bio-Flood

1882 History of Linn County, Missouri

BIOGRAPHY

THOMAS H. FLOOD Linneus and Lotus Creek Township, page 439

Mr. Flood is a native Missourian, and was born near Glasgow, in Howard county, on the tenth of January, 1835. His father was Mr. John G. Flood, a gentleman who came to Linn county, in 1833, and was the first assessor the county ever had. He was also judge of the County Court long before the war, and was subsequently clerk of the Circuit Court, as may be seen by reference to the official history of the county elsewhere published in this work. Mr. Flood’s mother was Frances H. Russell, a daughter of Mr. Thomas Russell formerly of Linn county, now decease, a Virginian who came to Missouri in 1831, and to Linn county in about 1836.

There were five children of the Flood family, of which Thomas H. was the oldest. He was raise and educated in Linn county, and at fourteen years of age entered the general merchandise house of Moberly & Halliburton, at Brunswick. He was with this house about three years, his father having bought the interest of Halliburton.

In 1852, he clerked for a general merchandise and drug house at Carrollton, remaining there till January, 1856, when he came to Linneus, and engaged with Griller & Hoyle as a book-keeper, and was with them till 1860. While doing business for this firm, he was elected county treasurer in 1856, then in his twenty-second year. He ran on the Democratic ticket, and held the office while still keeping the books of the firm with which he was engaged. He was, in 1858, elected as his own successor on the same ticket, on the same ticket, without opposition, and went out of office at the close of his second term. He was again elected, in 1878 to the same office, by the same party, and reelected in 1880, which makes his present term unexpired at this writing.

In 1872, he went into the banking-house of Combs, Wilkerson & Co., as teller and book-keeper and has been with them ever since.

Mr. Flood was married on the twelfth of November, 1857, to Miss Adelia J. Goslin, daughter of Mr. Harrison Goslin, of Mason county, Kentucky, now a citizen of Linn county, Missouri. They have had three sons and four daughters; two sons and one daughter are dead.

Mr. and Mrs. Flood are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South; and he also belongs to the A. O. U. W.

Mr. Flood owns a good farm of 240 acres, a few miles south of Linneus. He also owns property in the county seat.

Mr. Flood has made and efficient officer, and is thoroughly conversant with the duties of his office. Having lived in Linn from his infancy, he is identified in sentiment with her best interests every way, and expects always to live here.

Politically, Mr. Floo is a Democrat, and has always affiliated with that party, and never with any other.

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