Occ: Attorney
Here is some info on Floyd Landreth you might find interesting. Sidney Floyd Landreth always went by S. Floyd Landreth, or just Floyd Landreth. In 1930 Floyd and Lola Landreth were found living in Piper Gap, Carroll, Virginia. He owned their home valued at $5,000. He first married at age 28 and she at age 26. He was listed as a lawyer.
Floyd always claimed he was born in a log cabin at a place called Dipsy, in Carroll county, Virginia. Floyd Landreth had eight sisters. Floyd Landreth was born in 1885. He attended Washington and Lee University. He began practicing law in 1910 in Hillsville. He was present at the Allen shooting and served as the Commonwealth's attorney during the resulting trials in Wytheville. He was a bank president.
He served 24 years in the state Senate. He also served as state chairman of the Republican Party. He once ran for governor of Virginia. The Allen's shot up the courthouse and killed the judge over at Hillsville, Carroll county, Virginia. The trial of one of them, Floyd Allen, was moved to Wytheville, Virginia and began on April 30, 1912. Four attorneys represented the Commonwealth. The attorneys were named as Wysor, Poage, Draper, and Floyd Landreth.
(SOURCE: Top part of page 250 and note 36 on page 273 of the book "Wythe County, Virginia, A Bicentennial History," written by Mary B. Kegley, copyright 1989 by the Wythe County Board of Supervisors. Published by Walsworth Publishing, Inc., of Marceline, MO., ISBN # 0-9623387-0-2) Sen. Sidney Floyd Landreth, 92, died Sunday. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 P.M. at the First Christian Church. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home. (info from Peggy Nutt)
Here is some info on Floyd Landreth you might find interesting. Sidney Floyd Landreth always went by S. Floyd Landreth, or just Floyd Landreth. In 1930 Floyd and Lola Landreth were found living in Piper Gap, Carroll, Virginia. He owned their home valued at $5,000. He first married at age 28 and she at age 26. He was listed as a lawyer.
Floyd always claimed he was born in a log cabin at a place called Dipsy, in Carroll county, Virginia. Floyd Landreth had eight sisters. Floyd Landreth was born in 1885. He attended Washington and Lee University. He began practicing law in 1910 in Hillsville. He was present at the Allen shooting and served as the Commonwealth's attorney during the resulting trials in Wytheville. He was a bank president.
He served 24 years in the state Senate. He also served as state chairman of the Republican Party. He once ran for governor of Virginia. The Allen's shot up the courthouse and killed the judge over at Hillsville, Carroll county, Virginia. The trial of one of them, Floyd Allen, was moved to Wytheville, Virginia and began on April 30, 1912. Four attorneys represented the Commonwealth. The attorneys were named as Wysor, Poage, Draper, and Floyd Landreth.
(SOURCE: Top part of page 250 and note 36 on page 273 of the book "Wythe County, Virginia, A Bicentennial History," written by Mary B. Kegley, copyright 1989 by the Wythe County Board of Supervisors. Published by Walsworth Publishing, Inc., of Marceline, MO., ISBN # 0-9623387-0-2) Sen. Sidney Floyd Landreth, 92, died Sunday. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 P.M. at the First Christian Church. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home. (info from Peggy Nutt)
Occ: Attorney
Here is some info on Floyd Landreth you might find interesting. Sidney Floyd Landreth always went by S. Floyd Landreth, or just Floyd Landreth. In 1930 Floyd and Lola Landreth were found living in Piper Gap, Carroll, Virginia. He owned their home valued at $5,000. He first married at age 28 and she at age 26. He was listed as a lawyer.
Floyd always claimed he was born in a log cabin at a place called Dipsy, in Carroll county, Virginia. Floyd Landreth had eight sisters. Floyd Landreth was born in 1885. He attended Washington and Lee University. He began practicing law in 1910 in Hillsville. He was present at the Allen shooting and served as the Commonwealth's attorney during the resulting trials in Wytheville. He was a bank president.
He served 24 years in the state Senate. He also served as state chairman of the Republican Party. He once ran for governor of Virginia. The Allen's shot up the courthouse and killed the judge over at Hillsville, Carroll county, Virginia. The trial of one of them, Floyd Allen, was moved to Wytheville, Virginia and began on April 30, 1912. Four attorneys represented the Commonwealth. The attorneys were named as Wysor, Poage, Draper, and Floyd Landreth.
(SOURCE: Top part of page 250 and note 36 on page 273 of the book "Wythe County, Virginia, A Bicentennial History," written by Mary B. Kegley, copyright 1989 by the Wythe County Board of Supervisors. Published by Walsworth Publishing, Inc., of Marceline, MO., ISBN # 0-9623387-0-2) Sen. Sidney Floyd Landreth, 92, died Sunday. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 P.M. at the First Christian Church. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home. (info from Peggy Nutt)
Here is some info on Floyd Landreth you might find interesting. Sidney Floyd Landreth always went by S. Floyd Landreth, or just Floyd Landreth. In 1930 Floyd and Lola Landreth were found living in Piper Gap, Carroll, Virginia. He owned their home valued at $5,000. He first married at age 28 and she at age 26. He was listed as a lawyer.
Floyd always claimed he was born in a log cabin at a place called Dipsy, in Carroll county, Virginia. Floyd Landreth had eight sisters. Floyd Landreth was born in 1885. He attended Washington and Lee University. He began practicing law in 1910 in Hillsville. He was present at the Allen shooting and served as the Commonwealth's attorney during the resulting trials in Wytheville. He was a bank president.
He served 24 years in the state Senate. He also served as state chairman of the Republican Party. He once ran for governor of Virginia. The Allen's shot up the courthouse and killed the judge over at Hillsville, Carroll county, Virginia. The trial of one of them, Floyd Allen, was moved to Wytheville, Virginia and began on April 30, 1912. Four attorneys represented the Commonwealth. The attorneys were named as Wysor, Poage, Draper, and Floyd Landreth.
(SOURCE: Top part of page 250 and note 36 on page 273 of the book "Wythe County, Virginia, A Bicentennial History," written by Mary B. Kegley, copyright 1989 by the Wythe County Board of Supervisors. Published by Walsworth Publishing, Inc., of Marceline, MO., ISBN # 0-9623387-0-2) Sen. Sidney Floyd Landreth, 92, died Sunday. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 P.M. at the First Christian Church. Arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home. (info from Peggy Nutt)
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