McKenzie, Huela Van Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Huela Van McKenzie, 79, of Baker City, died Dec. 27, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center. A memorial service will be scheduled later. Huela was born on Feb. 11, 1926, at Plant City, Fla., to Hulon and Gladys Hamilton Van. After graduating from high school, she attended Florida Southern College at Lakeland, Fla., where she studied music. In June 1948, she married Robert McKenzie at Memphis, Tenn. They moved to Pendleton in 1950. She was a housewife and the mother of five children. Huela later worked in Portland as a receptionist at Physicians and … Read more

Charles Carrol Todd of Plant City FL

Charles Carrol Todd8, (Samuel B.7, Samuel6, Eliel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born July 29, 1857, died Jan. 10, 1902, married Dec. 25, 1889, at Plant City, Fla. Children: 2099. Flossie Delle, b. June 2, 1891. 2100. Marie Lou, b. Nov. 25, 1894. 2101. Frederick E., b. Feb. 12, 1897, d. April 30, 1916. 2102. Charles Carrol, b. Jan. 10, 1902.

Edward Livingston Todd of Georgia

Edward Livingston Todd8, (Samuel B.7, Samuel6, Eliel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Sept. 16, 1866, was twice married, first, Jan. 1, 1890, Emma Hall, who died Oct. 4, 1898, second, Nov. 18, 1899, Minnie Ola Chastaine. Mr. Todd lived in Georgia, where he farmed until Dec., 1894, when he moved to Plant City, Fla.; he was ordained to the work of the Gospel Ministry, Sunday, July 3, 1896, and has been a pastor of churches ever since, and at this time, (1918) he is serving five churches. In 1904, he moved to Georgia and is now (1918) living near Valdosta, … Read more

Slave Narrative of Mama Duck

Interviewer: Jules A. Frost Person Interviewed: Mama Duck Location: Tampa, Florida Age: 109 “Who is the oldest person, white or colored, that you know of in Tampa?” “See Mama Duck,” the grinning Negro elevator boy told me. “She bout a hunnert years old.” So down into the “scrub” I went and found the old woman hustling about from wash pot to pump. “I’m mighty busy now, cookin breakfast,” she said, “but if you come back in bout an hour I’ll tell you what I can bout old times in Tampa.” On the return visit, her skinny dog met me with … Read more

Lola Blanche Todd Miller of Plant City FL

MILLER, Lola Blanche Todd8, (Samuel B.7, Samuel6, Eliel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Nov. 19, 1868, died July 23, 1906, married March 10, 1892, John D. Miller, who died Nov. 25, 1906. She married second, May 24, 1898, Frank M. Branch, at Plant City, Fla., where she lived the last years of her life and where she died. Child by John D. Miller: I. Felton E. Todd, b. April 3, 1893, d. July 21, 1906.