Upper Level: Gideon Floyd 1822-1886 and Rhoda Chastain Taylor 1836-1867

Friday, September 12, 2014

Gideon Floyd 1822-1886 and Rhoda Chastain Taylor 1836-1867

Gideon Floyd
Parents Enoch Floyd and Susanna Lee
Born 28 May 1822 Warren, Kentucky
Occupation: Farmer (1880)
Married 1) Rhoda Chastain Taylor 26 January 1846 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
2) (Widow) Margaret Sarah Johnson Sweeney 29 September 1873 Warren, Kentucky
Died 26 April 1886 Kentucky
Buried Sand Hill Cemetery, Sand Hill, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1850 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 28)
1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 38)
1880 US Census Green Castle, Warren, Kentucky (age 58, with Margaret, his second wife)
Marriage to Rhoda: Kentucky Marriages Batch M01643-3 reference 00025 Pg.77; FHL microfilm 339890
Marriage to Margaret: Kentucky Marriages Batch M01198-5 reference Bk N p154/5; FHL microfilm 339897
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8884778

Rhoda Chastain Taylor
Parents: Joseph Best Taylor and Polly Ann Hudnall
Born: 30 September 1836 Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky
Died 23 March 1867 Kentucky
Buried Sand Hill Cemetery, Sand Hill, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1850 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 23)
1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 32)
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51811101

CHILDREN

Susan Frances Floyd
Born 8 April 1847 Warren, Kentucky
Married William Thomas Flora 21 December 1868 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Foster Children: John Wooten, Nancy Taylor
Died 5 February 1922 Oakland, Warren, Kentucky

Buried Smiths Grove Cemetery, Smiths Grove, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1850 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 3)
1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 12)
1870 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 22)
1880 US Census Smiths Grove, Warren, Kentucky (age 32)
1900 US Census Elk Springs, Warren, Kentucky (age 53)
1920 US Census Elk Springs, Warren, Kentucky (age 73, she and husband living with the Totty family)
Kentucky Marriage Record: Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, reference p 393; FHL microfilm 339895
Kentucky Death Records
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76513444
Melvin B Floyd
Born 1849 Warren, Kentucky
Married 1) Permelia Simmons 30 December 1869 Warren, Kentucky
2) Anna Elman 2 December 1874 Warren, Kentucky
3) Rosella Ann Meadows 23 February 1876 Warren, Kentucky
Note: her name was extracted as Rolida Ann Childers
Children: Nancy, John, Annie, Sophia
Died about 1880 Warren, Kentucky
Buried
Sources
1850 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 1)
1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 10)
Marriage to Permelia: Kentucky Marriages Batch M01638-3 FHL Film 339890
Marriage to Anna: Kentucky Marriages Batch M01363-3 FHL Film 1004521
Marriage to Rosella: Ancestry.com International Marriages Book B- 156
Polly Ann Floyd
Born: 1851 Warren, Kentucky
Married Alfred Gilmore Young 16 February 1873 Warren, Kentucky
Children: Richard, Charles, Edward
Died September 1882
Buried
Sources
1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 9)
1880 US Census Green Castle, Warren, Kentucky (age 29)
Note: went by the name Ann in the record
Kentucky Marriages: Batch M01629-7 FHL Film 339896

Angenicia Elizabeth "Angie"Floyd
Born: 9 January1852 Warren, Kentucky
Married Robert Henry Flora 21 June 1874 Kentucky
Children: William, Mary, Lily, Louisa, Carrie, Gideon, Ida
Died 28 March 1923 Bristow, Warren, Kentucky
Buried Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 7)
1880 US Census Green Castle, Warren, Kentucky (age 26)
1900 US Census Bristow, Warren, Kentucky (age 48)
1910 US Census Bristow, Warren, Kentucky (age 58)
1920 US Census Bristow, Warren, Kentucky (age 68)
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57806512

Pittman M "Pitt" Floyd
Born: 8 July 1854 Warren, Kentucky
Married Sarah Eliza Beck 25 October 1877 Warren, Kentucky
Children: Pearl
Died 7 November 1923 Warren, Kentucky
Buried Mt. Olivet Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Warren, Kentucky Plot 436
Sources
Kentucky Birth Record Batch C51804-1 FHL microfilm 216842
Note: His mother's name is Rody in the record
1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 6)
1880 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 26, with Sarah)
1900 US Census Liberty, Pickens, South Carolina (age 46, widowed, listed as hired man for Wilson family)
Kentucky Death Records Reference 29257 Film 1912694
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35896997

Richard Dudley Floyd
Born: 5 September 1856 Warren, Kentucky
Occupation: Farmer (1880)
Married Catherine Louisa Flora
Children: Henry, Elihu, Mary, Elsie, Horace, Richard, Fannie, Anna
Died 21 October 1913 Oakland, Warren, Kentucky
Buried Smith's Grove Cemetery, Smiths Grove, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 4)
1880 US Census Green Castle, Warren, Kentucky (age 23)
1900 US Census Bristow, Warren, Kentucky (age 44)
1910 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 53)
Kentucky Death Records
Pic: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76598784

Sarah E Floyd
Born: 5 October 1858 Warren, Kentucky
Note: birth record claims above date, headstone claims 4 November 1858. Her birth record was extracted as Flord instead of Floyd.
Not Married
No Children
Died 11 March 1877 Warren, Kentucky
Buried Sandhill Cemetery, Sandhill, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
Kentucky Birth Record Batch C51804-1 FHL microfilm 216842
1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 1)
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51857693

Nancy Floyd
Born: 5 March 1860 Warren, Kentucky
Married William Marshall Miller about 1873 Warren, Kentucky
Children: Eugene, Clarence, Robert, Virginia, Nancy, Sarah, Elijah, Robert
Died 20 February 1936 Warren, Kentucky
Buried Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1900 US Census Bristow, Warren, Kentucky (age 39)
Kentucky Death Records
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108655555

Enoch G Floyd
Born: May 1862 Warren, Kentucky
Married Alice Childress about 1890 Kentucky
Died 1909 Warren, Kentucky
Buried Riverside Christian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1880 US Census Green Castle, Warren, Kentucky (age 17)
1900 US Census Green Castle, Warren, Kentucky (age 37)
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67337546
Thomas M Floyd
Born: January 1865 Warren, Kentucky
Married Nancy E "Annie" Craighead about 1887 Kentucky
Children: William, Elsie, Clara, Elihu, Bessie, Charles
Died January 1948 Dawson, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Buried 22 January 1948 Rose Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Note: have requested a photo of headstone
Sources
1880 US Census Green Castle, Warren, Kentucky (age 13)
1900 US Census Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas (age 35)
1910 US Census Dallas, Dallas, Texas (age 45)
1920 US Census Dallas, Dallas, Texas (age 63)
1930 US Census Dawson, Tulsa, Oklahoma (age
1940 US Census Dawson, Tulsa, Oklahoma (age 90, his 95 year old wife is still alive and they are living with sons Charley and Elihu)

I am not sure the following child exists.
I can't find her on any Census and she is not listed with this surname in the Sandhill Cemetery. I am wondering if someone added Sarah as Sallie/Sally and the name morphed over time. If you know the truth, please let me know.

Sallie Floyd
Born: 1865 Warren, Kentucky
Died 1866 Warren, Kentucky
Buried Sandhill Cemetery, Sandhill, Warren, Kentucky

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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."

Friday, September 12, 2014

Gideon Floyd 1822-1886 and Rhoda Chastain Taylor 1836-1867

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