U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sexton, Floyd Peebles (1856-1945) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 568-569 FLOYD PEEBLES SEXTON, merchant and insurance agent. Was born December, 1856, at French Creek. Was oldest child and the only son of Worthington Lafayette and Jane (Wingrove) Sexton. His sisters were Amy Walker, Celina Asper, Ada Beer. His grandparents were Augustus Sexton and Annie (Young) Sexton. He was educated in the public schools, French Creek Academy and Parkersburg Business College. He founded the business department of the Normal and Classical Academy in Buckhannon in 1885, and was its principal for five years. He served the educational interests of Upshur County many years as teacher in the common schools and crowned his work in this line two terms as County Superintendent of Public Schools from 1886 to 1890. In the last named year he began the Insurance Business and complemented it with the mercantile business, both of which he still pursues. He married Amy Adelia MacAvoy, July 20, 1887. Children: Edith W., born May 28, 1888; Genevieve, born February 22, 1892; Augustus M., born November 22, 1895. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #6055 FULL-NAME: Floyd Peebles Sexton BIRTH-DATE: December 26, 1856 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur County, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: May 2, 1945 (at age 88y-4m-6d) DEATH-PLACE: 31 Meade St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 31 Meade St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Amie Adelia Sexton) OCCUPATION: Insurance Agent FATHER: Worthington Sexton (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Jane Wingrove (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Apoplexy (cerebral) INFORMANT: Miss Genevieve Sextno (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon (wife of Floyd Peebles Sexton) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #14201 FULL-NAME: Amie Adelia Sexton BIRTH-DATE: January 9, 1863 BIRTH-PLACE: French Creek, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: November 1, 1954 (at age 91y-9m-22d) DEATH-PLACE: 31 Meade St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 31 Meade St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow OCCUPATION: Retired Housewife FATHER: Robert Pollock MacAvoy MOTHER: Martha See CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrhage INFORMANT: Genevieve Sexton BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------