Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Dr. James R. Floyd

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        Date: 20 Jun 1998
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SOURCE:  Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.
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Dr. James R. Floyd was born near Alexandria, Smith Co., Tenn., September 20, 1860, and is a son
of John W. and Eliza J. (Snodgrass) Floyd, who were also natives of Tennessee. The father was a
merchant until the beginning of the war, when he enlisted in the Confederate army and served
until the close of the war, when he came to Arkansas and engaged in farming. Our subject's
paternal grandfather was William Floyd, and his maternal grandfather was James Snodgrass. Both
his parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Dr. James R. Floyd was
educated in the Bentonville high-school, and took a special course, preparatory to the study of
medicine, in the Arkansas State University at Fayetteville, Ark. In 1885-86 he attended the
Memphis Hospital Medical College, and was graduated from that institution in 1887. The following
article is quoted from the Mississippi Valley Medical Monthly: "To J. R. Floyd, of Bentonville,
Ark., fell the honor of valedictorian, and the class certainly felt proud of their choice while
hearing his valedictory. In phraseology and manner of delivery rare excellence was displayed."
Dr. Floyd practiced for a short time with Dr. Hurley, of Bentonville, and then located at
Bloomfield, where he has been successfully engaged in practicing his profession for over a year.
He is a young man of ability and energy, and has bright prospects for future success.