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Newton P. Floyd is a leading planter of Sevier county, but was born in South Carolina, November 19, 1835, his parents, Andros and Lucinda Floyd, being natives of that State also, the former’s birth occurring in 1808 and the latter’s in 1812. A family of nine children blessed their union, the following of whom are still living: Harrison, Ferdinand, in South Carolina, and Newton P., Knuland and Fletcher, residing in Sevier and Howard Counties, Ark. The father was a planter, and died in 1876, his widow still surviving him, and making her home with her son, Harrison. She is a member of the Baptist Church. Newton P. Floyd was educated in the schools of his native State, and at the age of twenty-one years began farming on a small scale for himself, and was married there in 1856, his wife being a Miss Laura Little, also born in the Palmetto State. A family of twelve children have been born to them: Jones, Fannie (deceased), Robert, James, Richard, Ferdinand, John (deceased), Delia (deceased), Lizzie, Mamie, Charley (deceased), and Laura (deceased). Mr. Floyd was so unfortunate as to lose his wife in February, 1882, and two years later he espoused Miss Mary Graves, the latter’s birth occurring in Arkansas. This union has resulted in the birth of four children: Nettie, Simon P., Willie B. and Perry C. Mr. Floyd’s farm comprises 310 acres, 100 of which are under cultivation, on which he has resided since 1866, when he came thither from his native State. He is member of the Agricultural Wheel, has been president of his lodge, and he and Mrs. Floyd are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He has held the position of county assessor for two years, and during 1876 to 1877 he represented his county in the General Assembly of the State, a position he filled in a very satisfactory manner.