Emeline, daughter of Jonas Hobart and Polly Farr, was born March 1, 1837, in Carthage, Hancock County.  She died November 2, 1868, and was buried at Webster Cemetery, Fountain Green Township, Hancock County.

Benjamin and Emeline's children were:

i.	Ida L. Bloyd, born October 4, 1856, in Fountain Green Township.  She died June 2, 1884, probably in Hire Township, McDonough County, Illinois, and was buried as Friendship Cemetery in Tennessee Township, McDonough County.
ii.	Sada Francina Bloyd, born November 5, 1858, in McDonough County, probably Hire Township.  She died December 17, 1941, at Carthage, Hancock County.  Interment at Central Cemetery, Hire Township.
iii.	Hiram Bloyd, born January 7, 1866, in McDonough County, probably Hire Township.  He died November 29, 1929, in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, burial at Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock County.

On October 5, 1869, Benjamin married Mrs. Mary White (nee Austin).  Mary was born July 2, 1836, in New York (date calculated from tombstone inscription), the daughter of Francis B. and Eleanor Austin.

Mary was the widow of Thomas B. White, who had been killed during the Civil War at the Battle of Champion Hills in Mississippi.

At the time Mary and Benjamin were wed, only two of her seven children by Thomas White were still living: Mansel and Freeman.

Benjamin and Mary became the parents of:

Mary died March 19, 1875, probably in or near Fountain Green Township.  Benjamin buried her by Emeline at Webster Cemetery.

Benjamin died 10 years later, on May 17, 1885, and he, too, was laid to rest at Webster Cemetery.

Emerson Bloyd, 27, male, farmer, born IN
Charity, [no age], female, born KY
William, [no age], male, born IL, attended school within the year
Jefferson, [no age], male, born IL, attended school within the year
Benjamin Bloyd, 22, male, laborer, born KY

Benjamin Bloyd, 34, male, farmer, value of real estate 1050, value of personal estate 485,
born KY
Emaline, 23, female, born IL
Ida, 3, female, born IL
Sada, 1, female, born IL
Leander Bloyd, 9, male, born IL [nephew]
Francis, 18, male, born IL [relationship undetermined]

Bloyd, Benjamin, 42, male, white farmer, value of real estate 4000, value of personal estate 3500, born KY, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Mary, 33, female, white, keeping house, value of real estate 4000, born NY
Sadie, 11, female, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Ida, 13, female, white, born IL, attended school within the year
[White], Mansil, 14, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
[White], Freeman, 10, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Hiram, 4, male, white, born IL
Borzee, Alman, 20, male, white, born Kanzas, attended school within the year

Bloyd, Benjamin, white, male, 52, widower, farmer, born KY, father born SC, mother born KY
Hiram, white, male, 14, son, single, at home, attended school within the census year, born IL, father born KY, mother born IL
Guy, white, male, 6, son, single, at home, born IL, father born KY, mother born NY
Skien, William, white, male, 23, married, farmer, born IL, parents born - not known
Mary, white, female, 27, wife, married, married in January, keeping house, born KY, both parents born KY