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Floyd, Horace F., Buffalo, son of James and Sarah Henderson (Turner) Floyd, was born in Medford, Mass., November
25, 1847. He was educated in the Webster Academy, and at the age of fifteen became so eager to be a soldier that
he walked from Webster, Mass., to Providence, R. I., and thence to Camp Mauran, where he enlisted as a private
in Battery H, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. After a few months of service he was promoted to the office of
battery guidon. He served his country bravely and faithfully until the close of the war and distinguished himself
for bravery in several engagethents, notably the battle of Petersburg, Va., on April 2, 1865, in which he carried
the guidon at the head of the battery during the entire engagement. On February 16, 1867, he enlisted in Battery
F, 3d Artillery, U. S. A., and after serving three years was honorably discharged, holding the rank of first sergeant.
He then came to Buffalo, where he engaged in business. On January 14, 1874, he became a member of the 74th Regiment,
N. G. N. Y. His ability as a soldier, which he had gained in the war of the Rebellion and in the regular army,
was at once recognized and at different times he held the offices of first sergeant. second lieutenant and first
lieutenant. At the time of his death he was regimental quartermaster-sergeant. While Mr. Floyd was well known in
business circles, he was best known in Buffalo as the armorer of the 74th Regiment. He was appointed to this position
on April 15, 1883, and held it up to the time of his death. His administration of the armory affairs was most satisfactory
and his loss was deeply regretted. He was a member of De Molay Lodge No. 240, F. & A. M., Royal Arcanum and
for twenty years of Chapin Post No. 2, Department of New York, G. A. R. July 20, 1875, he married Mary M. Henning.
daughter of John Michael Henning of Buffalo, and they had four children; Ida M., Lillian L. E., Marian F. and Charles
William. Mr. Floyd died on January 5, 1897, honored and respected by all who knew him.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Trumen C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
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