Floyd was affiliated with the Christian Church in Carlisle, Iowa
in 1904. He was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 88th Division artillery
in 1917. Later, about 1918, he was a physics teacher in Duncombe, Iowa.
In 1920-1922 he was a physics teacher in Council Bluffs High School.
About 1923 he was a salesman for auto supplies in Omaha, Nebraska
in Nebraska and Wyoming. He later was owner of an appliance store
in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming.