John Gelston Floyd, Sr.

1806 - 1881  (75 years)

• Name	John Gelston Floyd  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	5 Feb 1806	Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Oct 1881	Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 3]
  Burial	Mastic (Floyd family cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I1460	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Nicholl Floyd,   b. 4 Oct 1762, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. 18 Feb 1852, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Phoebe Gelston, >,   b. 2 Sep 1770, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 13 Jan 1836, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1789  [1]
  Family ID	F756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Backus Kirkland,   b. 1810, Utica, Oneida, NY d. 15 Jul 1872, Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1830	Connecticut, United States
  Children	1. Nicoll Floyd,   b. Aug 1831, New York, United States d. 28 Nov 1902 (Age 71 years)   2. Katharine Floyd,   b. 1834, New York, United States d. 6 Apr 1886, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 52 years)   3. Sarah Kirklander Floyd,   b. 31 May 1838, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown   4. John Gelston Floyd, Jr.,   b. 1841, Utica, Oneida, New York, United States d. 27 Nov 1903, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (Age 62 years)   5. Augustus Floyd,   b. 12 Aug 1845, New York, United States d. 7 Dec 1927, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  From the U.S. Congress Biographical Directory: Floyd, John Gelston, (grandson of William Floyd), a Representative from New York; born in Mastic, near Moriches, Long Island, N.Y., February 5, 1806; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1824;tudied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Utica, N.Y.; clerk and prosecuting attorney of Utica, N.Y., 1829-1833; founded the Utica Democrat (later the Observer-Dispatch) in 1836; appointed judge of Suffolk County; member of the State assembly 1839-1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); returned to Mastic, Long Island, about 1842; member of the State senate in 1848 and 1849; elected to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Thirty-second Congress); joined the Republican Party upon its formation in 1856; retired from public life; died in Mastic, Long Island, N.Y., October 5, 1881; interment in the family cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Various, WorldConnect Multiple Databases (RootsWeb.Com. The individual databases at this internet site regularly change, and therefore a reference to a specific database may not be valid at a future date. This general reference to Rootsweb Worldc. [S422] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to present. (United States Congress). [S427] Political Graveyard.