Biography of Floyd G Smith of Lapeer and Van Buren Counties, Michigan Copyright © 1997 by Candy Grubb. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. _____________________________________________________________________ >From "History of North Washington" Published 1904 Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLOYD C. SMITH Floyd C. Smith, a popular and skillful tonsorial artist, has now a leading and first class shop in Northport, Washington, where he has resided since 1895. His standing in this city is of the best and he has made a very successful record financially. Floyd C. Smith was born on April 8, 1869, in Pawpaw, Michigan, being the son of Sidney T. and Lydia (Teller) Smith, natives of Pawpaw and Lapeer county, Michigan, respectively, and now residing near Moscow, the former being sixty-five years of age and the latter fifty-seven. Our subject has one sister, Mrs. Maude Blaire, whose husband, Fred Blair, is a machinist of Spokane. When young, Fred C. went with his parents to McCook, Nebraska, and there engaged in railroading, having gained his education before leaving Michigan. In 1892 he came with his parents to Seattle and there engaged in the barber business. It was in 1895 that Mr. Smith landed in Northport, having made the journey from Moscow with team and wagon. An invoice showed his financial holdings to be very small indeed, but he soon secured a shop and went to work and has since continued in the business with a very gratifying patronage. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Red Men and the A.O.U.W. In 1892 he was elected treasurer of the city of Northport, his name appearing on the Socialist ticket. On October 6, 1896, Mr. Smith married Mrs. Bertha Evans and to them two children have been born, Eva L. and Reta M.