San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 12/13/2009
WALTER A. FLOYD
A successful vineyardist of the Lodi section is found in the person of Walter A. Floyd, the owner of a twenty-acre tract northeast of Lodi, which he has highly improved and cultivated and which is yielding most satisfactory returns for his labor. A native of Iowa, he was born near West Liberty, Muscatine County, on December 21, 1889, the second oldest in a family of seven children. The father, A.H. Floyd, is a native of Ohio, who married Miss Henrietta Walter and was engaged in the grocery business at West Liberty, Iowa. They were the parents of the following children: Louise, deceased; Walter A., of this review; and Aileen, Carl, Josephine, Carrol, and Morris. Later the parents removed to Rice County, Minn., and purchased a quarter-section of land near Faribault, where they engaged in farming until they removed to California. They are both living, and reside near Lodi.
Walter A. Floyd received his education in the West Liberty grammar and high schools, and after finishing his education helped his father on the farm and became conversant with Minnesota agriculture. On January 14, 1915, at Faribault, Minn., he was united in marriage with Miss Emily Durland, a native of Minnesota, and a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Miller) Durland. Mrs. Floyd was educated in the schools of Faribault. The young people, soon after marriage, rented a one-hundred-sixty-acre farm, and later a one-hundred-twenty-acre farm, which they successfully farmed for three years. They then removed to California and purchased a twenty-acre vineyard about two and a quarter miles northeast of Lodi. The ranch is irrigated by a four-inch pump equipped with a ten-horsepower motor, and Mr. Floyd has just completed a splendid modern bungalow, thus making it a comfortable and attractive home place. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd are the parents of one son, George Allen. The family are active members of the Methodist Church of Lodi. Politically, Mr. Floyd adheres to the principles of the Republican party. Both Mr. and Mrs. Floyd are deeply interested in the welfare and upbuilding of the community in which they make their home, and both are esteemed for their genuine worth.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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