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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.