Fannie Mae (Murphy) Floyd (1894 - 1925)

Born 6 Nov 1894 in Tattnall, Georgia, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Earl Floyd — married 12 Dec 1915 in Tattnall County, Georgia, USA

Died 5 Aug 1925 at age 30 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States

Biography

Fannie Mae Murphy was born 6 November 1894, in Tattnall County, Georgia, the daughter of James Edward 'Jimmy' Murphy and Willie Sophronia 'Fronie' Harrell Murphy^[1].

In 1900^[2], and 1910^[3], she lived in Emanuel County, Georgia with her parents and siblings.

She married Benjamin Earl Floyd 12 December 1915 in Tattnall County, Georgia^[4].

Fannie Murphy & Benjamin Floyd, Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950

Their children were Clarence Russell Floyd, Dessie Mae Floyd Shoemaker, and two unnamed infants^[1].

In 1920 she and Ben lived in Goethe, Hampton County, South Carolina with Ben's family and their children Eva and Clarence^[5].

She died 5 August 1925, in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia of typhoid fever^[6]. Her burial site is unknown though her death certificate specifies her 'place of burial, cremation, or removal' as Collins, Tattnall County, Georgia.

Fannie Mae Floyd Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927

She was mentioned in her daughter Dessie's obituary in 1999^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #153239241
2. ↑ Fannie Murphre, United States Census, 1900
3. ↑ Fannie M Murphey, United States Census, 1910
4. ↑ Fannie Murphy, Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
5. ↑ Fannie Floyd, United States Census, 1920
6. ↑ Fannie Mae Floyd, Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927
7. ↑ Fanny Mae Murphy Floyd, mentioned in the record of Mrs Dessie Mae Floyd Shoemaker

Bibliography

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 June 2018), memorial page for Fannie Mae Murphy Floyd (6 Nov 1894–5 Aug 1925), Find A Grave Memorial no. 153239241; Maintained by Kathryn Ralston (contributor 47942914) Unknown.
• United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3NK-1FX : accessed 3 June 2018), Fannie Murphre in household of J E Murphre, Militia District 53, Emanuel, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 19A, family 372, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,195.
• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLKK-RM8 : accessed 3 June 2018), Fannie M Murphey in household of James E Murphey, Militia District 53, Emanuel, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 95, sheet 16B, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 186; FHL microfilm 1,374,199.
• Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJJ-ZMX : 17 October 2017), Ben Floyd and Fannie Murphy, 12 Dec 1915; citing Marriage, Tattnall, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 206,425.
• United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6Z4-2V6 : accessed 22 November 2019), Fannie Floyd in household of Charles E Cook, Goethe, Hampton, South Carolina, United States; citing ED 101, sheet 5B, line 66, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1696; FHL microfilm 1,821,696.
• Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDNX-BRL : 9 March 2018), Fannie Mae Floyd, 05 Aug 1925, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States; citing reference 22034, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2363473.
• United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPX-F5YZ : accessed 12 February 2019), Fanny Mae Murphy Floyd in entry for Mrs Dessie Mae Floyd Shoemaker, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 20 Feb 1999; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Post and Courier, The, born-digital text.