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'''William Peyton Florence''' (June 17, 1872 – November 24, 1944),<ref name=ancestry>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60525&h=97883091&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=fML116&_phstart=successSource|title=WilliamPeyton Florence|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=February 13, 2019}}</ref> was among the first three [[cotton]] growers in the Llano Estacado of West [[Texas]]. He was also an [[author]] and an [[educator]], who became the first superintendent of public schools in Slaton, a small community in [[Lubbock|Lubbock County]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190126/caprock-chronicles-william-p-florence-south-plains-pioneer|title=CaprockChronicles: William P. Florence, South Plains pioneer|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=January 25, 2019|author=Rob King|accessdate=February 13, 2019}}</ref>
'''William Peyton Florence''' (June 17, 1872 – November 24, 1944),<ref name=ancestry>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60525&h=97883091&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=fML116&_phstart=successSource|title=William Peyton Florence|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=February 13, 2019}}</ref> was among the first three [[cotton]] growers in the Llano Estacado of West [[Texas]]. He was also an [[author]] and an [[educator]], who became the first superintendent of public schools in Slaton, a small community in [[Lubbock|Lubbock County]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190126/caprock-chronicles-william-p-florence-south-plains-pioneer|title=Caprock Chronicles: William P. Florence, South Plains pioneer|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=January 25, 2019|author=Rob King|accessdate=February 13, 2019}}</ref>
Florence was born in east Texas in Smith County, of which Tyler is the principal city, to Samuel Thomas and the former Levina Anne Ashley. When he arrived in Lubbock County, he was a land promoter in the Lubbock areas. His land promotions were printed a decade after the founding of Lubbock in 1891. The other cotton pioneers were George Oliver "Boss" Graves (1856-1932), who planted several acres in 1896 that failed because of frost, and Squire R. Rush (1857-1935), a native of Darke County, [[Ohio]], who planted ten acres in 1900, but lost a half bale to stray [[cattle]]. Florence picked two full bales of cotton, which he had ginned at Big Spring in Howard County, Texas.<ref name=bio/>
Florence was born in east Texas in Smith County, of which Tyler is the principal city, to Samuel Thomas and the former Levina Anne Ashley. When he arrived in Lubbock County, he was a land promoter in the Lubbock areas. His land promotions were printed a decade after the founding of Lubbock in 1891. The other cotton pioneers were George Oliver "Boss" Graves (1856-1932), who planted several acres in 1896 that failed because of frost, and Squire R. Rush (1857-1935), a native of Darke County, [[Ohio]], who planted ten acres in 1900, but lost a half bale to stray [[cattle]]. Florence picked two full bales of cotton, which he had ginned at Big Spring in Howard County, Texas.<ref name=bio/>