Paul and Cynthia "Crupper" Calvert followers: All I did was ask the right person.!! I was right in thinking Cynthia's first marriage would have been in her home County, the "Calvert headquarters" i.e. Cooper. O'Gorman says she was born "in Boonville." Now I guess we can look in the records of Cooper County for Moses Hawkins' probate file. Maybe we'll be happily surprised to find he leaves everything to "his beloved wife, Cynthia Crupper Hawkins!" I'll try to keep up my enthusiasm and request the marriage record itself from the clerk over in Boonville. I did not find Cynthia on the 1850 census of Cooper or of Boone County altho the widower Durnill lives near a Hawkins family in Boone County. I wonder how many children Cynthia had when Moses died. -----Original Message----- From: Laura Paxton <[email protected]> To: Laura Crane <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 6:55 PM Subject: Re: Cooper County sources >No Problem. > >Cynthia Calvert married Moses Hawkins August 28 1844 in Cooper County MO. I >just happened to have this info at home. Hope this helps. Let me know if >you need something else. Laura >----- Original Message ----- >From: Laura Crane <[email protected]> >To: Laura Paxton <[email protected]> >Cc: Janice Toms <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 11:28 AM >Subject: Cooper County sources > > >> Laura Paxton. I submitted a note to the Cooper County list that did >not >> go thru correctly, according >> to the server. so picked you as a recent specific Cooper county >> correspondent. I need to look up >> a marriage record for the 1840's in Cooper for a Cynthia Calvert >> marrying a ___Hawkins. Do you >> know of any of of our fellow subscribers who has a Cooper Co marriage >> book at his/her desk? Or perhaps >> marriages for Cooper in the 1840's are available on line.?? Laura >Crane, >> "6th generation Rocheportion" >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Laura Paxton <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 8:30 PM >> Subject: [MOCOOPER] Lafayette Montgomery Moore >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY MO BY W F JOHNSON 1919 >> >> >> >> page 585 >> >> >> >> Lafayette Montgomery Moore One hundred and three years have elapsed >since >> >> the first of the Moore family settled in Cooper county. Prior to this >> >time >> >> there were not white people in this section, excepting roving bands of >> >> hunters or trappers. The Indians roamed at will over the land and >camped >> >> beside the flowing waters; wild animals were plentiful and great >forests >> >> stretched along the streams and on the hill and valley lands. >> >> >> >> The Moore farm in Palestine township along the valley of the Petit >Saline >> >> River, known as "Idylhour Place," and formerly owned by the late >> Lafayette >> >> Montgomery Moore, is one of the historic places of interest in Cooper >> >> county. This land has been settled for over a century; during the >Civil >> >War >> >> a battle was fought thereon between a roving band of Confederates and >> >Union >> >> forces. Some men were killed and many wounded; the wonded and dying >were >> >> taken to the old Moore house on the hill, a landmark in Cooper county. >> >> Several soldiers died and were buried near the old house, later to be >> >taken >> >> up and removed to the Moore Cemetery. This old brick house was, in >> bygone >> >> days, a station on the overland stage route between Boonville and >> >> Versailles, and is situation eight miles south of Boonville. Lafayette >> >> Montgomery Moore, of this review, was born in Cooper County January 16 >> >1838, >> >> anddied April 17 1902 on the farm shich his grandfather entered in >1816. >> >> >> >> Maj. William Hamilton Moore, grandfather of L M Moore, was born in >North >> >> Carolina in 1777 and died in Cooper County in 1861. He was descended >> from >> >> the distinguished Moore family which numbers among its progenitors, Tom >> >> Moore, the songster, and Gen Wade Hampton Moore, of Revolutionary WAr >> >fame. >> >> Maj. William Moore commanded a battalion of American troops in the War >of >> >> 1812. He married Anne Cathey, born in Haywood County N C. She had >five >> >> sisters all of whom were remarkable and talented women. Major Moore >> >became >> >> owner of over 3000 acres of land in Cooper County, his land holdings >> >> extending as far as the present site of Bunceton MO. He tilled his >large >> >> acreage with slaves, whom he brought from the South. Before his death >he >> >> freed two of his oldest slaves-the first negro slaves evere set free in >> >> Cooper County. Major Moore reared ten sons and three daughters: Dr. >> >> William H., Andres, Robert, John Thomas, James, deceased; Sarah is wife >> of >> >> John Hutchinson, left a daughter, Mrs. John Elliot; Margaret married >Hon. >> >> Lawrence V Stephens, former member of Missouri LEgislature and father >of >> >> Joseph L. STephens; Mary married Harvey Bunce, for 11 years sheriff of >> >> Cooper County and after whom Bunceton was named. >> >> >> >> Dr. William H Moore (II) was born in North Carolina in 1802 and died in >> >> Cooper County in 1867. He was a physician and practiced in Cooper >count >> >> many years. Dr. Moore also taught school and compiled some of the >early >> >> textbooks used in the schools of the early days. He was one of the >first >> >> physicians to practice in Cooper County and at the same time he >followed >> >the >> >> pursuit of agriculture with considerable success. He married