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From: "Dortha" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Moore?
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 17:11:46 -0500
References: <60263.33023.qm@web57802.mail.re3.yahoo.com><9B6E04C146B64EB791D3E68C9DFD1936@BerniePC>


Bernie. found this James Moore b.Mo
1900 > ARKANSAS > RANDOLPH > WARM SPRINGS TWP

Series: T623 Roll: 74 Page: 167

143-143
MOORE,James no age or date(left blank) b. Mo - -
Married 3 yrs
Nancy wife nov1877/22 Ar ky ky
Montie son oct1889/2
Pearl daug oct1899/ 7mo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernie Moore-Knowles" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Moore?


> Hi Gen
>
> What I have is that James William Moore was born circa 1849 in
> IL. Any
> later census records that I have found for him, this is
> consistent. His
> wife's name was Eliza Jane Smith and she was born in Laclede
> Co., Missouri
> circa 1852. I found them in 1870 and 1880 - still in Laclede
> County, where
> they were married. A 1910 census, found James William Moore
> remarried to a
> Lucy McDonald and living in Randolph Co., Arkansas - which is
> where my
> father was born. In the 1920 and 1930 Randolph County
> censuses, Lucy is a
> widow and judging by the children with her - James Moore must
> have died
> shortly after the 1910 census.
>
> Lucy McDonald Moore died shortly after the 1930 census and
> probably in
> Randolph Co., Arkansas.
>
> So, this MIA 1900 census - is just so important. My
> grandfather; Arthur
> Samuel Moore was born circa 1886. He died when my father was
> seven years of
> age, circa 1924. Have no idea where, when or how. Have never
> found his
> final resting place - which is kind of sad.
>
> My FTM is in Hawai'i - but, this much I know of their
> children:
>
> Laura Belle - born circa 1871
> Etta and Netta - twins, born circa 1879
> George McAlister - born circa 1880
> Ada - born in 1885
> Arthur Samuel - born in 1886
> John Herman - born 1889
>
> So, per Ada's birth record online - Ada was the 11th child
> born to Eliza in
> 1885. In that 1880 census, there are many years difference
> between Laura
> Belle and the twin girls...........so, Eliza must have lost
> quite a few
> children in the decade between 1870 and 1880?
>
> But, if I could ever find them in 1900 - it could tell me so
> much..........like were there other children after John Herman
> Moore?
>
> Obituary, Pocahontas Star Herald, 24 February, 1938, data
> provided by Irene
> Broadway Roberts of Memphis, Tennessee:
> "John Herman Moore, age 49, a well-known farmer in Randolph
> County, died
> Friday, February 18, 1938 at 1:30 p.m. at his home in Shannon,
> Arkansas,
> following a two week illness of influenza that developed into
> labor
> pneumonia. He was well-known for his kindness and quiet
> generosity among his
> neighbors, friends and relatives. Mr. Moore was born in
> Ristine, New Madrid
> Co., Missouri, July 3, 1889. He moved to Pocahontas, Arkansas
> as a young
> man, where he met and married the former Miss Birdie May
> Broadway, September
> 12, 1908. He was the son of James William Moore and Liza Jane
> Smith Moore.
> He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Gladys Lovanda
> Bottoms of
> O'Kean, Arkansas; two sons, John Moore, Jr. at home and Ernest
> Herman Moore
> of Hot Springs, Arkansas; one granddaughter, Betty Jean Moore;
> one brother,
> George McAlister Moore; and one sister, Mrs. Laura Bell (note,
> she married a
> Bell), both of Lilbourne, Missouri. Funeral services were
> conducted at the
> First Baptist Church in Pocahontas, Arkansas, Sunday, February
> 20, at 2:00
> o'clock by the Rev. W. E. Chadwick. Internment was in the
> Masonic Cemetery,
> under the direction of McNabb Undertaking Co."
>
> Note to John Herman Moore:
>
> WWI Draft Registration
> MOORE, John, born 3 Jul 1888, age 29, caucasian, residence,
> Shannon, born
> Thayer, MO, occupation, farming, employer, self, nearest
> relative, married
> with wife and 2 children, no exemptions, (Jun 5,1917)
>
> Something of note here? John Herman's obituary says that he
> was born in
> Ristine, New Madrid Co., Missouri - but, his WWI draft
> registrations says
> that he was born in Thayer, Missouri? Where is Thayer?
>
> Sooooooooo, when I say that surname enumerated as MOOER?
> Thought it worth a
> shot to try that for 1900?
>
> Thanks a bunch, Gen.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gen" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Moore?
>
>
>
> Bernie what state was he born in, and what years of b. for him
> & his wife?
> thanks,
> gen
>
> --- On Wed, 5/20/09, Bernie Moore-Knowles
> <> wrote:
>
>> From: Bernie Moore-Knowles <>
>> Subject: [ARIZARD] Moore?
>> To:
>> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 11:59 AM
>> Hey guys?
>>
>> After Mike Reeves posted in response to Gen's question - I
>> went to the Mississippi site that Mike had suggested for
>> her. Really interesting and thanks to Mike.
>>
>> Just goes to show you?
>>
>> I know that some of you may know that I have never been
>> able to find my grandfather and his family in the 1900
>> census. The Moore family, right?
>>
>> Well.............I noticed something on the census record
>> on that site. A Moore family had been enumerated as
>> MOOER!
>>
>> I have tried every spelling in the world to find my James
>> William Moore in 1900 and have come up empty. The
>> census record in 1900 is very important because no one knows
>> just how many children that James Moore and Eliza Jane Smith
>> had - nor when or where that Eliza died.
>>
>> On the Missouri online records, I found that there was a
>> daughter born to them in 1886, I think it was and this
>> record provided that at the time of this infant daughter's
>> birth - Eliza had given birth to ten children prior.
>>
>> That was news and the daughter was news, too.
>>
>> So, if anyone has absolutely nothing else to do?
>> Right.............
>>
>> Can you see if there are any MOOER families in the 1900
>> census? I am guessing that they would be found in
>> Missouri, Arkansas or Oklahoma or Indian Territories.
>> Eliza was either Black, Indian or a combination of the two
>> races. Most probably enumerated as White,
>> though. James Moore was White, I know that. I
>> have a circa 1885 picture of them - so, I know she was still
>> living in 1885 and 1886.
>>
>> She was a beauty and he looked grumpy.
>>
>> Never know what this List can do. If Mike Reeves had
>> not posted that link, I would have never gone to the site
>> and would never have thought of that spelling of the Moore
>> surname.
>> Bernie Moore-Knowles
>> Carlsbad, California
>>
>> "I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White blood
>> for you to
>> question my honesty." ........Will Rogers
>>
>>
>>
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