The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-11-24
Personal ReceIlections.
BY TIE EDITOR.

- O'''Os Oi 'iiS AONh AhJ VI WV
Der, 1870, Dr. William Floyd, in the
69th year of his age
This brought to my mind several in
incidents which occurred during my
short acquaintance with DR.. Floyd
think it was in the latter part of the
year lS4O-just about thirty years ago,
that Dr. Floyd came TO Oak Hill and
commenced the practice of medicine
1t might have been early in The spring
of the year IS4l. But no matter He
was unsuccessful in his practice. Most
of his patients died. | am fully satis-
fed that Dr. Floyd was well-read ply
sican, and that he was a man of excel
lent judgment, and good common sense.
You may call it luck, or what you please,
but like nearly all such cases; his mis-
fortunes did not come upon him siugIy.
Failing 10 get remunerative practice,
he morgaged some property which he
owned where he came from, and thus
procured means TO get little stock OF
goods, and he ran a store, attended to
what practice he could get, and took up
a singing school. Of that singing
school will speak hereafter.
In the spring Of l849, DR.. Floyd met
with that most crushing blow that can
fall upon any true man--thc death of
his wife She left nine children, two
of them twins, only few hours old
One Of bis boys was called Thaddeus
Stevens. / once asked him why he gave
his boy so ugly name as "Thad," as
he was generally called. He said he
had named him after the great Thadde-
us Stevens, whom he regarded as one
of the greatest men in this country.
DR.. Floyd being well educated man,
and possessing good conversational
powers, was excellent company. There
was considerable humor about him lie
and | were warm friends, and we spent
many pleasant hour together. We Of
ten laughed about little incident that
occurred at the residence of Robert AL
len, on Hewilt's Fork, in the spring Of
1919. Robert Allen jr. was attacked
with milk sickness, and DR.. Floyd made
a powerful effort to save his life; but
all in vain. The DR.. watched 10y his
bed side day aud night, until he became
completely worn down, There was a
loom house a rod or SO from Mr.. Aliens
residence, in which out house was a bed
Some Of the family took the Dr. into
the loom house and told him to go to
bed and try and get some sleep. Sew
eral Of us young folks were sitting by
the fire place, and Lydia O'Neal and her
child were in the bed, or rather lying
upon it. Mrs. O'Neal was the wife of
Samuel O'Neal, who was a step son of
Robert Allen, sen. She was a pretty
woman, but she was pretty high strung,
and generally managed to have her own
way. O'Neal tried TO get her off the
bed, so the DR.. could lie down. She
did not make much reply, but she did
:, not get mp. O'Neal coaxed her, and
kept saying, kindly, Lydia, get up;
the DR.. is worn down with fatigue he
wants to sleep a little" At last she
turned her head and looked her
husband full in the face. shall never
forget her look. She was in earnest
and spoke with determination and de-
liberation, and these were her words -
r "Sammy, | tell you ! shall not do it,
"Oh, well, well, never mind" said
DR.. Floyd, II will throw myself down
by the side Of this child, and | can SLEEP
, we'll enough" and he deliberately be-
gan to take otf'his coat, Then you oughI
to have seen Lydia o'Neal getting on
of that bed. She needed no more coax
ing from Sammy, to convince her tha
it would not be prudent to remain there
The DR., often laughed about it. IL,
said that he discovered that it was th
only way to get her to leave.
At DR.. Floyd's singing school, W,
! used book then known as the "Mls
soun Harmony" 1t had patent notes
and contained music of vastly a superi
D or quality to the popular music Of tn
: present day, After Dr. Floyd ha,
, trained his pupils for some time, the.
could do up better singing than is nov
heard in most Of the churches in thi
State. We always closed each scssio
d of the school by singing "Ninety Fifth,