Henry Herman Floyd was born July 23, 1849 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts and died September 4, 1906 in Goodland, Sherman, Kansas and was buried in Goodland. Henry was reburied in Abilene to be next to his wife. Henry was the son of Benjamin P. Floyd and Sarah Parsons (Milton) Floyd.
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BIOGRAPHY
HENRY H. FLOYD, firm Rice & Floyd dealers in general stock, sash, lumber, doors, blinds and building material, stock $10,000. They have done business as a firm since 1873, being the oldest established business of the kind in Abilene. Mr. Floyd began the above business in the spring of 1871, and continued until the above copartnership. He was born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1849. Was raised and educated in his native State, finishing his education in the Putnam Academy. He located in Abilene in the spring of 1870. He is now Mayor of the city and Clerk of Grant Township, and director of the First National Bank, secretary of Dickinson County Fair, and a stockholder in the Johntz & Rice flouring mills. Has a cattle ranch under the firm name of Floyd & Boardman. They have 600 acres fenced and 100 cattle.
William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
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The Goodland Republic
Fri., Sept. 7, 1906
H. H. FLOYD Dies of Cancer
End Came Peacefully At 5 o'clock A.M. Wednesday
Great Sufferer for Several Weeks—Lived in Goodland for Past Nine Years
H. H. Floyd, for nine years a resident of Goodland, most of which time he was the local manager of the Foster Lumber company of this city, but for the last year a partner in the real estate firm of Floyd & Sapp, died at his home at Tenth and Broadway at 5 o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, September 4, the cause of his death being cancer of the bowels.
Mr. FIoyd apparently has been a man of large physical powers, and no one knew that he was to be the victim of any serious malady, not even Mr. Floyd and the members of his family, until a few months ago, when he began to experience pain and uneasiness in the lower extremity of the stomach. This was thought to be a symptom of biliousness or something of that sort, and Mr. Floyd took a vacation to rest and recuperate, going to Pueblo to take the minerals baths there. He did not improve, but returned in a weaker condition than when he went. The doctors of this city were called to diagnose the case, and while they were not absolutely sure at first, they were suspicious of the presence of cancer in the upper portion of the bowels. Mr. Floyd's decline became more and more rapid, which only revealed the certainty of the malady and its hopelessness. The doctors were convinced that nothing could be done, and that even an operation would be futile. He suffered exceedingly, and the pain could only be relieved by the use of hypodermic injections and opiates. He was unable to take any nourishment during the last week of his illness, and for the last two or three days preceding his death, lay in a comatose condition until the end came at 5 o'clock Wednesday.
Mr. Floyd is survived by a wife and four children, all of whom were present at his bedside when he died. The children are Louise, who has been making her home with her parents in Goodland; Mrs. A. T. Tart, whose home is in Beatrice, Neb.; a son, George, who has also been living in Goodland with his parents, and a son, Herman, who is in the jewelry business in Alexandria, La.
Mr. Floyd came to Kansas in 1870 from Newberryport, Mass., where he was born July 23, 1849. After emigrating to Kansas, he married Amanda Mahan of Abilene, December 25, 1875. Abilene was their home until 1897, when the family came to Goodland. At Abilene, Mr. Floyd owned and operated a lumber yard, and was considered one of the wealthy men of that place. The people of Abilene came to have a great regard for Mr. Floyd, and he was mayor of that city for several years. In the course of events, he came to Goodland, his first employment being the management of the Foster lumber yard, in which capacity he served for some time. After severing his connection with that company, he did not enter into any particular business at once, but about a year ago the real estate firm was formed with H. H. Floyd and G. W. Sapp as partner which business was continued until the time of his death. The firm has been in a prosperous condition from the start, which enabled Mr. Floyd to build himself a nice home on Broadway, and get ready to settle down and enjoy the things of life. At the time of his death, he was justice of the peace of Goodland and city clerk for the Goodland council. He has always discharged his duties faithfully, was a man of quiet manner, and one for whom the people of Goodland and the county and the highest respect.
