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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 son 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, Carroll, and Morris.
Later the parents removed to Rice County, Minnesota, and purchased a
quarter-section of land near Faribault, where they engaged in farming until
they removed to California. There 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, Minnesota, 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, rent 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.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1064. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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