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Alfred Edson Gloyd

Birth	:	17 Dec 1841 Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA
Death	:	23 Jun 1909 Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	East Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Mausoleum, Bloomington, McLean County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.4893990, -88.9263992
Description	:	OBITUARY Spencer Paper - June 30, 1909 Alfred E. Gloyd was born December 17, 1841 at Delavan, Wisconsin. When very young he removed to Kilbourne City the same state. He , in the spring of 1861 inlisted in Co. E. 12th Wisconsin Regiment but was discharged for disability the following spring. In the spring of 1864 he went to Montana and has spent nearly all of his life in the west being engaged in ranching largely. Owing to increasing physical infirmities he found refuge in the Soldiers home at Sautell, California... Read More	OBITUARY Spencer Paper - June 30, 1909 Alfred E. Gloyd was born December 17, 1841 at Delavan, Wisconsin. When very young he removed to Kilbourne City the same state. He , in the spring of 1861 inlisted in Co. E. 12th Wisconsin Regiment but was discharged for disability the following spring. In the spring of 1864 he went to Montana and has spent nearly all of his life in the west being engaged in ranching largely. Owing to increasing physical infirmities he found refuge in the Soldiers home at Sautell, California until July 1907 when he came to Spencer. Until within a few weeks he has made his home with his sister, Mrs. D. C. Gillespie but at the time of his death he was residing with his brother, Gurdeon. Death came to him on Wednesday, the 23rd day of June, 1909 and the burial services were held last Friday the 25th of June conducted at the home of his brother by Rev. Ernest E. Day of the Congregational church and at the grave in Riverside cemetery by the Masonic Lodge of this place. Mr. Gloyd is survived by two sisters, Mrs. D.C. Gillespie, of this place, and Mrs. A. D. Smith of Redfield, South Dakota, also two brothers, Gurdeon and J.R. Gloyd, of Spencer. **This is as copied out of the paper, regarding spellings. Progressive Men of the State of Montana I Mansfield Library I The University of Montana-Missoula I 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812-9936--page 384 Alfred E. Gloyd - One of Montana's sterling "old timers," anything written of this gentleman will be read with interest by his many friends. He was born in Walworth county, Wis., December 17, 1841. His father, Levi gloyd, was a native of "classic old boston," whence he removed to Wiscousin about 1840, and then devoted his active life to merchan dising and to farming. His wife, whose maiden name was Clarice Parsons, was born in New York, and of their eight children Alfred E. Gloyd was the second and of the five yet living. He received education in the public schools and in the high school at Delton, Wis. In 1860, he enlisted as a private in the Twelfth Wisconsin Volunteer infantry, when not twenty years of age, and in September, 1861, and accompanied his regiment into camp at Madison, and then to western Missouri and to Leavenworth, Kas., where Mr. Gloyd was discharged from the service for physical disability, resulting from illness. He did not regain his health until the spring of 1864 and he then started for the west. He came with bull teams across the plains to Salt Lake City from Wisconsin, stopping for the winter in Provo, Utah, and the next spring came to Montana, arriving in Virginia City on the second of June. Mr. gloyd engaged in placer mining in Alder gulch until fall, and then began prospecting in Brown's gulch and was in this line of work until 1868m, when he began teaming for the smelter at Argenta, later returning to Brown's gulch to work on his claims. He was next employed at Summit and thereafter was in the employ of others or working for himself until 1877, when he went to Willow creek, where he conducted the hotel and stage station for three years. He disposed of this business in 1880 and returned to his home in Wisconsin, where he passed eleven months, returning to Montana in Novenber, 1881. Soon after his return he was apointed under-sheriff of Madison county, and held this position for six years, under Sheriffs M. D. Platner and J. B. Caruthers, residing in Virginia City during this time. During this time Mr. Gloyd purchased a ranch in the upper Ruby valley, where in 1887, he took up his residence and devoted his attention to farming and stockraising until 1891. Mr. Gloyd made his home in the village of Laurin, where he has since been engaged in business. Mr. Gloyd holds membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, and he is also identified with Virginia City Lodge NO !, A. F. & A.M., and with the Order of the Eastern Star. In politics he gives support to the Republican Party. He never married.

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Alfred Edson Gloyd's memorial is located at: East Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Mausoleum, Bloomington, McLean County, USA.
When did Alfred Edson Gloyd death?
Alfred Edson Gloyd death on 23 Jun 1909 in Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.4893990
Longitude: -88.9263992

Family Members:

Parent

Clarissa Parsons Gloyd

(1820 - 1891)

Siblings

Frances Maria Gloyd Gillespie

(1849 - 1937)

James Randolph Gloyd

(1852 - 1931)

Florence L. Gloyd Smith

(1858 - 1933)

Gurdon Parsons Gloyd Sr.

(1862 - 1922)

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