Joseph White Floyd (1844 - 1922)

Born 1844 in North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Nov 1922 at about age 78 in Hunt County, Texas, USA

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Biography

Joseph White Floyd was born in North Carolina in 1844 to John Floyd (1800-1867) and Nancy Lilly (1805-1876). When Joseph was 9 years old, in 1853, the family moved to Tishomingo County, Mississippi. When War broke out, he and his brothers enlisted in the Army. Joseph was injured in 1863. After the War, he was honorably discharged at Iuka, Mississippi. On the 3rd of January 1866, Joseph married Mary Anne Gatteys at Prentiss County, Mississippi. In 1890, he moved his family to Hunt County, Texas. In 1916, he applied for a military pension. In 1922, at the age of 78, Joseph passed away in Hunt County, Texas.

Parents: John Floyd 1800–1867 Nancy Lilly Floyd 1805–1876

Spouse: Mary Anne Gatteys Floyd 1843–1927

Siblings: Lucy Floyd Hill 1831–1931 Edmund Deberry Floyd 1839–1908 James Benjamin Floyd 1849–1930

Children: Barbara E Floyd Thomas 1877–1912

Military

Civil War Confederate

• At the age of 18, Joseph enlisted on 29 April 1862 at Corinth, Mississippi into Company "F" 32nd Mississippi Infantry:
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Joseph was wounded on the 25th of November 1863 during skirmishing around Missionary Ridge and sent to the hospital by the surgeon.

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His brother, Edmund Deberry Floyd, was also badly injured in 1863 at Missionary Ridge. His brother, Robert Alexander Floyd, who was 31 years old, was killed by a Federal sharpshooter at Petersburg, Virginia.

Sources

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Lanesboro, Anson, North Carolina; Roll: M432_619; Page: 235A; Image: 475
• Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Austin, Texas; Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975; Collection #: CPA16526; Roll #: 164; Roll Description: Pension File Nos. 04800 to 39685, Application Years 1915 to 1924
• Ancestry.com. Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• Year: 1920; Census Place: Wolfe, Hunt, Texas; Roll: T625_1820; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 137
• Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
• Year: 1850; Census Place: Lanesboro, Anson, North Carolina; Roll: M432_619; Page: 235A; Image: 475: Ancestry Sharing Link
• Year: 1860; Census Place: Tishomingo, Mississippi; Roll: M653_593; Page: 197; Image: 202; Family History Library Film: 803593: Ancestry Sharing Link
• Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 5 Range 8, Prentiss, Mississippi; Roll: M593_746; Page: 442A; Image: 19825; Family History Library Film: 552245: Ancestry Sharing Link
• Year: 1880; Census Place: Prentiss, Mississippi; Roll: 663; Family History Film: 1254663; Page: 264C; Enumeration District: 174: Ancestry Sharing Link
• Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Hunt, Texas; Roll: 1648; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0132; FHL microfilm: 1241648: Ancestry Sharing Link
• Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Hunt, Texas; Roll: T624_1566; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0128; FHL microfilm: 1375579: Ancestry Sharing Link
• Year: 1920; Census Place: Wolfe, Hunt, Texas; Roll: T625_1820; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 686: Ancestry Sharing Link
• Mississippi Compiled Marriage: Ancestry Sharing Link
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8928034/joseph-w-floyd: accessed 25 July 2022), memorial page for Joseph W Floyd (1844–May 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8928034, citing Mount Carmel Cemetery, Wolfe City, Hunt County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Arkieologist (contributor 47246586).