Hiram C. Floyd (1844 - 1922)

Born 12 Nov 1844 in Pickens, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of America Jane (Harris) Floyd — married 10 May 1866 in Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 10 May 1922 at age 77 in Cove, Polk, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Hiram was born in 1844. He passed away in 1922. Parents: John Floyd 1807 – unknown Margaret Richardson Mayo Floyd 1808–1884

Spouse: America M Harris Floyd 1848 – unknown

Children: John H Floyd 1871–1966 Robert Lee Floyd 1875–1953 Margaret America Floyd Walters 1879–1953 Oliver Taylor Floyd 1881–1960 Paul Monroe Floyd 1884–1942 Cecelia Pearl Floyd Watkins 1887–1967 Nora B Floyd 1889–1900

Siblings: James R. Floyd 1825 – unknown John McDanley Floyd 1832–1913 David Vant Floyd 1835–1917 Lucinda Imenda Floyd Felker 1838–1910 Richard A. Floyd 1839–1865 Robert Henry Floyd 1847–1934 Eliza Caroline Floyd Storment 1852–1937

"My gg-uncle Hiram H. C. Floyd was born in Pickens County, Alabama where his father John Floyd is found on the 1840 federal census. His mother Margaret Richardson Mayo Floyd's uncle Newton Harbin had moved to Pickens County in 1816. (Newton Harbin and his wife Mary Noland Harbin were charter members of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Pickens County. In 1856 Newton moved his family to Carroll County, Mississippi where he died in 1864 and was buried in the Harbin Cemetery, McCarley.) After Hiram's birth, John and Margaret Mayo Floyd moved their family to Tishomingo County, Mississippi; the earliest deed for John Floyd found in that county is dated December 7, 1845. In 1866 Hiram Floyd married America Harris in Tishomingo Co, Mississippi. Born about 1848, America Harris was the younger sister of Susan Harris who married Richard A. Floyd, Hiram's brother in 1857. Their father was Ashley B. Harris, born 1798 North Carolina, died 1878 Jefferson County, Alabama. Their mother was America Moore born about 1822 in Alabama. The much older Ashley Harris married 17-year-old America Moore on February 28, 1839 in Jefferson County, Alabama. They were the parents of John F. 1842, Susan 1843, Sarah 1845, America 1848 and Edna 1850. Ashley, his wife and children last appear on the 1850 federal census in Truss, Jefferson County, Alabama. Ashley's wife America Moore Harris then died and her parents, John and Jane Moore, took her children with them to Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Nothing is known about their father Ashley B. Harris until his murder in Jefferson County, Alabama in November of 1878, as shown in a Birmingham, Alabama newspaper article. Further, probate records reflected that Ashley died "leaving no widow or his own heirs of any kind known to your petitioner...": February 27, 1878 Birmingham Iron Age Ashly B. Harris -"The lower portion of this county had been considerably excited for a week or two, over the disappearance of one, Ashly Harris, a citizen of this county, which excitement culminated last week in the finding of the body, on the mountain in the southeastern part of the county. He had been shot in the head. The supposed object of the murder was robbery. HIRAM IN THE CIVIL WAR: On August 19, 1861 in Iuka, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, 16-year-old Hiram H.C. Floyd enlisted with his brothers Richard A. Floyd and David Vant Floyd, their uncle William James David Mayo, and cousins Anderson Thompson Mayo and James G. Mayo and placed in Company A, 26th Miss Rgmt, Mississippi Volunteers. The story that has come down in my family is that Uncle Bob [Hiram's brother Robert Henry Floyd] was too young to join up with his brothers in the 26th Miss Inf on 19 Aug 1861 in Iuka, and that he later "took off" and joined up in Alabama -- his tombstone at Friendship Cemetery in Paden, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, is marked "Co I, Morelands Rgmt, Alabama Calvary. HIRAM'S DEATH: Hiram died at the home of his son Paul Monroe Floyd, on May 10, 1922. His death certificate states his age as 78 years, 5 month, and 28 days. He died from TB -- tuberculosis pulmonosis. Son P.M. Floyd (Paul Monroe) of Cove, Ark. was the informant. Hiram H.C. Floyd was buried the next day (May 11, 1922) at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Cove -- his grave probably dug by his family and friends, as there is no undertaker shown on his death certificate." Husband of my 2nd great-aunt, America M. Harris. Nancy Holland on 19 Feb 2022.

Military

Civil War Confederate Enlistment Rank: Private; Muster Date: 1 Sep 1861, Jackson, Mississippi Co. G, 26th InfantryRegiment

Sources

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Southern Division, Tishomingo, Mississippi; Roll: 382; Page: 146a
• Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database
• Hunting For Bears, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4PW-SR9 : 14 January 2022), H. H. C. Floyd, Beat 3, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 197, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• Year: 1920; Census Place: White, Polk, Arkansas; Roll: T625_74; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 112
• Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950. Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society. Microfiche.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91927598/hiram-h_c-floyd: accessed 06 January 2024), memorial page for Hiram H. C. Floyd (12 Nov 1844–10 May 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91927598, citing Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cove, Polk County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by BonnieGober12 (contributor 47204700).