Died at his homestead in Thomas county on the Southeast corner of section of 18-6-32.
James Floyd Smith was the first of five generations of the Smith family in Thomas county. He was of English ancestry that first established in MA. in the Colonial times and later moved to CT. then NY. in the town of Dryden, Hitchcock county.
James Floyd Smith was born Dec. 26, 1805. During his early manhood and until 1837, he had a carriage shop in Dryden, NY. During this time he married Eliza Ann Hoag, born in 1810 daughter of A.J. Hoag of Corning, NY. In 1837 following the pioneering instincts of his ancestors James Floyd and Eliza Ann moved to Battle Creek, MI. His brother Alva and wife, Sarah, and the brothers opened a carriage shop. During the Mexican War he served as a member of the local militia in Michigan. In 1854 James Floyd and Eliza Ann moved to the new country of Iowa where he purchased Section 4, Union Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Here he built a new home and farmed. During this time Eliza Ann died. In 1879 at the age of 74, the pioneering instinct once again asserted itself. With his 3 sons Henry, Carl K. (CK) and Ellison Thomas (ET) he came to Thomas county where each of them established a claim just west of Cumberland, Thomas county, Kansas in section 18-6-32 Thomas county. James Floyd lived on his homestead as farmer and stockman (raising cattle) until his death at age 80 on January 26, 1886. His death was the result of blood poisoning from a frozen thumb he received in the unusually severe blizzard of 1886. As a matter of fact the winter was so severe that he was not buried until about 6 weeks after his death, during a break in the weather. He still lies buried in Cumberland Cemetery. His 3 sons continued to live in Thomas county, Henry, Carl K.(CK who married Donna M. Carlton and had 3 sons Asa, Carleton A. and Verni (LC) Smith and Ellison Thomas (ET) who married Emma Leonard of this union the children were Mable (who died in childhood from an accident), Harriett, Leonard, Floyd LeRoy (who died in WWI), and Max. Floyd L. and Max W. lived in Thomas county all their lives and Floyd L. still has a son and 3 granddaughters living in Thomas County.
Written in the GOLDEN HERITAGE OF THOMAS COUNTY KANSAS published 1979
James Floyd Smith was the first of five generations of the Smith family in Thomas county. He was of English ancestry that first established in MA. in the Colonial times and later moved to CT. then NY. in the town of Dryden, Hitchcock county.
James Floyd Smith was born Dec. 26, 1805. During his early manhood and until 1837, he had a carriage shop in Dryden, NY. During this time he married Eliza Ann Hoag, born in 1810 daughter of A.J. Hoag of Corning, NY. In 1837 following the pioneering instincts of his ancestors James Floyd and Eliza Ann moved to Battle Creek, MI. His brother Alva and wife, Sarah, and the brothers opened a carriage shop. During the Mexican War he served as a member of the local militia in Michigan. In 1854 James Floyd and Eliza Ann moved to the new country of Iowa where he purchased Section 4, Union Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Here he built a new home and farmed. During this time Eliza Ann died. In 1879 at the age of 74, the pioneering instinct once again asserted itself. With his 3 sons Henry, Carl K. (CK) and Ellison Thomas (ET) he came to Thomas county where each of them established a claim just west of Cumberland, Thomas county, Kansas in section 18-6-32 Thomas county. James Floyd lived on his homestead as farmer and stockman (raising cattle) until his death at age 80 on January 26, 1886. His death was the result of blood poisoning from a frozen thumb he received in the unusually severe blizzard of 1886. As a matter of fact the winter was so severe that he was not buried until about 6 weeks after his death, during a break in the weather. He still lies buried in Cumberland Cemetery. His 3 sons continued to live in Thomas county, Henry, Carl K.(CK who married Donna M. Carlton and had 3 sons Asa, Carleton A. and Verni (LC) Smith and Ellison Thomas (ET) who married Emma Leonard of this union the children were Mable (who died in childhood from an accident), Harriett, Leonard, Floyd LeRoy (who died in WWI), and Max. Floyd L. and Max W. lived in Thomas county all their lives and Floyd L. still has a son and 3 granddaughters living in Thomas County.
Written in the GOLDEN HERITAGE OF THOMAS COUNTY KANSAS published 1979
Died at his homestead in Thomas county on the Southeast corner of section of 18-6-32.
