#2 Family Legend. 52 Ancestors in a Year
Albert Gallatin Lloyd or A. G. Lloyd
Albert Gallatin Lloyd was born in 1836 in St. Joseph, Missouri. His family emigrated to Oregon when he was 9 years old. Growing up in Oregon he joined the Munson’s Co. “I”, “1st” Oregon Mounted Volunteers, First Regiment under General Nesmith in 1855 to fight in the Yakima Indian Wars. Serving as Corporal, A. G. traveled in southeast Washington discovering Walla Walla County. In 1858 he married Lois H. Jasper who was 16 years old at the time of their marriage. A. G. was 21 years old. They took up a homestead near Waitsburg, Washington on 9 August 1859, Albert and his brother Calvin trailed 180 head cattle from the Williamette Valley in 1859 to claim the land, quickly building a crude hut, with a door but no windows. He went back to Oregon to fetch his wife and baby boy, John Calvin.
Albert Gallatin and Lois Jasper Lloyd
Albert G. Lloyd trailed the cattle from the Williamette Valley, driving them over the Cascade mountains by the Barlow route, south of Mount Hood. Of this band of cattle, 34 were full-blooded Durham cows. The hard winter of ’61 and ’62 and froze the ground to a depth of a foot and three to four feet of snow fell. Feed became scare and only 11 head of his cattle were saved.
His legend began when he allowed the Palouse Indians to camp on his ground as they traveled back and forth to the mountains. The friendship with the Indians developed throughout the years. In return for being allowed to camp and well as being a friend of the Indians; they gifted Albert and his family with many items. Gifts of baskets, purses, bags, and clothing. The Lloyd”s often gave them food. They lived peacefully among the Indians as their farm and family grew. The Indians respected the Lloyd family for their generosity.
The collection of artifacts can be seen at the Fort Walla Walla Museum in Walla Walla, Washington. Or online at https://www.fwwm.org
Albert G. Lloyd was elected to the Washington Territory Legislature in 1874.
President Cleveland appointed him as Register of the Walla Walla Land Office. He was appointed in February of 1894 and confirmed by the Senate. He took office in April of 1894.
RETIREMENT OF REGISTER LLOYD - Hundreds of citizens of Columbia County will be sorry to learn of the contemplated retirement of Albert G. Lloyd as register of the U. S. land office for this district. Mr. Lloyd probably has fewer personal enemies in Eastern Washington than any other man in public life, and how the charges against him came about is not known. The dispatches from Washington only state that the charges have been sustained to the satisfaction of the commissioner of the general land office, and that they are based principally upon the statement that Mr. Lloyd is not actively engaged in the performance of his duties, having left it to his clerks, one of whom, - Mr. E. C. Ross-is a republican. It is understood, how truthfully we do not know, that a land office inspector visited Walla Walla recently and reported unfavorably. The office pays $1778.65 per year. Mr. Lloyd is one of our oldest pioneer citizens, having arrived on the Pacific coast fifty years ago and a resident of Walla Walla county for thirty-six years. He fought in the Indian wars of 1855-56, and has always been noted for bravery, liberality and enterprise. (Original newspaper clipping). I have no idea which newspaper this article came from but I have found similar stories in The Seattle Post Intelligence on 20 January 1896 as well as the Spokesman Review.
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