Fall Is Fatal
At Lancaster
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O. M. Floyd, who Tumbled
Down Embankment, is
Buried Thursday
Lancaster, Tex., August 29 (SPECIAL)
Oscar Matlock Floyd, 72 was buried in the Floyd-Taylor Cemetery near here Thursday, the Rev. G. E. Ray officiating.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Glenn Moore and Mrs. Albert Sandling, and a son, Arthur, all of Lancaster.
Floyd's death resulted from injuries received a week ago when he fell down a ten-foot embankment near his farm, two miles north of Lancaster, while rounding up cattle. The son of the late Mr. And Mrs. Charles Floyd, early settlers of Dallas County, he had lived all his Life on the Floyd farm here. Died August 27, 1941.

My Great-Grandfather on my Mother's side:

Oscar Matlock Floyd m. Arsana Irene(Morris) Floyd are buried in the Floyd-Taylor Cemetery. They had 4 children: Charles Arthur Floyd (deceased age 6) buried here. Arthur Tom Floyd, Sr. - buried at Laurel Land Cemetery, Dallas, TX. Cora Lee Floyd (Sandling) - buried at Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, TX. Lannie Floyd (Moore) buried at Kleberg Cemetery, Kleberg, TX. Oscar's obituary can be read on Dallas Historical Society website under Jim Wheat's Dallas County Link - www.DallasHistoricalSociety.org... Also the Floyd-Taylor Cemetery is listed as a Pioneer Cemetery. Son of Charles A. & Angeline - buried here. Grandson of George original Peters Colony settler in 1846.
The words I remember my Papa Floyd (Arthur) saying about his Daddy - Oscar - are that he was a mean old cuss. He would bake bread and pies, put beans on to cook and go out and work the fields all day. He worked very hard. He was a strict disciplinarian and this prompted my Papa to run off at age 11 and join the carnival. He went to Tulsa, OK to the 101 Ranch and worked with Wild West Shows as a Carny. Had he not fallen off the creek bank on the Floyd Farm, he might have lived to a ripe old age.

He built the house 3595 Ray Rd.,Dallas,TX in 1904, brought back loads of BoisD'Arc from BoisD'Arc island east of Wilmer and loads of cypress & pine from deep east TX close to Nacogdoches. Roudtrip via wagon/mules took over a week! In his early days-he was a cowboy on the Chisolm/Goodnight Trail-about 1890 claimed a land grant in Greer Cnty TX. 1896 US Supreme Court ruled this area Indian Lands & gave to Oklahoma. Thereafter, Oscar returned to the Floyd Farm in Dallas County.He was known as gentle - UNLESS you riled him up!

His siblings:
Oscar Matlock Floyd 1869 – 1941 (SELF)
Lora Etna Floyd 1870 – 1951
Finley E. "Boss" Floyd 1871 – 1936
Augusta Melvina Floyd 1874 – 1917
Absalom Bryson "Ab" Floyd 1876 – 1942
Lannie Angelina Floyd Burden 1878 – 1901
King David Floyd 1880 – 1947
Elva Ann Floyd Cutler 1881 – 1954
Eula Amanda Floyd Moore 1883 – 1972
Dona Irene "Donie" Floyd Slaybeck 1885 – 1964
George Washington Floyd 1889 – 1969

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Please visit Floyd-Taylor Pioneer Cemetery the resting place of many of Oscar's relatives.
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DEVELOPERS want to BUILD OVER OUR ANCESTOR's GRAVES (it is "just in a field"- prime location for their warehouse district). Watch the Channell 11 news clip of my Dad's effort's to stand up for "the common man" against BIG DEVELOPERS. Efforts to save the Floyd Homeplace and spare our cemetery further "foot-traffic" and vandalism and ultimate demolition. Ray Road Rebel Historical Value does not matter when it comes to Dallas Southern Sector. No Poltergeists wanted here!

This could be any American Citizen - we must stand up for our rights or lose them. Rebel Wins at Dallas City Hall
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