Howard Porter Floyd Sr

Brief Life History of Howard Porter

When Howard Porter Floyd Sr was born on 19 November 1898, in Texas, United States, his father, John R Floyd, was 29 and his mother, Martha Lucinda Beaty, was 21. He married Gladys Angelyn Ogle on 1 June 1919, in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Coryell, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 8, Coryell, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 5 July 1997, in Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, United States.

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Howard Porter Floyd Sr
1898–1997
Gladys Angelyn Ogle
1899–1998
Marriage: 1 June 1919
Howard Porter Floyd Jr
1920–2011
John Edward Floyd
1923–2012
Helen Bernice Floyd
1927–1994
Raymond Guy Floyd
1929–2020
Joe Travis Floyd
1934–2022
Tommy Ray Floyd
1938–1996
Billy Wayne Floyd
1940–2023

Sources (22)

  • Floyd Harvard in household of R W Mcanulty, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Howard Floyd, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Howard Porter Floyd, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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