Notes for: Floyd Neely

Floyd Neely was the second merchant in partnership with M. E. Smith, operating a business as Neely & Smith in West Union. He was appointed sheriff for 3 or 4 years prior to 1852, and was High Sheriff in 1860, 1863 (first under the new state constitution), and also in 1870 and 1872. A grandson of John Neely, who was a Revolutionary War Militiaman from New York, Floyd Neely was a Colonel in the 180th W.Va. Militia in the Civil War. Floyd Neely's home was located in West Union at 203 Court Street, at the corner of Columbia Street. With its distinctive mansard roof, it was built in about 1858. In the early 2000s, the home was owned by Dr. James B. Kirkwood (1938-2010) and became known during that time as the Kirkwood House.