Genealogy Report: Descendants of John Floyd
Descendants of John Floyd
247.IRENE9 FLOYD (JOHN COLBERT8, JOHN JULIUS7, JOHN BURFORD6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, CHARLES2, JOHN1)2260 was born 30 December 1876, and died 25 June 1904.She married W. L. HARMON2260.He was born Abt. 1874.
More About IRENE FLOYD:
Burial: Pine Mountain Cemetery, Pine Mountain, Harris Co., GA
Child of IRENE FLOYD and W. HARMON is:
i. | WILLIAM L.10 HARMON II2260, b. 30 May 1903; d. 25 August 1904. |
More About WILLIAM L. HARMON II: Burial: Pine Mountain Cemetery, Pine Mountain, Harris Co., GA |
Notes for RUTH FLOYD:
David Wilson, op. cit., sent me this wonderful sketch by Elinor Floyd Van Dyke.
" Ruth was born in Columbus Georgia, 4 Jan, 1878, the youngest child of John Colbert Floyd and his wife, Louisa Caroline Allen Floyd. She was barely a year younger than her twin sisters, Irma and Irene, seven years younger than Papa, and eleven years younger than her brother, John Allen Floyd....
"She seemed to feel that Columbus was her 'hometown' and her favorite place, though she spent most of her life in Atlanta. Her parents followed Papa and Munner to Chipley, now Pine Mountain. She recalled the sadness at the loss of beautiful and vivacious twin Irma near fourteen from a mysterious spinal problem. She said the twins were not identical and Irma was considered the great beauty and charmer, but she said that after Irma died, they discovered that Irene was very pretty and smart and sweet, for she had always yielded to Irma.
"Aunt Ruth did not marry until she was twenty-six, and apparently helped Papa and Munner with their growing family a lot, though she lived with her parents. She was the 'nurse' in the family....She and my father remained very close - he always called her his 'sweetheart' from early childhood....
"Ruth married Uncle Henry White in 1904, apparently early in the year. Uncle Linton Allen gave her a wedding gift of a sterling tea service, Gorham "Buttercup" pattern with monograms (which I now have). She spoke often of losing her dearly beloved sister, Irene....who had married William Harman in June, 1904, a few weeks after childbirth and the baby... died soon after....Then her father died in September and her oldest brother a few months later. She often mentioned losing four of her family members within a year, and never seemed to overcome all that trauma. I believe she and her husband lived in Atlanta after Papa was there because my dad said when he was a bib boy, they'd sent him over to spend the night with Aunt Ruth and Louisa when Uncle Henry left...."
"Ruth's tombstone reads " Ruth Floyd , Widow of W. Henry White . Born Jan. 4 ,1878 , Died July 8, 1964. Come unto Me and I shall give you rest. "
More About RUTH FLOYD:
Burial: Pine Mountain Cemetery, Pine Mountain, Harris Co., GA
Child of RUTH FLOYD and W. WHITE is:
i. | LOUISA ALLEN10 WHITE2260, b. 03 July 1906, Columbus, GA; d. 31 October 1996, Atlanta, GA; m. DR. CULLEN BRYANT GOSNELL2260, Abt. 1930; b. 14 December 1893; d. 16 August 1963, Atlanta, GA. |
Notes for LOUISA ALLEN WHITE: This is from Elinor Floyd Van Dyke, courtesy of David Leon Wilson, Dec., 2002: "Louisa was born in July, 1906, with a very difficult delivery, and the family joked about Aunt Ruth's constant talk of her. Aunt Ruth was known as a very verbose conversationalist - not that that was unusual among the Floyds! But Aunt Ruth devoted her life to her and Louisa was a devoted daughter, having told Cullen Gosnell that she would marry him on the condition that her mother would always live with them, which she did until her death in 1964, a year after Cullen's - and Lousia nursed the both after strokes - with help. "Aunt Ruth reared a beautiful, brilliant daughter. She took her Batchelor degree from Agnes Scott, with Aunt Ruth's devoted stitching for that , as well as high school at the exclusive N Avenue Presbyterian School - NAPS - catering to Atlanta's finest families. She was a distinguished student and received her Masters in Mathematics from Emory, developing an entire new formula.... "Dr. Cullen B. Gosnell saw her walk across the lobby at High Hampton Inn , N. C. , where she was visiting friends, and told his friend, 'I am going to marry that beautiful girl!' He was well into his thirties- over ten years older than she - and I think already teaching at Emory where he became the distinguished Head of Political Science Department and met with FDR and others. When he died, Ralph McGill (editor, Atlanta Constitution) headlined it 'Doctor Political Science Dies.'They were great friends, so, needless to