New-York tribune., 1909-07-10
LIFE RIVALS FICTION
Captain Lloyd, Once Confederate
Spg. Dead IN Ne1o Rochelle.

Captain George W. Lloyd. who took part In the
Dorr Rebellion against the restriction of suffrage
property owners in Rhode Island, served as d
spy in the Confederate army, and after the civil
War was thirty-hve years guardian of the grave
Of Thomas Paine in New Rochelle, died yesterday
afternoon in the Westchester County Almshouse or
OLD age. Only few weeks ago Mayor Raymond
and the aldermen of New Rochelle visited LLOYD at
the amshouse. al Eastview and asked superin-
tendent Lawrence to make him as comfortable as
possible. body will be taken to New Rochelle
where Lloyd widely known. and the funeral
viii probably be made public affair
Captain Lloyd was born in Providence and was a
member of the famous New England family of that
name He was turned out of school after having
attended only three weeks. and his only subsequent
education obtained from reading the dictionary
In youth ne developed radical views on the subject
of personal liberty which had strong influence
on his career. He of the leaders of the
Dorr Rebellion and knew Dorr intimately. For his
connection with this affair he obliged TO leave
the state to escape imprisonment Shortly after his
arrival in New York he married Mary y. jackson.
daughter of George Jackson, gunner in the War
of 1872.
A few years before the outbreak of the Civil War
Captain Lloyd came to New Rochelle where he was
appointed a place in the New York Custom House
under Buchanan. The feeling between the North
and South then at its height. and Lloyd. true
his extreme convictions the subject Of personal
liberty found himself in the position of advocating
state rights at the cost of negro slavery.
His bitterness became emphatic that in 1861
he actually for the office of Supervisor OF New
Rochelle platform indOrsing the Confederate
constitution. Lloyd stirred up such a feeling In
New Rochelle that October 16 1851 band OF
citizens visited his home at night and threatened 70
lynch him and burn the house unless he hung out
the Stars and Stripes. This ne refused 10 do, and
escaped from his captors and fled to New York
His experience so enraged him that he Joined the
Confederate army as spy.
In the siege of Richmond Lloyd did duty for the
various generals as a spy. He caught on
several occasions. but played his role so well that
he was discharged from custody In the great
seven days fight he drove ambulance and
helped to bring in the wounded TO the hospitals,
principally the old Cheesebrook Hospital near
Market street Richmond 1t was during this time
that Lloyd Is said TO have been keeper in Libby
Prison, and there veterans in New Rochelle
who still declare that they him peerinG glee-
fully into their cells while they were suffering
from hunger and disease This Captain Lloyd al
ways denied.
Captain Lloyd returned TO New York in 1854 in
disguise carrying secretly five hundred letters
from General Wender provost marshal Of Rich
mond, TO Northern sympathizers OF the Confed-
eracy. He kept by friends in New YORK TOT
some time before he dared TO come to New
Rochelle Secret visits his wife and family were
made at night He finally assured Of his
sa fetv and induced to return by Captain Cults.
one of the best known residents of New Rochelle
After his return Confederate sympathzers in New
York offered Lloyd $1,000 TO take information back
To- the South but he refused. He great ad-
mirer OF Tom Paine. and Tor nearly thirty
wears he has been the custodian of Paines grave.
in North street New Rochelle, keeping the plot in
order without compensation. Captain Lloyd was
a well posted man on many subjects and always
displaved a cheerful disposition in his ad-
Versity.