William D. FLOYD
1858 - 1907 (48 years)-
Name William D. FLOYD Birth 4 Aug 1858 [1] - Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1857, but WV Birth Index shows it as Aug 4 1858. Birthplace given in marriage record as Upshur County, but WV Birth Index shows it as Upshur Creek, Harrison County.
Gender Male Census 1860 Harrison Co, (W)VA 
Census 1870 Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Residence 1876 Doddridge Co, WV [2] Census 1880 New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation 1880 [3] logging, saw mill Residence 1888 Doddridge Co, WV - He is known to have held an office in the West Union Masonic Lodge in 1888.
Census 1900 Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV Occupation 1900 [4] lumberman Death 27 Jul 1907 Person ID I56170 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 19 May 2012
Father Michael FLOYD, b. CA 1838, Harrison Co, (W)VA d. Bef Oct 1924 (Age ~ 86 years)Mother Eliza Ann NUTTER, b. 20 Jun 1833, Harrison Co, (W)VA d. 5 Oct 1924, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 91 years)Family ID F23264 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Alvaretta ASH, b. Nov 1857, Doddridge Co, (W)VA d. 24 Oct 1936, Flatwoods, Braxton Co, WV (Age ~ 78 years)Marriage 18 Jun 1876 Doddridge Co, WV [2] Notes - 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 19 1880:
William Floyd, 22, occupation logging saw mill; wife Alvaretta, 23; son Oran L, 2; dau Rebecca E, 5 months; boarder Sidney Amos, 35, married, occupation working on saw mill; boarder Luther Amos, 28, single, occupation working on saw mill.
(Note: Sidney Amos was more commonly known as Benjamin S. Amos, later a physician. His 1868 marriage to Lucinda Miller ended in divorce and he remarried Mary Carter in 1885. Luther Amos was his brother, more commonly known as Martin L. Amos. Relationship to Luther Amos is not known. Many of the men in the nearby households listed their occupations as "working on saw mill." The owner/operator of the sawmill was presumably a neighbor, John McGowan, 65, whose occupation was listed as "running saw mill.")
1900 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Salt Lick District), enumerated on Jun 4 1900:
William Floyd, 42, b. Aug 1857, occupation lumberman, married 24 yrs; wife Alvaretta, 42, b. Nov 1857, mother of 6 children (3 still living); son Oron L, 22, b. Apr 1878, occupation lumber inspector, single; dau Rebecca E, 20, b. Dec 1879, single; dau Minnie O. Floyd, 8, b. Feb 1892.
A notation indicates that the family residence was a rented house, rather than a farm.
1910 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Holly District, village of Flatwoods), enumerated on May 5 1910:
Esmond G. Moore Jr, 21, b. Va, laborer on railroad bridges, married 7 months; wife Dessie, 18, no children; mother-in-law Alvaretta Floyd, 53, widowed; hired girl Maud Gillespie, 17, housekeeper, single.
Children 1. Oran L. FLOYD, b. Apr 1878 2. Rebecca E. FLOYD, b. Dec 1879 > 3. Minnie Odessa "Dessie" FLOYD, b. Feb 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Family ID F23263 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
- [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
- [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).
- [S2073] 1900 Census, Braxton County, WV.
- [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).