Brief Life History of Joe Maxwell
When Joe Maxwell Floyd was born on 22 August 1904, in Sarah, Tate, Mississippi, United States, his father, Guy Morgan Floyd, was 29 and his mother, Roxie Eleanora Tyer, was 20. He lived in Bett, Tate, Mississippi, United States in 1940. He died on 18 November 1961, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States.
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- Joe Maxwell Floyd, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Joe Maxwell Floyd, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Joe Maxwell Floyd in entry for Emily Lou Floyd, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
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1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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