Dave Lange writes:

Pete Smith writes:

Robert Hepworth Lloyd has the distinction of being the longest member of the ANA extending over a period of 83years. He was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Morris Dempster Lloyd (1864-1881) and Lillian MabelHepworth (1869-1937). His date of birth is unclear.

The Social Security Death Index gives his date of birth as May 18, 1906.Ancestry.com gives his date of birth as May 18, 1906.The Findagrave site gives his date of birth as December 18, 1906.His various obituaries did not mention date of birth.He attended the University of Buffalo and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1929. He married GladysHepworth (1904-2009) on July 15, 1935. They had a son and a daughter and were married for 74 years.

Gladys Hepworth was the daughter of Charles E. C. Hepworth (1871-1957) and Mabel (1874-1960). Charles wasthe brother of Lillian Mabel Hepworth. Thus Robert and Gladys were cousins and their marriage was legal in NewYork.

Lloyd taught business and history at Tonawanda High School from 1936 until retirement in 1966 at age 60. He alsoserved as Principal for Adult Education from 1947 until 1963.

He joined the ANA in 1926 as member #3024 on August 1, 1926. He soon contributed articles to The Numismatistwhile he was in college. In 1929 he served as secretary for the Buffalo (NY) Numismatic Association and invitedthe ANA to hold their 1930 convention in Buffalo. He served on the ANA board in 1930 shortly after graduation.He was elected president for the Buffalo Numismatic Association for 1931-32. After his term, he returned to theposition of Secretary for 1934-35. In 1934 he was appointed as an ANA District Secretary. The ANA waited until hewas 96 to give him the ANA Medal of Merit in 2001.

Lloyd was interested in paper money and compiled a monograph on published for Wayte Raymond and the Coin Collectors Journal in1953.

Lloyd enjoyed model trains and was a member of the Western New York Railway Society.

He died in Elderwood Health Care at Crestwood nursing home in Wheatfield on October 10, 2009, at age 103. He isburied at Acacia Park Cemetery in North Tonawanda, New York.

His obituary in The Numismatist included some unfortunate errors. The obituary stated, This conflicts with his membership application receivedprior to June 15, 1926, and published in the July 1926 issue of the magazine. The obituary stated, News reports state that his wife died on the following day.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
ROBERT LYNN HENDERSHOTT (1898-2005)(https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n48a18.html)