Brief Life History of Henry Wilson
When Henry Wilson Floyd was born on 22 November 1859, in Wayne, West Virginia, United States, his father, Ira Gay Floyd, was 38 and his mother, Christiana Melican Bonney, was 33. He married Lillian O Dimock in 1888, in United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1880 and Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1900. He died on 18 February 1901, in San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.
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- Henry W Floyd in household of Ira Floyd, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Hanry Wilson Floyd, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Henry W Floyd, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1863
West Virginia was given statehood status with the "agreement" the citizens would phase out slavery. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln approved the Statehood Bill for West Virginia. West Virginia was proclaimed a state on April 20, 1863, with the bill becoming effective 60 days later, June 20, 1863. When West Virginia first entered statehood in 1863, there were only 46 counties. That same year, four other counties voted themselves into West Virginia. Today, there are 55 counties in the Mountain State. The oldest county in the state is Hamsphire County formed in 1754 as part of Virginia. The youngest county is Mingo formed in 1895. The smallest county is Hancock located in the northern panhandle of the state with Randolph being the largest. When the Legislature convened for its first session, there were only 47 members of the House of Delegates and 18 members of the State Senate. Through the years, the number has increased to 100 members of the House of Delegates and 34 members of the State Senate.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Anglicized form of Welsh Lloyd , which arose because of the difficulty that English speakers had in pronouncing the Welsh lateral fricative spelled Ll.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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