====== Sophia Webster Lloyd ======
The decendent of Massachusetts governor John Webster, Sophia Webster was married to [[nelson_lloyd|Nelson M. Lloyd]] and gave birth to [[john_uri_lloyd|John Uri Lloyd]] in [[1849]] in West Bloomfield, New York. ((Sebree 1951:1)) The family moved to [[burlington|Burlington]] in [[boone_county|Boone County]], Kentucky in [[1854]] when Nelson was employed as a railroad surveyor. When the [[railroads|railroad]] opportunity fell through, both Nelson and Sophia taught at schools first in [[Petersburg]] and then in [[Florence]]. Known for her published poetry, she died in 1903.
===== More Information =====
* Francis Sebree's //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/30827/0|Biographical Sketches from the Life of John Uri Lloyd]]//
==== Related websites ====
* //[[http://www.archive.org/details/poems01lloygoog|Poems of Sophia Webster Lloyd]]// on the Internet Archive
* [[https://lloydlibrary.org/wp-content/themes/Lloyd_wptheme/finding-aids/Sophia%20Webster%20Lloyd%20Papers%201820-1903.pdf|Resources]] at the [[https://lloydlibrary.org/|Lloyd Library and Museum]]
===== Related Topics =====
* [[john_uri_lloyd|John Uri Lloyd]]
* [[nelson_lloyd|Nelson Lloyd]]
* [[Lloyd family]]
* [[Women of Boone County]]
* [[Biographies]]