BIRTH: Moseley Chart by Mary Sue Raines Moseley
Delayed Birth Cirtificate from Bureau of Vital Stastics, Little
Rock, Arkansas
Tombstone record in Memorial Park Cemetery
Obit. fron El Paso Times, The Camden News and Arkansas Gazette
MARRIAGE: Certificate from Union County (his residence); marriageperformed in
Jefferson CountyPettigrew, Marian Dewoody & Brightwell, Newton Edward, MARKS-BARNETT
FAMILIES AND THEIR KIN
p. 55
pp. 465-466FAMILY TIES, vol I, no III, NOV 1985, p. 4
p. 4; IN MEMORIUM: (pp. 55, 465-466 MBF) "Mary Sue Raines Moseley,died 13
Oct 1985 in El Paso, Texas. She was the widow of George B. Moseley and had
lived all her married life in Camden, AR. Born in Fordyce, AR, on 8 Feb1896,
she was the daughter of Virginia Marks and James Madison Raines, who wasthe
founder of the first mewspaper in Fordyce. Her great- grandparents were
Hastings and Sivility Powell Marks, early pioneer settlers in Arkansas.She
co-authored the book THE LITTLE RED CHAIR, a collection of familystories, with
her sister, Nanita Rhine. She is survived by a daughter, Nita MoseleyMunoz of
El Paso, Texas, eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.Internment
was in Camden, Arkansas. She was an enthusiastic supporter of theCemetery and
of the Family Association."In response to Katrina's queation about her great grandparents:
Mary Sue won a scholarship to Clery Training School, a private
school in Fordyce, Arkansas, the two years she attended. After it
closed, she continued her education at Fordyce High School. She won
medals in speech - then called "elocution." After graduation from High
School she went to the University of Arkansas in 1914 - 1915. She
taught at Knight's school. This was a one room schoolhouse.She taught all grades first through twelfth and some of her students
were older than she.Mary Sue's Father, James Madison Raines, was a newspaper owner and
editor. He had retired because of poor health but decided to buy a
newspaper in El Dorado, AR. He asked Mary Sue to set type for him. At
this time type was usually set by hand with the individual letters being
placed in a holder to form the words, sentences and paragraphs of a news
item. All of this reading backwards and progressing from right to left.
Type setters were called "printer's devils." They tended not to stay
very long in one place but they did develop a speed in setting type
which Mary Sue couldn't hope to achieve. To make the job easier for her,
her father bought the first linotype machine in South Arkansas. This
machine had a keyboard like a typewriter. Lead to produce the type was
melted over an open flame and seemingly by magic a line of type was
produced in a bar called a slug. This worked well until the day Mary Sue
went to lunch, leaving the flame burning under the container holding the
lead. She returned to find the front window of the newspaper office
blown out into the street. As her father's health declined, the
newspaper had to be sold.In 1918 she attended Draughton's Business school where she learned
to use the stenotype. The stenotype is a machine for taking shorthand.
It is still used in courtrooms to record the testimony during trials.
Your folks have her stenotype machine. It is interesting. Get your
mother to show it to you. Her next job was as stenographer and
supervisor of clerks in the Records department of the Arkansas Exemption
Board ( what we would call the Draft board).After WW1 she worked for several businesses and for Central College
in Conway, Arkansas and for law firms, moving whenever she was offered a
better position. One of the law firms she worked for was Coleman,
Robinson and House. She took dictation, sometimes even for U. S. Senator
Joseph T. Robinson's speeches. When she married, she was working for
Southern Finance Corporation, a Ford note Brokerage company. She was
secretary of the Corporation and kept the day books, took dictation from
the
president of the corporation and was note teller.During her married years, she kept occupied with church and
community work. She was secretary or reporter for many organizations.
She was Commissioner of the Girl Scout council of Camden and the
president of The Womans Missionary Society of the Methodist Church in
Camden.In 1942 when I went to college, Mary Sue went back to work. After
years out of the job market, she had to start at the bottom. Another
of Roosevelt's programs was the AAA, the Agriculture Adjustment
Administration (called the triple A). She worked for them as a clerk but
soon was doing secretarial work.Within the year she was offered a better job with the local Health
Department as Senior Clerk and in 1946 became Senior Stenographer.She next went to work for the Grapette Company whose home
office was in Camden. There she was a secretary, shipping clerk, and
handled the insurance for the employees and for the franchised bottlers
in the United States and abroad. She worked for Grapette for over 25
years.After George's death she made her home for 15 years in El Paso, TXin our home. She continued to be active in her new community in theUnited Methodist Church of Ysleta, and The Ysleta Womans Club.
1 "Bradley County Historical Society VIEWS"; vol 6 Winter 1979/1980 # 2;
"A Moseley History and Genealogy"
p. 224; "William Allis Moseley Died 6 Oct 1930. Married (1)Frances
Carolina Boddie who died in 1892 after their marriage on 21 Dec1887.
married (2) Octavia Broadnax on 9 Mar 1903.
Issue:
1 Harry Fisher Moseley born in 1888.
2 George Boddie Moseley.2 Moseley Chart by Mary Sue Raines Moseley
3 Carrie Boddie's Bible
"George B. Moseley
son of W. A. Moseley and Carrie his wife
was born Oct 30th 1891
in Ouachita County."4 Delayed Birth Cirtificate from Bureau of Vital Stastics, Little
Rock, Arkansas
George Boddie Moseley, born Route #3, Camden, Ouachita County,Male,
White, Legitimate, October 30, 1891. Father, William AllisMoseley, 39
years of age; Mother, Frances Caroline Boddie, 30 years of age.Both
parents born in Arkansas.
Affidavit: I am related to this child as Second Cousin and mypresent age
is 77 years. Mrs Attalie Dunn
28th day of August 1943
Lillie Carter Mann, Notary5 Memorial Park Cemetery, Camden, Arkansas
"George Boddie Moseley
October 30, 1891
August 13, 19726 Obituary - The Camden News, Camden, Ark. Aug 14 1972
George Moseley - George Boddie Moseley, 81, of 805 Clifton St.,died
Sunday afternoon in a local nursing home.
He was a retired engineer with the Soil Conservation Service, l
lifelong resident of Ouachita county, a veteran of World War I,and a
member of the First United Methodist Church.
He is survuved by his wife, Mrs, Mary Sue Raines Moseley; one
daughter, Mrs. Charles Munoz of El Paso, Tex. eight grandchildrenand two
great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 P.M. at Proctorschapel,
with burial in Memorial Park.7 Obituary - The Arkansas Gazette, Aug 15 1972
George B. Moseley - Camden - George Boddie Moseley, aged 81, ofCamden
died Sunday. He was a veteran of world war I and a retiredengineer.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Sue Raines Moseley; adaughter,
Mrs. Charles e. Munoz of texas, and eight grandchildren. Funeralwill be
at 2 p.m. today at Proctor Funeral Chapel here. Burial will be at
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Obit. fron The Camden News and Arkansas Gazette8 MARRIAGE: Certificate from Union County (his residence); marriageperformed
in Jefferson County
G.B.Moseley, of El Dorado in the County of Union, and the State of
Arkansas aged 33 years and Miss Mary Sue Raines of Little Rock inthe
County of Pulaski and State of Arkansas aged 29 years. Jim DumasCounty
Clerk.
Marriage performed 14th day of December 1924 Marion S.Maud9 CERTIFICATE OF DEATH '72 - ARKANSAS
George Boddie Moseley, 805 Clifton St., Camden, Ouachita County,
Arkansas. Died at Leisure Lodge Nursing Home. Social Security No.
431-05-1290T. Born Oct 30, 1891, 81 years 9 months and 13 days ofage.
Usual Occupation Engineer for Soil Conservation Ouachita co.Arkansas.
