John Gates Cloyd was born August 6, 1844,
in Kenton County, Kentucky, third child of David J. and Mary Ann (Roberts) Cloyd. He lived
fora while in Pike County, Missouri, and with his father and
grandfather moved to Decatur,
Illinois, in 1865. He returned
to Kentucky for his wife, Miss Alice Henrietta Thomas
(1844-1923) whom he married January 16, 1867 at
Hodgenville, Kentucky. She was a daughter of Joshua H. Thomas and
born in Breckinridge County, November 26,
1844. In politics John was a Democrat. The Decatur, Illinois,
Review, March 5, 1909, has this to say Few men in Decatur had a more extensive acquaintance than JG. Cloyd both in the city and county and throughout Central Illinois. He had been traveling for the American Hominy Company for the last eight years, and previous to that he was in the wholesale and retail grocery business for himself" Their children were Mary Thomas (1867-1938), David Joshua (1868-1933), Anne Roberts (1876-1931), Howard Gates (1879-1952), and Lucy Colston (1883-1960). John G. Cloyd died March 4, 1909, and Alice H. Thomas Cloyd died August 2, 1923.
All save Lucy Colston Cloyd Miller are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois.
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