Edith >> >Trammel >> >> of Arkansas and was father of the following children: Lafayette >> >Montgomery >> >> of this review; William H died in Windsor MO; Margaret wife of James >> >Harris; >> >> Martha wife of Joshua C. Berry now living at Speed MO. >> >> >> >> Lafayette Montgomery Moore was educated in the common schools and >> followed >> >> farming and stock raising during his entire life. He built a home upon >> >his >> >> farm of 120 acres which was burned and then supplanted by the present >> >neat, >> >> attractive cottage known as "Idylhour Place," He was married on March >2 >> >> 1865 to Matilda Morton, who bore him children as follow: Lee, died in >> >> infancy in 1867; Allen B., born 1867, died in 1888; Jdge B L Moore of >> >> Boonville; Harvey Bunce, Gibson Stephens, Edith Grace and Erastus >> Beverley >> >> Moore. >> >> >> >> Harvey Bunce Moore, who resides with his mother on the Moore hoemstead >> was >> >> born Jan 26 1872. He was educated in Central Business College in >SEdalia >> >MO >> >> and the Chillicothe Normal School and the State University of Columbai >> MO. >> >> For five years he taught school in Cooper County and at the same time >> >> operated the home farm. MR. Moore is conducting a business of his own, >> as >> >> manufacturer and salesman of the Kill Germ Disinfectant Company. He is >> an >> >> intelligent, courteous and progressive citizen who stands high in the >> >> estimation of the people of his home county. Mr. Moore, like his >> >ancestors, >> >> is a thorough democrat. He is a Baptist. He is affiliated with teh >> >Mason's >> >> Lodge of Bunceton. Judge B L Moore is also a Mason. >> >> >> >> Edith Grace Moore is wife of Edgar Rudolph assessor of Cooper County >and >> >is >> >> mother of one child, James William Randolph. Prof. E Beverley Moore >was >> >> born in 1880, educated at Central Business college at Sedalia and the >> >> Kirksville Normal School. He taught school for the past 17 years. he >is >> >> also a farmer and owns a farm, one mile east of the Moore farm. >> >> >> >> Mrs. Matilda Morton Moore was born in Tennessee, Nov 14 1840 and is >> >daughter >> >> of Isaiah and Matilda (Tate) Morton, both natives of Tennessee. Isaiah >H >> >> Morton was born in 1803 and died in 1899. >> >> >> >> The history of the Morton family in America begins with John Morton, a >> >> native of England, who immigrated to America late in teh 17th century. >> >John >> >> MOrton, his grandson, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. >> >The >> >> father of Isaiah H. Morton was John MOrton, who fought in the WAr of >1812 >> >> under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and who disappeared during Jackson's last >> >> campaign. Matilda Tate Morton was a duaghter of Maj. John Tate, an >> >officer >> >> in the American Army during the War of 1812. >> >> >> >> I H Morton migrated to Cooper county in 1844, landed at Boonville from >a >> >> Missouri River steamboat, made his way to the Pilot Grove neighborhood >> and >> >> cleared a farm from the virgin forest upon which he resided until his >> >death. >> >> His children were as follows: Adaline, wife of Capt. Lee Bohannon, who >> >> served in teh Federal Army in command of the comapny of volunteers and >> >died >> >> in 1915; Andrew jackson, deceased, was an extensive farmer and stock >man >> >of >> >> Prairie Lick; Jefferson Gaines died in Saline County MO; Mrs. L H Moore >> of >> >> this review; John D. lives in Oklahoma a fine citizen and a great >> >religious >> >> student. >> >> >> >> Lafayette Montgomery Moore was a fine citizen; content to lead a useful >> >and >> >> studious existence in his home and attend to his duties around the farm >> >and >> >> oversee the rearing and educating of his family. Inasmuch as he >provided >> >> well for his family, gave his children the necessary advantages to fit >> >> themselves properly for their individual careers, lived according to >the >> >> teachings of the Great Preceptor as nearly as possible for mortal man >to >> >do, >> >> he was a success in this life. His widow is well informed, hospitable, >> >> kindly, with a mind stored with reminiscences of the old days. "Aunt >> >> Mattie" as she is affectionately known to her numerous relatives and >> >> hundreds of friends in Cooper County is the last and most authentic >> >> authority to be consulted upon family history in her locality >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: <[email protected]> >> >> To: <[email protected]> >> >> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 5:32 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [MOCOOPER] MOORE & HILL (NC to MO?) >> >> >> >> >> >> > Here it is in another millenium and I am still looking for traces of >> >> Martha >> >> > Moore who married Daniel East Davis. Have mucho on the Davises and >> >nothing >> >> on >> >> > Martha except she was born in the 1830s in Illinois, parents from VA >> and >> >> NC? >> >> > Said to have been a school teacher but can't verify that yet. >Possibly >> >> > married 1852 in Macon Co. Possibly had a first marriage to a Theodore >> >> Moore, >> >> > and was really born an Atterberry. Will the real Martha Moore stand >up? >> >> Had >> >> > about seven children, my husband descended from daughter Lilly Lee >> >Davis. >> >> > Lilly married William Albert Bridges from the Otterville area. We >have >> >> lost >> >> > track of most of Lilly's siblings. Any help? Margie Bridges of CA >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >