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Moore
Our grandparents:
MABEL GRACE MOORE - Born 13 Dec 1883 in Trenton IL. Died 22 Jun 1964 in CO
m. HERBERT ELMER HOBBS - Born 29 Nov 1881 in Trenton IL, Died 30 Apr 1946 in CO
They are buried at Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar, Colorado.
See HOBBS page for the children of Herbert Elmer and Mabel Hobbs.
Our great grandparents:
HENRY CLAY MOORE - Born March 17, 1854 in Texas Co.Missouri. Died Feb. 10, 1902 in Illinois.
MARY ALICE WILSON - Born June 6, 1860 in Illinois. Died Jan. 4, 1912.
Married March 4, 1882 in Trenton, IL. Both are buried in Trenton City Cemetery.
Note: May have been a double wedding. Surnames on the next line of the marriage registration page included Lee, Good and Featherston - all names associated with the Hobbs family. James Wilson was a witness to both marriages, both of which took place on March 4, 1882.
Mary Alice married Robert Cook in 1907. However, she shares a tombstone with Henry, which still shows the surname "Moore".
-PORTRAIT OF HENRY CLAY MOORE-
-PORTRAIT OF HENRY AND MARY-
-PICTURES FROM THE FAMILY BIBLE-
Children of Henry Moore and Mary Alice Wilson:
1. EVA JANE - Born Dec. 27, 1882 in IL. Died June 16, 1902 in IL.
2. MABEL GRACE m. HERBERT ELMER HOBBS
3. RUTH IRENE - Born JAN. 17, 1892. Died Feb. 12, 1916.
Married HENRY THALMAN, Jan. 26, 1910.
4. ELMER WILSON - Born Aug. 20, 1893 in IL. Died Nov 1970 in Saint Louis, MO per SSDI.
m. "Gene" or "Eugene" (female!). Son named Harry, per letters.
5. HATTIE ETHEL - Born about July, 1895. Died in Madison Co. IL, 6/17/1899, at age "3 years, 11 months and 6 days." Per cemetery record.
Note: Family Bible shows July 11, 1886 to June 17, 1889
6. ROBERT CLINTON - Born May 13, 1896. Died Aug., 1971 in St. Louis, MO per SSDI. Married "Jean"(?) per letters.
7. HOWARD JAMES MOORE - Born Jan. 7, 1901. Died Jan. 30, 1901.
8. SADIE PEARL MOORE - Born Jan. 7, 1901. Died March 6, 1901.
Our great great grandparents:
MERRIMAN MOORE - Born 1820 in Pike Co., MO. Died 1854/1855 in Texas Co., MO.
MARTHA JANE SULLENS, born 1830 in MO.
Children of Merriman and Martha Moore:
1. MARGARET MELVINA MOORE - Born abt. 1849 in Texas Co., MO.
m. PINKNEY LEE 1869 in Madison Co., IL; born 1840 in IL.
2. SARAH MALISSA MOORE - Born 1851 in Texas Co., MO. Died before 1886.
m.1) JOHN TAYLOR September 10, 1866.
m.2) ARTHUR SUDDUTH/SUDDATH- Born 1844 in VA.
Note:In the 1880 Madison Co. IL census, I found an Arthur Sudduth, age 36, married to "Melissa", age 39, born in MO. They lived next door to Hugh and Margaret Gelly.
3. HENRY CLAY MOORE m. MARY ALICE WILSON
Note: Martha married Lewis Musick Trusty after Merriman died.
GGG grandparents:
WHALEY MOORE b. 1792 in Loudoun, VA. Died Feb. 18 in Madison Co., IL.
MARY POLLY WOOD, Nov. 11, 1815 in Wayne Co. IL.
Children of Whaley and Mary Wood Moore
1. MERRIMAN MOORE - Born 1820 in Missouri . Died 1854 in Texas Co. Missouri.
m. about 1848 to MARTHA JANE SULLENS - Born June 10, 1830 in Texas Co. MO.
2. EUPHEMIA MOORE - Born 1822 in Missouri
m.1) WILLIAM PRITCHETT m. 2) HENRY BURRIS
3. NAOMI MOORE - Born 1825 or 1826 in Missouri . Not married
4. NANCY MOORE - Born 1826 in Missouri. Not married
5. SAMUEL WHALEY MOORE - Born 1828 in Missouri. Died 1901 in Missouri
m. MARY GRIFFITH
6. ANDREW J. MOORE - Born 1830 in Illinois. Died 1870 in Oregon. Not married.
7. MARY ANN MOORE - Born 1833 in Illinois. Died 1911 in Illinois
m. 1) HOWARD ABBOTT
m. 2) SIMON P. VAN METER - Born 15 MAY 1831 in Greene, Illinois
8. MARTHA J. MOORE - Born 1837 in Illinois. Died 1859 in Illinois.
m. HENRY SHONNICK
Note: Steve Vandiver shows "Jane Moore" born 1838. Is this the same person?
9. THOMAS MOORE - Born 1840 in Illinois. Died 1899 in Missouri
m. NARCISSA RIGGIN
Sources:
1. 1880 and 1900 Federal Census for Madison Co., Illinois
2. Trenton IL cemetery records provided by Dorothy Faulk Thanks so much, Dorothy!
3. Letters written to Mabel Hobbs.
4. Social Security Death Index.
5. Register of Marriages, Clinton Co., IL, 1882.
6. Larry Thomas - ref. "Samuel Wood, His Seven Sons and Their Descendants", by William L. & Vera Wood and Ruby M. Whitaker Buck.
7.The Van Der Veer Name , a Web site maintained by Steve Vandiver.
See Whaley Moore/Mary Wood.
9. Gedcom records on LDS Family Search Website.
10."Family History of Campbell, Kegley, Wash, Wood and Higham, Mason, Burr, Roe." By Jarom Lehi Campell. Ref. " The Wood Family Index" by John Sumner Wood Sr.
11. Tombstone inscriptions at Trenton City Cemetery.
12. Moore family Bible.
13. Research of Vivian Hobbs Higbee.
Notes:
In 1962, Robert C. wrote a letter from Los Angeles, CA.
"Gene" wrote letters from St. Louis, MO.
Per children's birth certificates, Grandma and Grandpa were born in Trenton IL, as was my father, but they lived in Madison County. In the early 1900's, my father's family moved to Lamar, CO. Some members of the family later moved to Denver.
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