward Harold, and they reside on the old Lloyd homestead, in Center township.  Courtland C. Lloyd received a good public school education and remained on the home farm until 1891, when he purchased his present fine farm property, in Jefferson township, the same comprising eight acres.  The land was wild and rough at the time when he took possession, but he has developed the same into one of the valuable and attractive farmsteads of the county, having cleared all but five acres.  He has secured from the place five thousand five hundred cords of wood, besides timber for manufacturing.  The farm is under effective cultivation and the owner also has been very successful in the raising of live stock, including cattle, horses and mules.  In politics Mr. Lloyd is a stanch Republican and he has shown a lively interest in public affairs of a local nature.  In the autumn of 1904 he was elected clerk of Jefferson township, being also clerk of the school board, while he made an honorable and almost successful race for the nomination on the Republican ticket for county clerk, in 1905.  He is affiliated with Fountain City Lodge, No. 113, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in Bryan.  Oct. 22, 1899, Mr. Lloyd was united in marriage to Miss Edna Wilson, who was born in St. Joseph, township, this county, being a daughter of Philander E. and Fanny M. (Hopkins) Wilson, likewise natives of Williams county.  Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd have an adopted son, Russell.
Source: The County of Williams, A History of Williams Co., Ohio, Part 2, Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Assn., 1905 - Page 472