James Fountain Floyd (1825 - 1863)

Born 1 Mar 1825 in Union, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Buntain) Floyd — married 25 Sep 1849 in Union, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1863 at age 38 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

James Floyd was born in Kentucky.

James Fountain Floyd was born on 1 Mar 1825 in Union, Kentucky, USA, son of Henry Crosby Floyd (1789 - 1858) and Ann Threlkeld (1804 - ~1831). James died on 22 Sep 1863 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States aged 38.

His siblings were:

1. Malinda T (Floyd) Robertson (1819 - 1905)
2. Henry Threlkeld Floyd (1821 - 1860)
3. Ann Elizabeth (Floyd) McMurray (1827 - )
4. Lucy Ellen (Floyd) Barger (1830 - )
5. Nathaniel Helm Hancock Floyd (1835 - 1896)
6. Talitha Ann Floyd (1837 - <1866)
7. Simon Burney Roberts Floyd (1838 - 1862)
8. Enoch Henry Floyd (1841 - 1911)
9. Sarah Crosby (Floyd) Gibson (1843 - 1917)
10. Cornelius Atkinson Floyd (1846 - 1932)

James married Mary Ann Buntain (1817 - 1870) on 25 Sep 1849 in Union. Their children were:

1. Lucy Ann (Floyd) Sheffer (1850 - 1922)
2. Henry C Floyd (1854 - 1929)
3. Malinda Emma Floyd (1856 - 1900)
4. Wesley Anna (Floyd) Hughes (1858 - 1920).

James F Floyd married Mrs. Mary Lutrell on 20 Dec 1849 in Union, Kentucky, United States.^[1]

In 1860, 35-year-old James F. Floyd was living in Morganfield, Kentucky. His occupation was listed as a farmer. He reported that he owned $1,000 worth of personal property. His wife, Mary V Floyd (43) was living in the household along with the children from her previous marriage; Lucinda (20), Lewis (16), and Richard L Luttrell (14). James and Mary's children were also living in the home: Ann (8), Henry (6), Melinda (4) and Wesley Anna (2). None of the children were marked as attending school.^[2]

James F Floyd served in 1863 in the Military Unit: Tenth (Johnson's) Cavalry, A-F. ^[3]

Camp Douglas in 1863.

James was first captured on 11 Jan 1863. He was captured again on 19 Jul 1863 at Buffington Island in Ohio. He was a prisoner at Camp Chase in Ohio, and then transferred to to Camp Douglas in Chicago. Conditions were horrible and it was reported that 1 in 5 prisoners within those walls died. Punishment by officials and guards was unusually cruel. Confederate soldiers starved to death as food rations were withheld and many, being deprived of blankets while living in tents, froze to death in the severe weather. He was listed as one of the Confederate Soldiers that died in the north on 22 Sep 1863 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[4]

James Fountain Floyd died on 22 Sep 1863 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.^[5][6]

The Register of Confederates who Died in the North shows that James died 22 Sep 1863 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. ^[7]

James B Floyd died 23 Sep 1863, and was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. ^[8]

Nathaniel J Hughes (74) and Wesley A Smith (74) were married 14 May 1893 in Morganfield, Kentucky. The groom's parents were James Thorne Hughes and Lucy Crosby. The bride's parents were James Fountain Floyd and Mary Veronica Buntain. This was Nathaniel's third marriage, and Wesley's second marriage. ^[9]

Lillie Floyd Hughs died 6 Sep 1920 in Union, Washington, Kentucky, United States. She was the daughter of James F. Floyd and Mary Ann Buntain. ^[10]

Annie Sheffer died 1922 in Union, Kentucky, United States. She was the daughter of James Fountain Floyd and Ms. Buntain. ^[11]

Henry C. Floyd died in 1929 in Uniontown, Union, Kentucky, United States. He was the son of James Fountain Floyd and Mary Ann Burton. ^[12]

Children

1. Ann Floyd 30 Jul 1850-17 Sep 1922 married Nimrod Grigsby Sheffer; FAGM 106211548; ^{[2] [11]}
2. Henry Floyd 2 Aug 1854- 2 Apr 1929 married Nettie Barton; ^{[2] [12]}
3. Melinda Floyd 1856-31 Dec 1900; ^[2]
4. Wesley Anna Floyd 12 Mar 1858-6 Sep 1920 married James Smith; ^{[2] [9]}

Reference Note

James F. Floyd was originally buried in the Chicago City Cemetery.

Chicago City Cemetery was located in at the south end of what is now Lincoln Park. The first burials were in 1843, and at its peak, had 20,000 burials. City residents did not like the cemetery location, which was on low land, close to the lake, thinking it contaminated water supply and aided the spread of diseases such as cholera.

In 1859, the city stopped selling lots at the cemetery and reinternments began in the newly-opened Rosehill Cemetery. The last burials at City were in 1866. Other cemeteries that have reinterred remains are Graceland, Wunders, and Calvary. Jewish Cemetery landowners handled reinternments, for which there are no public records. The remains of about 6,000 confederate prisoners from the federal prison, Camp Douglas, were moved from a potters field to Oak Woods Cemetery. The conditions at Camp Douglas were notoriously awful, and most of the rebels died of of hunger and disease, between 1862 and 1865.

Disinterment's were completed by 1870, and the City Cemetery was officially empty of all graves except the Ira Couch tomb, which still stands in the park (it was deemed too expensive to move--and may be empty--records indicate he is in Rosehill's Couch family tomb) and 116-year-old Boston Tea Party's David Kennison. However, various digs in the park over the years, one as recently as 1998, have yielded human remains.

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D6-9BP8 : 22 July 2021), James F Floyd and Mary B Lutrell, 25 Sep 1849; citing Marriage, Union, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 2,135,103.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBL-G42 : 18 February 2021), James F Floyd, 1860.
3. ↑ "Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF8W-WDN : 4 December 2014), James F Floyd, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Tenth (Johnson's) Cavalry, A-F, NARA microfilm publication M319 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 56.
4. ↑ "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-YLSJ : 16 March 2018), James Floyd, 22 Sep 1863; citing Death, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, p. 174, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #37624906
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK3-VC4S : 29 May 2020), James Fountain Floyd, 1865; Burial, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States of America, Oak Woods Cemetery; citing record ID 37624906, Find a Grave, Find A Grave: Memorial #37624906Fountain Floyd.
7. ↑ "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-YLSJ : 16 March 2018), James Floyd, 22 Sep 1863; citing Death, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, p. 174, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.
8. ↑ "Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYM-BCVW : 10 September 2019), James B Floyd, ; citing Burial, , Cook, Illinois, United States, Oak Woods Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,001,188.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-9263 : 9 March 2021), Jas F Floyd in entry for Nathaniel J Hughes and Wesley A Smith, 15 May 1893; citing Marriage, Union, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 562,184.
10. ↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N91N-WLH : 16 July 2021), James F. Floyd in entry for Lillie Floyd Hughis, 6 Sep 1920; citing Death, Union, Washington, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,943,282.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSF3-FGC : 2 March 2021), James Fountain Floyd in entry for Annie Sheffer, 1922; citing Death, Union, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,943,752.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9NJ-1FF : 2 March 2021), James Fountain Floyd in entry for Henry C. Floyd, 1929; citing Death, Uniontown, Union, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,912,934.