Frank Floyd

Full Name

Frank Floyd

Victim Profile

Frank Floyd

Biography

On approximately October 02, 1900, Frank Floyd, was attempted to be lynched in Eclectic, Alabama by a crowd of white men after being accused of [a conspiracy to assault white women in the community]. He was arrested and taken to a jail in Montgomery, just barely arriving before the mob of men could reach him and his relative Jake Floyd. Prior to his arrest, Floyd married a woman named Rosie McField, June 15 in the year 1896. They went on to have at least two daughters, Rosie Floyd, and Carrie Bell Floyd. At the age of 28, he rented his own home in the Warehouse District of Wetumpka, Alabama. Frank worked as a bee tender and lived on his property with his wife, four daughters, and a son. Frank Floyd continued to live his life, where he would eventually die in Elmira, New York.

Documented or Attempted

Attempted

Birth Date

March, 1872

County of Birth; County of Death

Elmore County; Chemung County

Death Date

N/A

Date of Attempted Lynching

October 2, 1900

Race

Black

Sex

Male

Researchers

Morgan Lewis, Bre Layton, McKenzie Walker, Jana Venable

Case Number

ALM135-19001004-000

Identified by:

Alabama Memory Project

Mother

Malinda Floyd

Father

Jacob Floyd

Spouse or Partner

Rosie McField (Rosea Holman, Rocy Floyd, Rozie Floyd)

Child

Maggie, Bessie, Annie Lee, Cloud, Geo D, Clara, Ruth, George, Carrie Bell, Lettie

All other relatives

Zeb (Alex, Jeb, Zed), Jake (Jacob Jr/ II)(sibling), Claude (Claudius, Cludius)(sibling), Simon (sibling), Henry (sibling), Jo (sibling), Green (sibling), Larkey (sibling), Vic (sibling), Virgil Miller

Occupation

Brick Mason, Bee Tender

Head of Household and Literacy Status

Yes; Yes