Diane From the book by Emma Piatt 1883 (reprint of course) [ Mr. W. G. Cloyd, attorney and county judge, Bement, is a native of Kentucky and "emigrated early" to Missouri. He moved from Missouri to Macon county, Illinois, in 1865, and in September, 1871 located in Bement, where he says he soon "got so poor he could not get away." He studied law with John R. Eden, at Decatur, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1871, at which time he began practicing law in Piatt county. he was elected county judge June 5, 1879, and again in 1882.] Windy