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- circa 1884
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Summary
John Floyd was a 35-year-old single fisherman at Saint James who was shot in the abdomen on September 21, 1919. The report says he was taken to Petoskey Hospital by boat after receiving first aid on the island and was later resting more comfortably.
Evidence and limits
This is an episode-qualified identity. The age supports only a circa-1884 birth year; the held source supplies no exact birth date, family, address, later condition, or civil record, and this article does not merge him with the John Floyd listed as a Saint James juror in a 1903 county jury list.
Open questions
- What was Floyd’s later condition and full civil identity?
- Is the 1903 Saint James jury-list John Floyd the same man, or only a namesake?
- Can a Petoskey hospital, census, directory, or court record provide a bridge?
See also
Sources
- "St. James Man Badly Wounded," *Charlevoix County Herald*, September 26, 1919.Names John Floyd as a 35-year-old single fisherman at Saint James, supporting a circa-1884 birth year. It describes his abdominal rifle wound, first aid from Father Jewel, transfer to Petoskey Hospital, and reported improvement. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- Raw issue OCR retained for comparison with the normalized report; no later outcome is present in the held article.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 2 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “John Floyd”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/john-floyd/, accessed [date], citing "St. James Man Badly Wounded," *Charlevoix County Herald*, September 26, 1919. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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