James Floyd Smith was the first of five generations of the Smith family in Thomas county. He was of English ancestry that first established in MA. in the Colonial times and later moved to CT. then NY. in the town of Dryden, Hitchcock county.
James Floyd Smith was born Dec. 26, 1805. During his early manhood and until 1837, he had a carriage shop in Dryden, NY. During this time he married Eliza Ann Hoag, born in 1810 daughter of A.J. Hoag of Corning, NY. In 1837 following the pioneering instincts of his ancestors James Floyd and Eliza Ann moved to Battle Creek, MI. His brother Alva and wife, Sarah, and the brothers opened a carriage shop. During the Mexican War he served as a member of the local militia in Michigan. In 1854 James Floyd and Eliza Ann moved to the new country of Iowa where he purchased Section 4, Union Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Here he built a new home and farmed. During this time Eliza Ann died. In 1879 at the age of 74, the pioneering instinct once again asserted itself. With his 3 sons Henry, Carl K. (CK) and Ellison Thomas (ET) he came to Thomas county where each of them established a claim just west of Cumberland, Thomas county, Kansas in section 18-6-32 Thomas county. James Floyd lived on his homestead as farmer and stockman (raising cattle) until his death at age 80 on January 26, 1886. His death was the result of blood poisoning from a frozen thumb he received in the unusually severe blizzard of 1886. As a matter of fact the winter was so severe that he was not buried until about 6 weeks after his death, during a break in the weather. He still lies buried in Cumberland Cemetery. His 3 sons continued to live in Thomas county, Henry, Carl K.(CK who married Donna M. Carlton and had 3 sons Asa, Carleton A. and Verni (LC) Smith and Ellison Thomas (ET) who married Emma Leonard of this union the children were Mable (who died in childhood from an accident), Harriett, Leonard, Floyd LeRoy (who died in WWI), and Max. Floyd L. and Max W. lived in Thomas county all their lives and Floyd L. still has a son and 3 granddaughters living in Thomas County.
Written in the GOLDEN HERITAGE OF THOMAS COUNTY KANSAS published 1979
James Floyd Smith was the first of five generations of the Smith family in Thomas county. He was of English ancestry that first established in MA. in the Colonial times and later moved to CT. then NY. in the town of Dryden, Hitchcock county.
James Floyd Smith was born Dec. 26, 1805. During his early manhood and until 1837, he had a carriage shop in Dryden, NY. During this time he married Eliza Ann Hoag, born in 1810 daughter of A.J. Hoag of Corning, NY. In 1837 following the pioneering instincts of his ancestors James Floyd and Eliza Ann moved to Battle Creek, MI. His brother Alva and wife, Sarah, and the brothers opened a carriage shop. During the Mexican War he served as a member of the local militia in Michigan. In 1854 James Floyd and Eliza Ann moved to the new country of Iowa where he purchased Section 4, Union Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Here he built a new home and farmed. During this time Eliza Ann died. In 1879 at the age of 74, the pioneering instinct once again asserted itself. With his 3 sons Henry, Carl K. (CK) and Ellison Thomas (ET) he came to Thomas county where each of them established a claim just west of Cumberland, Thomas county, Kansas in section 18-6-32 Thomas county. James Floyd lived on his homestead as farmer and stockman (raising cattle) until his death at age 80 on January 26, 1886. His death was the result of blood poisoning from a frozen thumb he received in the unusually severe blizzard of 1886. As a matter of fact the winter was so severe that he was not buried until about 6 weeks after his death, during a break in the weather. He still lies buried in Cumberland Cemetery. His 3 sons continued to live in Thomas county, Henry, Carl K.(CK who married Donna M. Carlton and had 3 sons Asa, Carleton A. and Verni (LC) Smith and Ellison Thomas (ET) who married Emma Leonard of this union the children were Mable (who died in childhood from an accident), Harriett, Leonard, Floyd LeRoy (who died in WWI), and Max. Floyd L. and Max W. lived in Thomas county all their lives and Floyd L. still has a son and 3 granddaughters living in Thomas County.
Written in the GOLDEN HERITAGE OF THOMAS COUNTY KANSAS published 1979
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