Matthew Benjamin Floyd (1829 - 1908)

Born 2 Apr 1829 in Dooly County, Georgia, United States

Husband of Martha Ann (Dalton) Floyd — married 23 Aug 1848 in Dooly, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1908 at age 79 in Gadsden County, Florida, United States

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Biography

Matthew Benjamin or MB was born in 1829. He was the son of Matthew Floyd and Elizabeth Miles. He passed away in 1908.

He married Martha Ann Dalton in 1848 and moved to Decatur County and then to Gadsden Co, Florida before the outbreak of the Civil War.

In the Quincy census of 1860, he is shown as an Overseer, born in GA with wife Martha and children Elizabeth Delphi 11, Zilla 9, Martha 7, Ben 4, all born in Georgia and then Mary 1 b. Florida.

Census of 1880, Gadsden Co, list M.B. 51 with Martha Ann 50, M.L 18, Jacko 12, Sue Emma 10. Seems other children have left home.

"Florida State Gazetteer & Business Directory 1886-7" lists MB Floyd as Justice of the Peace as well as under Vegetable and Truck Farmers; Cotton and Grain Planters, in Scotland, Florida.

"People of Lawmaking In Florida 1822/1979, #10" lists Matthew Benjamin Floyd as House of Representatives for Gadsden County in 1887.

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Matthew married on August 23, 1848, in Dooley Co., GA, Martha Ann Dalton. Matthew B. Floyd and Alexander McIver witnesses together on Bostick Land sale p 147/8 1861, July 6, Gadsden Co., Fla. M. Floyd listed as School Trustee of Thomas Store School 1871-73 in Gadsden County History. In 1880 Trustee of Scott's Store #7 School Florida State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1886-7 listed Matthew as a Justice of the Peace, cotton and grain planter and Vegetable and Truck farmer.

Represented Gadsden County in the Florida House of Representatives in 1887. Listed in "The People of Lawmaking in Florida 1822/1979, Capitol Years, No. 10." May 29, 1891. Notice in the Times Democrat Newspaper, M. B. Floyd was on the building committee and bought two share at $20 to build a Tobacco Sale and Packing Warehouse, to be located in the town of Quincy.

Buried Salem Cemetery, outside Havana , Florida, site of his family farm.

Sources

• 1850 US Census, Decatur, Georgia pg. 72, dwelling #670
• 1860 US Census, Quincy, Florida pg 84, reel 106, family 623
• 1880 US Census Gadsden Co, Florida
• 1900 US Census, Gadsden, Florida (enumerated in household of son-in-law George B. Gregory, husband of Jaco)
• "Florida State Gazetteer & Business Directory 1886-7"
• "People of Lawmaking In Florida 1822/1979, #10"
• Multiple records from Deed Books
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25937994/mathew_benjamin-floyd: accessed April 21, 2024), memorial page for Mathew Benjamin “Squire” Floyd (2 Apr 1829–23 Oct 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25937994, citing Salem Cemetery, Havana, Gadsden County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Stan Willis (contributor 47695616).

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

This is an excellent resource for researchers of Gadsden Co., Fla. Gadsden County, Florida Gen Web by Angela Boynton Cassidy, County Coordinator dau. of Barbara and Jimmy Boynton Welcome Welcome to the website for the Gadsden County, Florida, GenWeb, part of the Florida GenWeb Project, Inc. This is the best source on the Internet for genealogical data about people who were born in, lived in, or died in Gadsden County. I have about 5,000 photos of tombstones and people, over 1,500 obituaries, some marriage records, some wills, biographies, and 13 years of the Gadsden County Times' social and civic news.

Thank you to A Fabry for creating Floyd-955 on 26 Sep 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by A and others.

book "Gadsden: A Florida County in Word and Picture" by Miles Kenan Womack, Jr. lists our Floyds and McIver ancestors: Matthew Benjamin, School Trustee with Wiliam Munroe, Jr. and J. W. Lanier. "W. C. McIver, Teacher #5 School Providence; Annie McIver, Teacher, Juniper Creek

• family bible; Florida history books;

census; deeds; family interviews