Citizen of USA. Surviving spouse Mary Sue Raines. Father WilliamAllis
Moseley, mother Caroline Boddie. Informant Mrs. George B,Moseley, 805
Clifton St., Camden, Ark. 71701____________________________________________________________________
Cause of Death - Coronary Arty Disease over several years
I attended the deceased from 1960 to 8-13-72 J. L. Dedman M.D.,415
Hospital Dr., Camden, Ark. 71701.____________________________________________________________________
Burial, Memorial Park , Camden, Arkansas 8-15-72 Proctor FuneralHome
P.O. Box P. Camden Arkansas 71701
R. R. Bourland, Embalmer 616, 8-14-72 Bettye Stringfellow,Registrar10 WAR SERVICE CERTIFICATE UNITED STATES NAVY no. 240471
SER. NO 1439506
This certifies that George B. Moseley U.S.N. performed honorableactive
service in the United States Navy from May 11, 1917, to August 2,1919,
on board the following ships and stations: U.S.S.Newport,U.S.S.Maine,
U.S.S.South Carolina. H. G. Billings Commanding OfficerLieutenant
U.S.N. (By Direction)11 HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVY nO. 84088
Camden Ark Button delivered Yes
463 mi July 1919
2315 W.S.Cooper
W.S.CooperThis is to certify that George B. Moseley a Engineman 2 c.
as a "TESTIMONIAL OF FIDELITY AND OBEDIENCE" is HONORABLY DISCHARGEDfrom
the Naval Service of the United States, this 2nd day of August,1919...
H.G.Billings
______________________________________________________________________
ENLISTMENT RECORD
George B. Moseley; Rate, A S.; enlisted May 11, 1917, at Little RkArk for
four years; Total Naval Service 2 3/12 years; Served apprenticeship,No;
Gun Captain Certificate, No; Certificate of Graduation P.O. School,No;
Seamen Gunner, No; Trade, None; Citizenship, U.S. Ratings held during
enlistment, AS. F3/c F2/c F1/c Eng 2/c. Proficency in Rating, 3.0;
Seamanship, ___; Ordnance ___; Signaling ____; Marksmanship, SmallArms,
____; Mechanical ability, 3.1; Knowledge of marine machinery, 3.1;ALM 3.0;
Sobriety, 4; Obedience 4; Average standing for term of enlistment, 3.4
H.G.Billings U.S.N.
Lieutenant, U.S.N.
______________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTIVE LIST
Born Camden, Ark. Oct 30 1892, Age 26 years eight months [He madehimself a
year younger when he enlisted hoping to be a pilot. After one test ona
centrifugal machine, he was so dizzy he hoped they would turn himdown. They
did.] Height 5 feet 8 inches; Weight, 132 lbs.; Eyes Bro. 2; Hair,Bro.'
Complexion, R. Personal characteristics, marks, etc., S. over L. Eye.
M.R.lumbar. S. cent. lumbar. S. ant. L.knee. S. pos. R. Arm.Percentage of
time on sick list during enlistment. None.
J.B.Helen U.S.N.
Lieutenant, U.S.N.
I hereby certify that the above-named George B. Moseley has been paidone
hundred and six dollars seventy-one cents $106\71, in full to date.Pay per
month at date of discharge $52.00 Aug 2, 1919 W.S.Cooper U.S.N.
Paymaster12 Letter from Cornelia Dickson in Camden to John R. Boddie in St.Louis, 30
Oct 1915
"Today is yours & George B. Moseley's birthday."My father said he could prove he was two years younger than he
actually was. When he enlisted for WW1 he tried for the Army air
Force. He thought being younger would give him a better chance to
be a pilot. Evidently they took his word for his birth date. The
first test for pilot training was to be spun around in a
centrifugal machine. He was so dizzy after that, he decided the air
force would have to do without him. He enlisted in the Navy and
served as an engineer.George Moseley attended school through the eighth grade. In those
days, an eighth grade education was all one needed to be a farmer,
salesman or store keeper. Those were about the only jobs in the country
community where he grew up. Quitting school was a decision he regretted
all his life. His ambitions ran higher than life in a rural community
offered. His responsibility was recognized early. In those days roads
were maintained by the people who lived on them. A person worked on the
road that passed by his property or a group would get together and hire
someone to do it. George and his brother, Harry, had to work on the
family farm. After that if there was any time left it was their own.
George saved his money, bought a team of mules and began maintaining the
road for the community. Evidently he had competition for this work
because his great aunt Nealie wrote that she was proud of his having
been selected to do the work. Eventually, there was a county highway
department and both George and Harry worked as foremen for the county.
George went into the navy during WW1. There he got his first training in
engineering. After the war he took a correspondence course in Civil
Engineering and continued to work for the Highway department. He was
thirty five years old before he married. At that time he was working in
El Dorado, AR. It was probably a job with the State Highway Department.