say, philosophically quite socialistic. Dr. Gosnell was a good looking, in a quiet way, well proportioned medium height man. Louisa was always erect with a good figure, about five feet four or so, and huge gorgeous brown eyes like Aunt Ruth (called McKinley eyes, inherited from her great great grandmother) , and lovely features - intelligently animated with a calm dignity. They desperately wanted children and decided by the time they gave up hope that Cullen was too old to adopt.... She traced a lot or genealogy in Scotland and England. They bought a weekend retreat 'Farm' which Louisa decorated and landscaped beautifully. Papa advised on the water pump, etc. When I was a teenager, the house burned after a midnight lighting strike and they barely escaped! They immediately redid another old cabin on the farm. "They had a lovely English Tudor home on Oxford Road in Atlanta near Emory for most of their married life that was featured in 'Better Homes and Gardens' in the 1930's. She had terraced gardens, fish ponds and fountains, exquisitely planted so that her gardens were showplaces. So, you can see that Aunt Ruth had a lot to be proud of - and some might envy or resent, but I loved hearing Aunt Ruth's stories and greatly admired and loved Louisa - always wonderful to me! And she took a big interest in Gerri Hilliard, helping her with landscapes, etc....Louisa developed Alzheimer's (as her father had). Louisa spent approximately her last thirty years at Canterbury Court, a lovely retirement community in Atlanta - so tragic.... "Her obituary (Sunday, Nov. 3, 1996 - AtlantaJournal/Atlanta Constitution) reads: 'Louisa White Gosnell, 90, of Atlanta, died October 31 at Canterbury Court after a long illness. Born in Columbus, she earned degrees at Agnes Scott and Emory. Over the years, she served in both voluntary and staff roles with the YWCA, League of Women Voters, and Easter Seal Society. The widow of Cullen Bryant Gosnell, former professor of political science at Emory, she assisted him in his suit against the County Unit System. She was a former president of Emory's Woman's Club. Among her extensive travels, was a trip circling the globe in 1967. Flowers were her hobby, and she developed showplace gardens at two of her homes. Surviving are many cousins. A graveside service will be held Sunday in Pine Mountain, at 2:00 p.m. A memorial service is planned Tuesday, 10 a.m. in the chapel at Canterbury Court. In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations to Canterbury Court Resident Endowment Fund, 3750 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, 30319.' " Louisa Allen White is buried in the family plot in Pine Mountain. Her epitaph reads "Strength and Dignity were her Clothing. The Works of Her Hands Praise Her." |
More About LOUISA ALLEN WHITE: Burial: Pine Mountain Cemetery, Pine Mountain, Harris Co., GA |
Notes for DR. CULLEN BRYANT GOSNELL: Cullen Gosnell was the professor and later Department Head of Political Science at Emory. Cullen is buried in Pine Mountain where his epitaph reads "I have walked in mine integrity , I have trusted also in the Lord." |
More About DR. CULLEN BRYANT GOSNELL: Burial: Pine Mountain Cemetery, Pine Mountain, Harris Co., GA |
Notes for ELLEN TOUZALIN:
Ellen is my half-third cousin, twice removed, and so her children are cousins.
Alex Luken found this:
b. 2 October 1870, d. 31 May 1916
Rear Admiral Hon. Horace Lambert Alexander Hood was the son of Francis Wheler (this is correct spelling)Hood, 4th Viscount Hood and Edith Lydia Drummond Ward. He was born on 2 October 1870. He married Ellen Touzalin, daughter of A. E. Touzalin, on 19 January 1910. He died on 31 May 1916 at age 45, killed in action. He fought in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916.
Children of Rear Admiral Hon. Horace Lambert Alexander Hood and Ellen Touzalin:
Sir Samuel Hood, 6th Viscount Hoodb. 15 Oct 1910, d. 1981
Alexander Lambert Hood, 7th Viscount Hood+b. 11 Mar 1914, d. c 10 Oct 1999
For photographs of Ellen, see:http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp62244
Katherine Nickerson, daughter from Ellen Touzalin's first marriage, married Baron Northbourne.
This is interesting:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/tracing.htm
Northbourne, Walter Ernest Christopher James, Lord (Baron)
Look to the Land
London: Dent
206 pp. Index. Bibliography.
NAL call no. 30 N81
cited in: H, S
This frequently overlooked early inspirational work includes the first known use of the term "organic farming" in a chapter heading on page 148, "diversified organic farming a practical proposition."
