Biographical Sketch of Calvin Floyd, Dent County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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Calvin Floyd, farmer, stock raiser and engineer, of Watkins township,
was born in Meigs county, Tenn., in 1849, being the son of Nimrod and
Mahala (Keller) Floyd.  The father was of English extraction, was a
farmer by occupation, and died when his son, Calvin Floyd, was quite
small.  The mother was born in North Carolina, and after the death of 
her husband she and the children, eight sons and two daughters, came
to Dent county, Mo., and settled on Dry Fork, Texas Township, where
they improved a good farm.  The mother is still living; is residing on
Pigeon Creek, where she has a farm of sixty-seven acres.  She is a 
member of the Missionary Baptist Church; has lived a widow for nearly
thirty-two years, and has reared a large family in a new and wild
country.  Her eight sons and two daughters are all living in Dent Co.,
and are among the well to do and respected citizens of the same.  
Calvin Floyd, received a limited education, and at the age of twenty-
one began for himself as a farmer.  In 1871 he married Miss Eliza J.,
daughter of C. P. Pinckney and Jane Thorp, formerly of North Carolina
and Tennessee, respectively.  They came to Dent county, Mo., at an 
early date, and here passed the balance of their lives.  The mother
died when Mrs. Floyd was quite young, and the father in June, 1888. 
He was one of the wealthy farmers of the county, was an industrious
citizen, and a good man.  He reared six children.  He was left an 
orphan at an early age, and was consequently thrown upon his own
resources, but in spite of many drawbacks, he kept steadily at work,
and soon accumulated a good fortune.  To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd was born
one child, a daughter, named Alphia.  Soon after his marriage Mr. Floyd
settled on his present farm, which consists of 529 acres, with 180 
under cultivation.  He is a good farmer, and since 1882 he has been
running a steam thresher.  He is extensively engaged in feeding cattle
and hogs, having in his present lot forty hogs and fifty-three head of
cattle.  He does his own shipping, and is one of the practical farmers
and stock raisers of the county.  He is a Democrat in politics, and his
first presidential vote was for McClellan in 1864.  Mrs. Floyd is a
member of the Baptist Church.

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