Charles Floyd
Charles Floyd (* 1782 in Kentucky , † August 20, 1804 on the Missouri River ) was sergeant and quartermaster during the Lewis and Clark expedition .
His father, Captain Charles Floyd, had served with William Clark's brother, General George Rogers Clark , in the United States Army . Nathaniel Hale Pryor , sergeant of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was his cousin .
In the summer of 1803 Charles Floyd came to Clarksville in the Indiana Territory on the Ohio River , across from Louisville , as one of the first volunteers for Lewis and Clark's expedition.
He died on August 20, 1804 after a brief illness on the Missouri River and was buried on a hill near what is now Sioux City . Lewis and Clark diagnosed biliary colic as the cause of death; historians believe appendicitis is more likely.
His grave was washed into the river in 1857 by erosion . His remains were reburied nearby. In 1901, an obelisk was erected in honor of Charles Floyd south of Sioux City, on what is now Highway 75, where he found his final resting place. The approximately 30 meter high monument is made of sandstone.
The reports that Charles Floyd wrote during the expedition were published in 1894, along with the diaries of Sergeant John Ordway .
According to him, Floyd County named in Iowa.
Web links
- Joseph Mussulman: Charles Floyd, Much Lamented . Biography on the website "Discovering Lewis & Clark", The Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation, February 2014 (English)
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| SURNAME | Floyd, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American explorer, member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kentucky , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1804 |
| Place of death | Missouri River , USA |