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Abadiah Davis Floyd
b.Abt 1802
Facts and Events
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- Obituary
In Memory of Abadiah Floyd Merriweather, mother of Mrs. E. W. Gunter, who died August 6th, 1886, Aged aged 84 years.... She... (was) a niece of Gen. William and John Floyd. Gen. William was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and prominent in the early history of the Republic, who entered the Revolution rich and sacrificed all for the cause. (Ed.: incorrect. If any relation at all the William Floyd who signed the Declaration from New York state was a very distant one!) Their mother was a lineal descendant of the Indian Chief Powhatan, the father of Pocahontas. (The obituary continues about Boone's extolling John Floyd in his history, and of Floyd's outfitting a privateer in 1776, his capture of enemy shipping and his own capture, imprisonment, escape and trip to Paris.) He was furnished by Dr. Franklin with the means to return to America.... His son, Dr. Floyd, was born two weeks after his father was killed by Indians. When he grew up he went to Virginia, from whence his father had come. He was twelve years in Congress and Governor of the State... He was the half brother of J.D. Breckenridge. She was ever fond of recalling her girlhood years, and telling how they were spent in the quaint old homes of Kentucky's most elegant old-time people.... She had been married twice to men of means and the highest standing. She is the last of the historic family of Floyd's, of Kentucky. Peace be with her. Stevens, Marshall, Mitchell, Washington and other Families
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