The funeral services will be held at the home Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Contributor: LeAnn Burchfield (47596251) •
Above information provided by Joni Spellman Krause (#46983668)
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BIOGRAPHY
HENRY H. FLOYD, firm Rice & Floyd dealers in general stock, sash, lumber, doors, blinds and building material, stock $10,000. They have done business as a firm since 1873, being the oldest established business of the kind in Abilene. Mr. Floyd began the above business in the spring of 1871, and continued until the above copartnership. He was born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1849. Was raised and educated in his native State, finishing his education in the Putnam Academy. He located in Abilene in the spring of 1870. He is now Mayor of the city and Clerk of Grant Township, and director of the First National Bank, secretary of Dickinson County Fair, and a stockholder in the Johntz & Rice flouring mills. Has a cattle ranch under the firm name of Floyd & Boardman. They have 600 acres fenced and 100 cattle.
William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
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The Goodland Republic
Fri., Sept. 7, 1906
H. H. FLOYD Dies of Cancer
End Came Peacefully At 5 o'clock A.M. Wednesday
Great Sufferer for Several Weeks—Lived in Goodland for Past Nine Years
H. H. Floyd, for nine years a resident of Goodland, most of which time he was the local manager of the Foster Lumber company of this city, but for the last year a partner in the real estate firm of Floyd & Sapp, died at his home at Tenth and Broadway at 5 o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, September 4, the cause of his death being cancer of the bowels.
Mr. FIoyd apparently has been a man of large physical powers, and no one knew that he was to be the victim of any serious malady, not even Mr. Floyd and the members of his family, until a few months ago, when he began to experience pain and uneasiness in the lower extremity of the stomach. This was thought to be a symptom of biliousness or something of that sort, and Mr. Floyd took a vacation to rest and recuperate, going to Pueblo to take the minerals baths there. He did not improve, but returned in a weaker condition than when he went. The doctors of this city were called to diagnose the case, and while they were not absolutely sure at first, they were suspicious of the presence of cancer in the upper portion of the bowels. Mr. Floyd's decline became more and more rapid, which only revealed the certainty of the malady and its hopelessness. The doctors were convinced that nothing could be done, and that even an operation would be futile. He suffered exceedingly, and the pain could only be relieved by the use of hypodermic injections and opiates. He was unable to take any nourishment during the last week of his illness, and for the last two or three days preceding his death, lay in a comatose condition until the end came at 5 o'clock Wednesday.
Mr. Floyd is survived by a wife and four children, all of whom were present at his bedside when he died. The children are Louise, who has been making her home with her parents in Goodland; Mrs. A. T. Tart, whose home is in Beatrice, Neb.; a son, George, who has also been living in Goodland with his parents, and a son, Herman, who is in the jewelry business in Alexandria, La.
Mr. Floyd came to Kansas in 1870 from Newberryport, Mass., where he was born July 23, 1849. After emigrating to Kansas, he married Amanda Mahan of Abilene, December 25, 1875. Abilene was their home until 1897, when the family came to Goodland. At Abilene, Mr. Floyd owned and operated a lumber yard, and was considered one of the wealthy men of that place. The people of Abilene came to have a great regard for Mr. Floyd, and he was mayor of that city for several years. In the course of events, he came to Goodland, his first employment being the management of the Foster lumber yard, in which capacity he served for some time. After severing his connection with that company, he did not enter into any particular business at once, but about a year ago the real estate firm was formed with H. H. Floyd and G. W. Sapp as partner which business was continued until the time of his death. The firm has been in a prosperous condition from the start, which enabled Mr. Floyd to build himself a nice home on Broadway, and get ready to settle down and enjoy the things of life. At the time of his death, he was justice of the peace of Goodland and city clerk for the Goodland council. He has always discharged his duties faithfully, was a man of quiet manner, and one for whom the people of Goodland and the county and the highest respect.
The funeral services will be held at the home Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Contributor: LeAnn Burchfield (47596251) •
Henry Herman Floyd was born July 23, 1849 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts and died September 4, 1906 in Goodland, Sherman, Kansas and was buried in Goodland. Henry was reburied in Abilene to be next to his wife. Henry was the son of Benjamin P. Floyd and Sarah Parsons (Milton) Floyd.
Above information provided by Joni Spellman Krause (#46983668)
*****
BIOGRAPHY
HENRY H. FLOYD, firm Rice & Floyd dealers in general stock, sash, lumber, doors, blinds and building material, stock $10,000. They have done business as a firm since 1873, being the oldest established business of the kind in Abilene. Mr. Floyd began the above business in the spring of 1871, and continued until the above copartnership. He was born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1849. Was raised and educated in his native State, finishing his education in the Putnam Academy. He located in Abilene in the spring of 1870. He is now Mayor of the city and Clerk of Grant Township, and director of the First National Bank, secretary of Dickinson County Fair, and a stockholder in the Johntz & Rice flouring mills. Has a cattle ranch under the firm name of Floyd & Boardman. They have 600 acres fenced and 100 cattle.
William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
**********
The Goodland Republic
Fri., Sept. 7, 1906
H. H. FLOYD Dies of Cancer
End Came Peacefully At 5 o'clock A.M. Wednesday
Great Sufferer for Several Weeks—Lived in Goodland for Past Nine Years
H. H. Floyd, for nine years a resident of Goodland, most of which time he was the local manager of the Foster Lumber company of this city, but for the last year a partner in the real estate firm of Floyd & Sapp, died at his home at Tenth and Broadway at 5 o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, September 4, the cause of his death being cancer of the bowels.
Mr. FIoyd apparently has been a man of large physical powers, and no one knew that he was to be the victim of any serious malady, not even Mr. Floyd and the members of his family, until a few months ago, when he began to experience pain and uneasiness in the lower extremity of the stomach. This was thought to be a symptom of biliousness or something of that sort, and Mr. Floyd took a vacation to rest and recuperate, going to Pueblo to take the minerals baths there. He did not improve, but returned in a weaker condition than when he went. The doctors of this city were called to diagnose the case, and while they were not absolutely sure at first, they were suspicious of the presence of cancer in the upper portion of the bowels. Mr. Floyd's decline became more and more rapid, which only revealed the certainty of the malady and its hopelessness. The doctors were convinced that nothing could be done, and that even an operation would be futile. He suffered exceedingly, and the pain could only be relieved by the use of hypodermic injections and opiates. He was unable to take any nourishment during the last week of his illness, and for the last two or three days preceding his death, lay in a comatose condition until the end came at 5 o'clock Wednesday.
Mr. Floyd is survived by a wife and four children, all of whom were present at his bedside when he died. The children are Louise, who has been making her home with her parents in Goodland; Mrs. A. T. Tart, whose home is in Beatrice, Neb.; a son, George, who has also been living in Goodland with his parents, and a son, Herman, who is in the jewelry business in Alexandria, La.
Mr. Floyd came to Kansas in 1870 from Newberryport, Mass., where he was born July 23, 1849. After emigrating to Kansas, he married Amanda Mahan of Abilene, December 25, 1875. Abilene was their home until 1897, when the family came to Goodland. At Abilene, Mr. Floyd owned and operated a lumber yard, and was considered one of the wealthy men of that place. The people of Abilene came to have a great regard for Mr. Floyd, and he was mayor of that city for several years. In the course of events, he came to Goodland, his first employment being the management of the Foster lumber yard, in which capacity he served for some time. After severing his connection with that company, he did not enter into any particular business at once, but about a year ago the real estate firm was formed with H. H. Floyd and G. W. Sapp as partner which business was continued until the time of his death. The firm has been in a prosperous condition from the start, which enabled Mr. Floyd to build himself a nice home on Broadway, and get ready to settle down and enjoy the things of life. At the time of his death, he was justice of the peace of Goodland and city clerk for the Goodland council. He has always discharged his duties faithfully, was a man of quiet manner, and one for whom the people of Goodland and the county and the highest respect.
