In your MOORE research in Clay Co., IN, have you by chance run into a Mary Ann MOORE m. Joshua Jefferson (Jefferson, Jeff, Jefferson J.) BOTTS? Mary Ann & Jefferson were m. 9 Apr. 1848. Mary Ann was b. 6 Nov 1829 in Clay Co., IN and d. 11 Apr. 1909 in Stumptown (McLean), IL. Sure hope you can help me! Wanda (Monterey, TN) -----Original Message----- From: DoNotSPAM@aol.com <DoNotSPAM@aol.com> To: INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 31, 1999 10:11 AM Subject: MOORE-Brazil/Jackson, Clay Co, IN >Hello! > >I am new to this list and wanted to post my Clay Co families...in hopes.... >: ) As I typed this out, I seem to find more holes in my research than ever >before, but I'm stubborn & want to find this family. Below are listed the >1880 Mo census & the 1850 & 1860 IN census for my MOORE families. > >Thanks for taking a look at the following info. Suggestions are welcome. >Janice : ) > >I have a John H. MOORE b 1835 m to Mary MOORE b 1848, dau of James A. MOORE b >1825 & Sarah _____ b 1825, per obit Sarah was b in Green Co, KY 1 of 13 >children. Also, per obit, James & Sarah had 7 children...Mary was the only >child to live to adulthood. > >This much I know, by 1880 the following family was living in Missouri, per >the gravestone of James A. MOORE, he died Jan 1874 & was buried in MO. You >will see in the following census that 2 children were born in IL c 1870...we >just dont know WHERE in IL they were born, that census is not indexed. Mary >E. MOORE died in 1878 per her gravestone. The county they settled in is a >burned county. Even my grandfather's 1907 birth cert was destroyed. > >#71, 1880 Missouri, sheet 27 line 23 >MOOR, John H. head w m 43 KY KY KY > " , Amos son w m 15 IN KY IN > " , Sarah E. dau w f 11 IL KY IN > " , Jas W. son w m 8 IL KY IN > " , John father w m 67 KY PA ( ) (this is my ONLY clue >to this man) > " , Sarah mil w f 54 KY PA ( ) > >Note: Sarah outlived her husband, all her children, son-in-law & his 2nd >wife. Sadly all info that was passed down to Amos was destroyed in a fire in >the 1950's. > >By chance, an online friend purchased a CD set w/ the IN 1860 Federal Census >& offered to do a lookup. Since Amos (listed below had been born in IN, I >thought, why not do a lookup...w/ this fairly common surname...w/ given names >to match...it couldn't hurt. > >Well, the kind man found James A. MOORE, wife, Sarah & dau, Mary. And also a >John H. MOORE...whose age fits mine. > >>From lookup by an online friend from CD of IN 1860 census...the info does not >seem to be complete, I may be wrong: >1860, IN, Clay, Brazil, >0899 0891 MOORE, James A. 35 Farmer KY line 01a > " , Sarah 35 Housekeeper KY >line 02a > " , Mary 11 IN > line 03a > " , James W. 2 IN > line 05a > " , John 7 IN > line 09a > >(there seems to be some lines missing per what was given to me above) > >family next door?: >0900 0892 MOORE, Levi 42 Labourer KY line 13a > " , John H. 24 Labourer KY >line 12a > " , William 15 IN > line 08a > " , Samuel 5 IN > line 10a > " , Martha A. 4 IN > line 14a > " , Margaret 8mo IN > line11a > >>From the USGenWeb archives: >1850 IN, Clay, Jackson Twp >38 512 512 MOORE, James 25 M Labourer KY > " , Sarah 25 F KY > " , Mary E 2 F IN > " , no name yet 4/12 F IN > MOORE, David 35 M KY > >>From the USGenWeb archives, Clay Co Deaths, there is a David MOORE, d 3 Oct >1895, 79y 11m....the age matches...I wonder if he is the same man as >above...I wonder if he had family...and is he a brother to James? Don't 'cha >just love this hobby! > >No death record exists for the Missouri deaths of John H. MOORE, Mary E. >MOORE, James A. MOORE, or Sarah MOORE. The death cert of James W. MOORE has >"unknown" in all parent & birth info...he was murdered in KC in 1919 & they >didn't seem to speak to his wife for the cert info...her name isn't mentioned >either. > >Another note, due to Mary's age, I am not sure if she is the mother to Amos >MOORE. Family rumor says that Amos had a differant mother. Her age would >have been apx 16 when she gave birth...possible...but I'm not positive. >Since she seemed to have gone thru the deaths of most, if not all, of her >siblings with her parents...she may have been older than her years. I can't >imagine it. Since her parents are w/ her & her family in MO...I imagine they >were close. I do not know if these MOORE families are related...possible, I >know. > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >Visit the Clay County Indiana InGenWeb site at; >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclay/ > >