Later he was transferred to Camden. In those days the State Highway
Department of Arkansas was steeped in politics. All employees were
expected to campaign hard for the Governor. If he lost the election, it
meant a turnover of jobs across the state. This practice continued until
the passage of the Hatch Act in 1939. In 1931, shortly after buying
their first home, George lost his job. The Great Depression had begun.
The new house was rented. We moved to Thornton to live with Mary Sue's
sister, Nita and her husband, Dr. Rhine. There were no jobs. There was
no money. The barter system was used a lot - work traded for food.
Doctor bills paid in food. A yard of cotton cloth cost five cents but no
one had the five cents. George planted a garden. Keeping in practice, he
used his surveying instruments to mark out the rows. He tarred the roof
to patch the leaks. He even made house calls one week when Doctor Rhine
was sick with influenza. After two years of this, he asked the Ouachita
County Judge for a job mapping the county. The job paid $200. That was
considered a good wage for a month's work. This was for the whole job;
surveying and mapping and framing, certainly more than a month's work..
On the strength of this, we moved back to Camden. With Roosevelt's
election, came a string of alphabet projects to put the country back to
work. Among others there was the NRA (National Recovery Act) which was
declared unconstitutional. Then there was the PWA (Projects Work
Administration). Next was the WPA (Works Progress Administration). The
WPA was popularly called "We Piddle Along." George worked for each of
these as an engineer but without the pay an engineer should receive
because of his curtailed formal education. WW2 began and George
volunteered for the Sea Bees, the engineering corps. He was disappointed
to be told he was too old. The Soil Conservation Service opened and he
began to receive better compensation for his work. There was a change in
Civil Service which allowed four years of experience to count for a year
of college. He had had years of experience. He had designed and built a
civic center, a stadium, schools, a dam, a city flood and sewer system,
a gymnasium. He had designed, and built highways, experimenting with
various roadbeds to withstand the swampy conditions of south Arkansas.
With Soil Conservation he was engineer over the district of five
counties. He made plantations ( planting pine trees to supply pulp for
the Paper Mill Industries of South Arkansas), marked mature trees to be
cut by the lumber mills, worked with the farmers to build ponds and try
crops other than cotton. This work was probably the most enjoyable. He
loved being in the outdoors. In later years an ironic thing happened
which I'm sure gave him great satisfaction. The math teacher in the high
school began to come to George each year as he was preparing his top
student for scholastic competition. He would bring this student to
George with the hardest problems he had so that he could tutor him on
the solution.
SOURCE:
1 Pettigrew & Brightwell, MARKS BARNETT FAMILIES AND THEIR KIN
2 1850 Federal Census of Warren TWP, Bradley County, ArkansasNOTES:
BIR-DEA-MAR: p. 469, "born 23 Nov 1895 Lynwood, AR, died 28 Feb 1960;farmer
and salesman; married 20 Apr 1918 Alice Foster Hargus.."
SOURCE:
1 Pettigrew & Brightwell, MARKS BARNETT FAMILIES AND THEIR KIN
2 1850 Federal Census of Warren TWP, Bradley County, ArkansasNOTES:
BIR-DEA-MAR: p. 469, "born 20 Jul 1897 New Edinburg, AR, died 31 Jul
1979; daughter of Mary Virginia Groves and Melton Hargus."
