Floyd, John B
soldier, state legislator, governor, was born June 1, 1807, in Blacksburg, Va. From 1847 to 1849 he served in the Virginia legislature; and was governor of Virginia from 1849 to 1852. He was secretary of war in the adwar in the administration of President Buchanan. He was one of the first to join the rebellion, in which he took a leading part as a brigpart as a brigadier-general. He died Aug. 26, 1863, in , 1863, in Abingdon, Va.