Floyd C. Darling Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1266-1267 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	FLOYD C. DARLING, deceased, was a native of the great Buckeye 
state, having been born in Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, on the 18th of 
February, 1853, and being a son of Russell and Mary (Laraway) Darling. 
He received his educational training in the public schools of Ohio, and 
as a youth became identified with the great railroading industry. At the 
age of twenty-two years he engaged as locomotive fireman on the line of 
the Erie Railroad, between Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio. He was 
faithful and capable and in due time advancement came, and in 1879 he 
was placed in charge of err engine. In 1883 he came to Aberdeen, and was 
given an engine on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, which he 
continued to run until his death. He was punctilious and careful in the 
discharge of his responsible duties and to this fact was due the 
excellent record he made, no serious accidents having marred his 
experience as an engineer. 

	In politics Mr. Darling was a member of the Republican party, and 
he held the Knights; Templar degree in the York Rite of the Masonic 
fraternity, and also the thirty-second degree in the Ancient Accepted 
Scottish Rite, being a popular member of the various bodies of the order 
in Aberdeen, including the temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the 
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was also a knight commander of the Court 
of Honor and was also a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive 
Engineers. 

	In Titusville, Pennsylvania, on the 20th of June, 1873, was 
solemnized the marriage of Mr. Darling to Miss Margaret McCauley, who 
was born in Pennsylvania. Of this union were born six children, 
concerning whom we enter the following brief record: Viola is the wife 
of Arthur W. Oliver, of Victor, Colorado; Etta is the wife of Orville 
Gard, of Aberdeen; Nellie is the wife of John Clawson, of Aurora, 
Illinois; Margaret is employed in one of the leading mercantile 
establishments in Aberdeen, and Ruby is a member of the class of 1906 in 
the high school. Flora, the fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. Darling, died 
in Cleveland, Ohio. The eldest daughter was formerly the wife of the 
late Eugene A. Lamb, who was proprietor of the Aberdeen marble works and 
brick yard, and three children were born of this union, Gertrude, 
Francis and Marie. Mrs. Darling is a member of the Catholic church. Mr. 
Darling died April 3, 1904.