"A picture of the late David Floyd is to be hung in the Public Library and a picture and description of the Gibbons Elm, the latter to be in a frame made from the historic Gibbons Elm in which will be embedded the key to the library used by Mr. Floyd for over 15 years."

"...Mr. Floyd was born in Winthrop 59 years ago in the old Ford homestead on Main Street, the son of Edward and Lucretia Floyd, and has lived in Winthrop ever since. He engaged in the real estate business with offices both in Winthrop and Boston since 1879 and has much to do with Winthrop growth. He was town treasurer from 1885 to 1895 and in 1888 was a member of the House of Representatives, from the district composed of Winthrop, Revere and a portion of Chelsea. At the time of his death he was trustee of the Winthrop Public Library, trustee of the Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association, vice president County Savings Bank of Chelsea, ex-president Suffolk Chapter, S.A.R., director of the Mass. Real Estate Exchange and a director of the Winthrop Cooperative Bank. He was one of the founders and ex-presidents of the Improvement Association, and had made a study of Winthrop history, from its beginnings, and was often called upon to speak on historical matters not only pertaining to Winthrop but to other adjoining towns closely aligned to Winthrop..."

"All classes, the rich, the poor, the high, the lowly, men high in the councils of the state, men from all parts of greater Boston, say nothing of those from Winthrop, gathered in the First Methodist Church, Sunday afternoon, to pay their last tribute to the late David Floyd, whose sudden death has cast a gloom over this community..."