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Who's the most famous citizen Boone County has ever produced? Well, actually, today it's probably Steve Cauthen, or maybe Shaun Alexander. But fifty years ago, and for many folks today, there is absolutely no question. It was John Uri Lloyd. Lloyd was one of America's leading scientists of his day, and, with his two brothers, turned his science into a lucrative company. He was a leading pharmacist in the days when the profession was transforming from quackery to science. He was also a famous novelist. Go to your favorite search engine, type in his name, and you will find, literally, over 500 sites. Or, you can visit the Lloyd Library in Cincinnati. They're here. |
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Many of Lloyd's books contained line drawings but Warwick of the Knobs and Stringtown on the Pike both contained photographs, generally of Florence, Kentucky, taken by his wife, Emma. You can see those photos by clicking here. |
Lloyd Pictures from Crittenden are in the Grant County Pages, here
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In 1933, Frank Y. Grayson, a reporter for the Kentucky Times-Star, took the opportunity to tour Boone County with John Uri Lloyd. The tour prompted a three-part series in the Times-Star, and you can read it here. (pdf) Good stuff. |
There's a very short biography of Lloyd here
There's a more detailed bio here.
The Northern Kentucky Bicentennial commission published this bio of Lloyd in 1992.
"Uri" is pronounced "your-eye;" not "your-ee." Stress the "your" syllable
Lloyd's novel Felix Moses, The Beloved Jew, is based
on an actual person named Felix
Moses, a peddler. Read all about him in this Cincinnati Enquirer article,
here. (pdf)
John Uri Lloyd wrote
this 1902 article about
witnessing a Civil War battle in Florence
Curtis Gates Lloyd
(John Uri's brother, and business
partner) and the Wildlife Refuge info are
here.
Want to buy John Uri Lloyd novels?
They're all out of print, but show
up regularly on eBay. $10
apiece will usually buy the common
ones. The Boone County Library has most of them on the shelves.
