“Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County,” published:  
Chicago;  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892.

CHARLES A. FLOYD, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser, of Hutchins, 
Dallas county, Texas, has been identified with the best interests of this 
county since 1848.

Mr. Floyd is a native of Illinois, born in Greene county, June 28, 1840, a son 
of George and Nancy (Finley) Floyd.  His father was born in Vermont in 
1811, and when a lad of eight years was bound out.  At the age of eighteen 
he left his home and went to New York, and after remaining there for a time 
went, in company with the noted Joseph Call, to Illinois.  That was about 
1829.  There he engaged in various occupations, and in that State was 
married to Nancy Finley, a native of Illinois, and daughter of John Finley.  
John Finley had moved from South Carolina to Illinois at an early day.  The 
grandmother of our subject was captured by the Indians, was held in 
captivity for several years, and was rescued, at a great expense, by her 
father.  After his marriage Mr. Floyd purchased a farm in Greene county, 
improved it, and continued to reside there until 1848, when he came to 
Texas, making the journey with horse teams and being four weeks en route, 
landing in Dallas county just before Christmas.  Previous to this the father 
had come South, had taken a headright in Peters’ Colony, and had built a 
cabin, and when he returned with his family moved to this place.  He was 
accompanied by John Conoway, Anthony Fisher, George Martin and 
William Spencer and their families.  Mr. Floyd at once began the 
improvement of his new home, and remained there farming and stock-
raising as long as he lived.  He and his wife were the parents of five sons, 
viz.: David H., who died in 1863, at the age of thirty-four years; Charles A., 
the subject of this sketch; Oscar, who died in Illinois during the war, aged 
nineteen; Caswell b., a minister in the Christian Church, died in November, 
1890; and Alfred B., a resident of Dallas county, Texas.  Mrs. Floyd was a 
member of the Baptist Church.  The father died in March, 1884, and the 
mother is also deceased.

Charles A. Floyd was eight years old when he came to Texas, and on his 
father’s frontier farm he was reared, receiving his education in the common 
schools.  He remained with his parents until the breaking out of the late war, 
and in July, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Sixty Texas Cavalry, and 
served in the western army until the battle of Corinth.  He participated in the 
battle of Pea Ridge, Iuka and Corinth, and was taken prisoner.  He then took 
the oath of allegiance and returned to his home, after being absent four 
years.  He at once engaged in farming, and that occupation has since claimed 
his attention.

January 13, 1867, Mr. Floyd was united in marriage with Miss Angelina E. 
Metlock, a native of Kentucky and a daughter of Absalom and Nancy 
Malvina (Harris) Metlock, of that State.  The Metlock family came to Texas 
in 1852 and settled near where Mr. Floyd now lives.  They had a family of 
five children, Mrs. Floyd being the oldest.  The others are Amanda, Joseph, 
Eliza and Thomas A.  Mrs. Metlock died in 1862, at the age of thirty-five 
years, and Mr. Metlock in 1865, at the age of thirty-eight.  

After his marriage Mr. Floyd settled on his present farm, which he first 
rented and subsequently purchased.  He now owns 200 acres of land, 
including a part of the Metlock and his father’s homesteads.  He and his wife 
have eleven children, as follows: Oscar M., of Greer county, Oklahoma; 
Lora E., wife of Joseph Boyd, also of Greer county, Oklahoma; Finley E., 
Augusta M., Absalom, Lannie, King David, Elvia, Eula, Donia and George.

Mr. Floyd is a member of the I. O. O. F., Trinity Lodge, of Dallas, No. 198, 
and of the Caddo Tribe of I. O. R. M., Dallas, Lodge No. 8.  He is a member 
of the Farmers’ Alliance and is vice-president of the organization at 
Hutchins.

Submitted by: Justina Cook