According to his son, the present Baron, Northbourne felt obliged, when World War II came in 1939, "to recommend to other farms the chemical methods of stimulating production" in order to "help feed" the country. "Being an honourable person, he therefore felt that he, too, must abandon his organic production and adopt the more conventional methods of fertilising and weed control which were beginning to emerge at that time." (Personal correspondence 9/88)
Notes for REAR ADMIRAL THE HON. HORACE LAMBERT ALEXANDER HOOD:
This from Alex Luken:"Born October 2nd, 1870, died May 31st, 1916. The name "Hood" has been evocative with the Royal Navy for many years. Admiral, Sir Samuel Hood 1st Viscount Hood Of Whitley was Hood's great, great grandfather and served with Nelson. H.L.A. Hood joined the Navy in 1883 : H.M.S. Temeraire, H.M.S. Hyacinth; 1887 : H.M.S. Calliope. During the first World War as Rear-Admiral on H.M.S. Invincible, he perished with all but 6 of her complement of more than 1,000 at the Battle of Jutland May 31st, 1916, his flagship being the fourth British battle cruiser to be lost on that day due to poor storage and handling of the cordite charges in the magazines. His family name (or more precisely, that of Lord Samuel Hood) was used for the ship - the 4th of 5 to utilise that name - launched 2 years later by his widow which would meet its own similar fate from the Bismarck on May 24th, 25 years after. He was the 4th child (3rd son) of 4th Viscount Hood (Francis Wheler Hood) and Viscountess Hood, (Edith Lydia Drummond Ward, daughter of Arthur Ward Esq.); he was the husband of the Hon. Lady Hood (Ellen Touzalin, the widow of George Nickerson), of East Sheen Lodge, Sheen, Surrey. His memorial is on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire."
From the HMS Hood Association on the Web:
"On 31 May 1916, the great naval battle at Jutland took place.Although the British achieved a strategic victory, they had paid a high price: three battle cruisers were lost with appalling loss of life-H.M.S. Invincible (the very first battle cruiser and the command ship of Admiral Sir Horace Lambert Alexander Hood descendant of the great naval Hoods), Queen Mary and Indefatigable were all destroyed by massive explosions- plunging German shells had easily penetrated their scant deck and turret armour and detonated their magazines.Another battle cruiser, H.M.S. Lion, was nearly lost as well.Only quick thinking and excellent damage control (magazine flooding) saved her.After investigating these tragedies, it became abundantly clear that the key problems had been the lack of adequate armour protection, poor flash/fire proofing and unstable cordite.It also became clear that unless modified, the new Admiral class design would suffer from the same flaws as its predecessors."
King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
HOOD, Hon Horace Lambert Alexander (1870-1916), Rear Admiral
Service biography
Joined RN 1883; HMS TEMERAIRE 1885; HMS CALLIOPE 1889; Sudan 1897-1898; HMS HYACINTH, Somaliland expedition 1903; commanding RN College Osborne 1910-1914; World War I 1914-1915
Papers
CHURCHILL ARCHIVES CENTRE, CHURCHILL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: Papers (ref: HOOD); NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, LONDON: The papers of Sir Julian Stafford Corbett include correspondence with Hood.
Child of ELLEN TOUZALIN and GEORGE NICKERSON is:
i. | KATHERINE LOUISE10 NICKERSON2266, b. Abt. 19072267; m. 4TH BARON NORTHBOURNE WALTER ERNEST CHRISTOPHER JAMES2268, 04 March 19252269; b. 18 January 18962269; d. 19822269. |
Notes for 4TH BARON NORTHBOURNE WALTER ERNEST CHRISTOPHER JAMES: Lord Northbourne, born Walter Ernest Christopher James, was the 4th Baron Northbourne. He was educated at Oxford and was for many years Provost of Wye College -- the agricultural college of London University. Lord Northbourne was a keen agronomist, and wrote an influential book in 1940, "Look to the Land."In this book, Northbourne introduced the term "organic farming" to the world, as well as the concepts related to managing a farm as an "organic whole." After reading the book, Marco Pallis contacted Lord Northbourne and later introduced him to Traditionalist/Perennialist writers and their ideas. In years to come, he would integrate their thinking into his own writings and life, and corresponded with many of the most prominent writers of this school, as well as with Thomas Merton. Lord Northbourne later began to make his own contributions to the Traditionalist body of work, writing articles for the British journal Studies in Comparative Religion. Many of these essays were later included in his books Religion in the Modern World (1963) and Looking Back on Progress (1970). Lord Northbourne wrote on a wide range of topics, often pointing blunt charges at the failings of the modern world, and used vivid examples to substantiate his criticisms. His writings are noted for their clarity and logical progression, and so the books of Lord Northbourne are often cited as excellent introductions to the Traditionalist perspective. Lord Northbourne also was an energetic and expert translator, and he had the distinction of translating into English the important book The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times by René Guénon. He also translated Light on the Ancient Worlds by Frithjof Schuon and Sacred Art in East and West: Its Principles and Methods by Titus Burckhardt. Lord Northbourne's essay "The Survival of Civilization" caps the anthology Every Branch in Me: Essays on the Meaning of Man. Another of his essays, "Religion and Science," is included in the book Science and the Myth of Progress. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bibliography of Lord Northbourne Look to the Land (1940) Religion in the Modern World (1963) Looking Back on Progress (1970) |
Children of ELLEN TOUZALIN and HORACE HOOD are:
ii. | SIXTH VISCOUNT HOOD SAMUEL10 HOOD2270, b. 15 October 19102271; d. 19812271. | ||
iii. | SEVENTH VISCOUNT HOOD ALEXANDER LAMBERT HOOD2272, b. 11 March 19142273; d. 10 October 19992273. |