Descendants of William and Esther McGowan Florence

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM B.¹ FLORENCE was born Abt. 1789, and died 1842. He married ESTHER MCGOWAN. She was born Abt. 1793.

Child of WILLIAM FLORENCE and ESTHER MCGOWAN is:

2. i. BOWMAN² FLORENCE, b. 09 March 1815, Woodford Co., Ky; d. 29 September 1885.

Generation No. 2

2. BOWMAN² FLORENCE (WILLIAM B.¹) was born 09 March 1815 in Woodford Co., Ky, and died 29 September 1885. He married (1) ELIZABETH ANN CRADY 24 August 1837, daughter of THOMAS CRADY. She was born 16 August 1816, and died 30 May 1902. He married (2) EMILY DUNCAN 16 January 1845, daughter of SETH DUNCAN. She was born 18 August 1818, and died 08 August 1864. He married (3) ELIZABETH WASHER 19 November 1864. She was born 17 January 1831, and died 30 May 1902.

Children of BOWMAN FLORENCE and ELIZABETH CRADY are:

i. FONROSE³ FLORENCE, b. 02 November 1839; m. MARTHA SPENCER, 18 November 1861.

3. ii. BURR D. FLORENCE, b. 25 July 1841, Nelsonville, Nelson Co. KY; d. 13 July 1918.

Children of BOWMAN FLORENCE and EMILY DUNCAN are:

iii. ALEXANDRA³ FLORENCE, b. 20 September 1847; d. 27 January 1877.

iv. CASS ANN FLORENCE, b. 25 March 1851; d. 26 October 1855.

v. JAMES C. FLORENCE FLORENCE, b. 25 March 1853.

Children of BOWMAN FLORENCE and ELIZABETH WASHER are:

vi. LORENZO D.³ FLORENCE.

vii. BOWMAN FLORENCE, JR., b. 15 September 1866; d. Bef. 1885, Not in father's will.

viii. CHAS STYRON FLORENCE, b. 09 August 1870; d. 11 October 1949; m. NANNIE M. JONES, 23 November 1904.

ix. BARKER WASHER FLORENCE, b. 25 June 1873; d. 19 July 1938; m. ELLA MAY MARSHAL, 15 October 1902.

Generation No. 3

3. BURR D.³ FLORENCE (BOWMAN², WILLIAM B.¹) was born 25 July 1841 in Nelsonville, Nelson Co. KY, and died 13 July 1918 in Nelson County, KY. He married GEORGE Ann HOWELL 20 October 1865, daughter of JAMES HOWELL and MARY COY. She was born 01 January 1846, and died 07 July 1913 in Nelson County, KY. Both are buried in Riverview Cemetery, New Haven, KY.

Children of BURR FLORENCE and GEORGE HOWELL are:

4. i. IDA LEE⁴ FLORENCE, b. 28 November 1866, Nelson Co. KY; d. 12 November 1897, Stanford, KY.

ii. LEE FLORENCE, b. Abt. 1868.

iii. INFANT FLORENCE, b. 18 November 1870, New Haven, KY; d. 19 November 1870, New Haven, KY.

5. iv. EDWARD SMOCK FLORENCE, b. 25 September 1875.

v. OLIVER M. FLORENCE, b. Abt. 1877.

vi. LESLIE M. FLORENCE, b. Abt. 1879.

Generation No. 4

4. IDA LEE⁴ FLORENCE (BURR D.³, BOWMAN², WILLIAM B.¹) was born 28 November 1866 in Nelson Co. KY, and died 12 November 1897 in Stanford, KY. She married DAVID ALBERT KIRKPATRICK 16 March 1887 in Hodgenville (LaRue County, KY, son of DAVID KIRKPATRICK and CATHERINE BARNETT. He was born 1865 in Central City Stanford, KY, and died Aft. 27 October 1900 in KY. Ida is buried at Riverview Cemetery, New Haven, KY.

Children of IDA FLORENCE and DAVID KIRKPATRICK are:

i. CARL B.⁵ KIRKPATRICK, b. 28 December 1887; d. 06 March 1957

ii. FLORENCE BEATRICE KIRKPATRICK, b. 21 March 1891, Stanford, KY; d. 02 May 1977

iii. EARL KIRKPATRICK, b. 18 April 1895; d. 26 February 1946

5. EDWARD SMOCK⁴ FLORENCE (BURR D.³, BOWMAN², WILLIAM B.¹) was born 25 September 1875. He married MARTISHEA HUBER 22 December 1896 in Nelson Co, KY.

Children of EDWARD FLORENCE and MARTISHEA HUBER are:

i. FAYE⁵ FLORENCE, d. Abt. 1916.

ii. MARGIE FLORENCE, d. Abt. 1916.

iii. JOSEPH FLORENCE, d. Abt. 1916.

iv. EDNA LEE FLORENCE, b. 08 September 1899.

v. FERN ALMA FLORENCE, b. 16 March 1908; d. 25 October 1960

vi. ALBERT FLORENCE, b. 17 March 1915; d. 08 February 1980.