Onton Stebley Lloyd (1890-1978)

From the Huntsville Mirror, April 4, 1953.

  Obscure Washington, D.C. resident Onton Stebley Lloyd earns a spot here on the site not only for his curious name but for his being an active Republican in his region, serving as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1956. Despite his prominence in Republican circles and the Improved Benevolent Protected Order of Elks of the World fraternal group, Lloyd's life largely remains a mystery, hence why the following article will be brief! 

  Onton S. Lloyd was born on February 22, 1890, near Fort Royal, Virginia. No information could be located on his early life or schooling, and in February of 1915 married in Washington, D.C. to Cora Austin (died 1947), to who he was wed until her death. Sources denote Lloyd being employed as a chauffeur during the 1910s, with he and his wife residing in Bethesda, Maryland well into the 1940s.

  While a good majority of Lloyd's life remains unknown, mention of his affiliation with the Improved Benevolent Protected Order of Elks can be found in several places online. In the early 1950s, Lloyd began service as a Chief District Deputy and Grand Exalted Ruler for the Columbia Lodge of the IPBOE, continuing in that role into the 1960s. 

  An active Republican in the District of Columbia, Lloyd was elected as an alternate delegate from Washington, D.C. to the Republican National Convention of 1956, where Dwight Eisenhower was nominated for a second term as president. In 1968 Lloyd was again called to service when, at the age of nearly 80, he was elected as a member of the Republican Central Committee of the District of Columbia, holding his seat for an indeterminate period.

   Widowed in 1947, Lloyd resided in the District of Columbia until his death in June 1978, at age 88. A burial location for both he and his wife remains unknown at this time.

Onton Lloyd as he appeared in 1958.

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