The funeral services will be held at the home Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Contributor: LeAnn Burchfield (47596251) •
Above information provided by Joni Spellman Krause (#46983668)
*****
BIOGRAPHY
HENRY H. FLOYD, firm Rice & Floyd dealers in general stock, sash, lumber, doors, blinds and building material, stock $10,000. They have done business as a firm since 1873, being the oldest established business of the kind in Abilene. Mr. Floyd began the above business in the spring of 1871, and continued until the above copartnership. He was born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1849. Was raised and educated in his native State, finishing his education in the Putnam Academy. He located in Abilene in the spring of 1870. He is now Mayor of the city and Clerk of Grant Township, and director of the First National Bank, secretary of Dickinson County Fair, and a stockholder in the Johntz & Rice flouring mills. Has a cattle ranch under the firm name of Floyd & Boardman. They have 600 acres fenced and 100 cattle.
William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
**********
The Goodland Republic
Fri., Sept. 7, 1906
H. H. FLOYD Dies of Cancer
End Came Peacefully At 5 o'clock A.M. Wednesday
Great Sufferer for Several Weeks—Lived in Goodland for Past Nine Years
H. H. Floyd, for nine years a resident of Goodland, most of which time he was the local manager of the Foster Lumber company of this city, but for the last year a partner in the real estate firm of Floyd & Sapp, died at his home at Tenth and Broadway at 5 o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, September 4, the cause of his death being cancer of the bowels.
Mr. FIoyd apparently has been a man of large physical powers, and no one knew that he was to be the victim of any serious malady, not even Mr. Floyd and the members of his family, until a few months ago, when he began to experience pain and uneasiness in the lower extremity of the stomach. This was thought to be a symptom of biliousness or something of that sort, and Mr. Floyd took a vacation to rest and recuperate, going to Pueblo to take the minerals baths there. He did not improve, but returned in a weaker condition than when he went. The doctors of this city were called to diagnose the case, and while they were not absolutely sure at first, they were suspicious of the presence of cancer in the upper portion of the bowels. Mr. Floyd's decline became more and more rapid, which only revealed the certainty of the malady and its hopelessness. The doctors were convinced that nothing could be done, and that even an operation would be futile. He suffered exceedingly, and the pain could only be relieved by the use of hypodermic injections and opiates. He was unable to take any nourishment during the last week of his illness, and for the last two or three days preceding his death, lay in a comatose condition until the end came at 5 o'clock Wednesday.
Mr. Floyd is survived by a wife and four children, all of whom were present at his bedside when he died. The children are Louise, who has been making her home with her parents in Goodland; Mrs. A. T. Tart, whose home is in Beatrice, Neb.; a son, George, who has also been living in Goodland with his parents, and a son, Herman, who is in the jewelry business in Alexandria, La.
Mr. Floyd came to Kansas in 1870 from Newberryport, Mass., where he was born July 23, 1849. After emigrating to Kansas, he married Amanda Mahan of Abilene, December 25, 1875. Abilene was their home until 1897, when the family came to Goodland. At Abilene, Mr. Floyd owned and operated a lumber yard, and was considered one of the wealthy men of that place. The people of Abilene came to have a great regard for Mr. Floyd, and he was mayor of that city for several years. In the course of events, he came to Goodland, his first employment being the management of the Foster lumber yard, in which capacity he served for some time. After severing his connection with that company, he did not enter into any particular business at once, but about a year ago the real estate firm was formed with H. H. Floyd and G. W. Sapp as partner which business was continued until the time of his death. The firm has been in a prosperous condition from the start, which enabled Mr. Floyd to build himself a nice home on Broadway, and get ready to settle down and enjoy the things of life. At the time of his death, he was justice of the peace of Goodland and city clerk for the Goodland council. He has always discharged his duties faithfully, was a man of quiet manner, and one for whom the people of Goodland and the county and the highest respect.
The funeral services will be held at the home Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Contributor: LeAnn Burchfield (47596251) •
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