BIO: Lyman C. Floyd, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 321-322.
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  Floyd, Lyman C., Ph.D., was born on March 11, 1836, in the town of 
Chemung, Chemung County, N.Y. He attended the public schools, Wyoming 
Seminary, and Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, at Lima, N.Y. Since entering 
the ministry he has studied with Illinois Wesleyan University, 
receiving therefrom the degrees of Ph.B., M.A., and Ph.D.
  He was converted at Factoryville, N.Y., when six years of age, but 
did not join the Church until sixteen years of age.
  After acting as class leader one year he was given exhorter's license 
in 1857. In 1862 he was licensed as a local preacher, and recommended 
to Conference for admission by the same Quarterly Conference. The same 
year he joined the Conference.
  On May 7, 1863, he married Miss Kate H. Kennedy, of Scranton, Pa., a 
former student of Wyoming Seminary, and a teacher in the Scranton High 
School. Five children have been born to them. Miss Grace is a graduate 
of the Woman's College of Baltimore, and Lyman C., Jr., is a graduate 
from Wesleyan University. The other three have deceased.
  He has never been a full day in bed from sickness. His excellent 
health he ascribes to his habit of a weekly fast, exercise in the open 
air, and his habit of studying in the early morning from 4 to 7 
o'clock.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1862, Lackawaxen; 1863-64, 
Windsor; 1865, Mount Pleasant; 1866-68, Candor; 1869-71, Ross Street, 
Wilkes-Barre; 1872-74, Centenary Church, Binghamton; 1875-76, Adams 
Avenue, Scranton; 1877-80, Presiding Elder on Chenango District; 1881-
82, Providence, Scranton; 1883-85, Carbondale; 1886-88, Plymouth, Pa.; 
1889-90, Carbondale; 1891-95, Simpson Church, Scranton; 1896-1901, 
Presiding Elder on Binghamton District; 1902-03, Nanticoke.