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A Woman Named Defiance is an anthology of some of Mary Faith Floyd’s poetry, essays, short stories, and her second book, Eagle Bend, a fiction novel that celebrates the raw nobility of 19th century life in southern Appalachia, the culture and norms of Savannah society, and the hopes and aspirations of Floyd’s protagonist, Minona Dearing, a ...
Language: Collection material in English. Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Diaries, letterbooks, and other papers of John Floyd (1769-1839), Charles Rinaldo Floyd (1797-1845), Mary Faith Floyd McAdoo, and W. G. McAdoo (1820-1894).
McAdoo lived here with his wife, née Mary Faith Floyd, who was the granddaughter of the Brigadier General John Floyd (war of 1812). Their son, William Gibbs McAdoo , who went on to serve as the 46th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1913 to 1918, was born in the house.
This collection consists mainly of notes and manuscripts of Mary Faith Wilson regarding her family's genealogy. She wrote manuscripts on the Brooks, Davis, and McAdoo families of East Tennessee; and the Hazzard family of South Carolina and Georgia.
William married Mary Faith Floyd in 1857. Mary was the daughter of Charles Rinaldo Floyd and his second wife Julia Ross Boog. Both William and Mary had prior marriages, William was married to Anna Horsley and Mary to Randolph McDonald (1826-1852).
Dr. William Gibbs McAdoo I (1820-1894) married Mary Faith Floyd in 1857. The family was from Clinton, Tennessee, near Knoxville; Dr. McAdoo was affiliated with the University of Tennessee for many years.
Mary Faith Floyd McAdoo. Birth. 8 Sep 1832. Saint Marys, Camden County, Georgia, USA. Death. 5 Feb 1913 (aged 80) Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA. Burial. Old Gray Cemetery. Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map. Plot. Lot 19. Memorial ID. 231042437. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 2. Flowers 1. Memorials. Region.