y!SOURCE:
1 Pettigrew & Brightwell, MARKS BARNETT FAMILIES AND THEIR KIN
2 1850 Federal Census of Warren TWP, Bradley County, ArkansasNOTES:
BIR-MAR: p. 470, "died 27 Nov 1970; married 6 Feb 1924 James William
Bittinger, born 2 Aug 1902 Grady, Arkansas living in Jonesboro, Arkansaswhere
he is still working; operated a bus business from 1924 to 1954." (info.James
William Bittinger)
SOURCE:
1 Pettigrew, Marian Dewoody & Brightwell, Newton Edward, MARKS-BARNETT
FAMILIES AND THEIR KINNOTES:
BIR-MAR: 1; p. 55, 241,
1; p. 472; "Beverly D Marks, b 24 May 1887; m (1) 29 Dec 1909 VergieAttwood,
b 7 Sep 1885; dau of Addie Valeria Barnett and Clark attwood; ; m (2)Maude ___
(PRB)
SOURCE:
1 Pettigrew, Marian Dewoody & Brightwell, Newton Edward, MARKS-BARNETT
FAMILIES AND THEIR KINNOTES:
BIR-MAR: 1; p. 55, 241,
1; p. 472; "Beverly D Marks, b 24 May 1887; m (1) 29 Dec 1909 VergieAttwood,
b 7 Sep 1885; dau of Addie Valeria Barnett and Clark attwood; ; m (2)Maude ___
(PRB)
SOURCE:
1 Pettigrew, Marian Dewoody & Brightwell, Newton Edward, MARKS-BARNETT
FAMILIES AND THEIR KINNOTES:
1; p. 55
1 p. 472; "Victor Richards (Vick) Marks, b 9 Nov 1899, m (1) 24 Dec 1920
Virginia Sue (Virgil) Hall, b 5 Mar 1903, d 15 Sep 1936; dau of Sue Burksand
Rufus Hall. Virgil Hall Marks is buried in Smith-Morgan Cemetery. Vick and
Virgil Marks had four children. Vick m (2) Mamie Barnett, b 9 Jun 1908;dau of
Margaret Lettiva and John Payton Barnett." (CDM)
SOURCE:
1 Pettigrew, Marian Dewoody & Brightwell, Newton Edward, MARKS-BARNETT
FAMILIES AND THEIR KINNOTES:
1 p. 473; "Helen Marie Marks, b 22 Sep 1922; m (1) 1 Mar 1942 JeromeSpurgan
(Jerry) Durham, b 19 Oct 1920, d 20 Jul 1969; son of Eleanor Marie DeMoss and
Jerome Spurgan Durham. Helen and Jerry were married in alexandria, LA. Heis
buried in Greenoaks Memorial Park, Baton Rouge. Helen m (2) 19 Oct 1970
Guiseppe (Joseph) Alesce, b 20 May 1915; son of Anna Reca and AntonioAlesce.
Helen and Joseph live in Shelbyville, TX." (CDM)
SOURCE:
1 Pettigrew, Marian Dewoody & Brightwell, Newton Edward, MARKS-BARNETT
FAMILIES AND THEIR KINNOTES:
1; p. 55
1 p. 474; "Ruth Marks, b 15 Feb 1903, d 19 Jun 1975; m 12 Dec 1924Albert Lee
Siefert, b 1 Oct 1893, d 29 Nov 1972; son of Caroline Sharp and Dr. John
Henry Siefert. He was a boiler maker for the Dotton Belt Railroad. (CDM)
SOURCE:
1 Pettigrew, Marian Dewoody & Brightwell, Newton Edward, MARKS-BARNETT
FAMILIES AND THEIR KINNOTES:
1 p. 474; "Ruth Marks, b 15 Feb 1903, d 19 Jun 1975; m 12 Dec 1924Albert Lee
Siefert, b 1 Oct 1893, d 29 Nov 1972; son of Caroline Sharp and Dr. John
Henry Siefert. He was a boiler maker for the Cotton Belt Railroad." (CDM)
SOURCE:
1 Pettigrew, Marian Dewoody & Brightwell, Newton Edward, MARKS-BARNETT
FAMILIES AND THEIR KINNOTES:
1; p. 55
1 p. 474; "Grace Marks, twin b 20 Sep 1907; m (1) 15 Nov 1924 WalterSiefert,
b 1902, d 1955; son of Caroline Sharp and Dr. John Henry Siefert. Walterwas a
car maker for the Cotton Belt.He is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Pine
Bluff. Grace m (2) 1959 Arvid H. Johnson, b 10 Mar 1905, d 3 Oct 1975;buried
in Lone Tree cemetery, Stuttgart, AR." (CDM)
SOURCE:
1 Information on parents given by C. Marks HintonNOTES:
1 Betty Mocco Dunn - Corwin C. Dunn & Bessie Warrner (her secondmarriage to
a Mr. Ward)
SOURCE:
1 Pettigrew, Marian Dewoody & Brightwell, Newton Edward, MARKS-BARNETT
FAMILIES AND THEIR KINNOTES:
1 p. 475;