> > Bill- > > I figured out that you are referring to the 1870 Census. > > Yes, the families headed by Milton Moore and Lethe Moore are related, although Lethe, herself, is a Moore by marriage. > > Milton Moore (1829-1914) ---> Henry Scott Moore (1802-1873) & Margaret Robertson (1805-1883) ----> Elnathan Moore (c 1763-1849) & Mary (Polly) Scott (b 1774- a 1840). > > Malissa Moore (c 1855-1933) ----> Elnathan Moore (1825- b 1870) & Mary Leatha Doan (1834-1904) ----> John Ransome Moore ( >1796-1850) & Rachael Robinson (c 1800- a 1870) -----> Elnathan Moore & Mary (Polly) Scott. > > John Ransome Moore & Henry Scott Moore owned overlapping tracts of land in the Bald Knob area. [I attempted to send a map of these properties with an earlier draft of this message; apparently, RootsWeb objects to such attachments. If you would like a copy, please let me know.] > > Thus, it is quite common to find descendants of both families living in close proximity in the late-nineteenth / early-twentieth centuries as was the case in the 1870 Census. > > As to Melissa Moore, a child of Elnathan & Lethe Moore, "Lissa Russell" is identified in a Franklin County KY Commissioners Deed dated 6 November 1874 apportioning the land of John Ransome Moore among his heirs. One of the lots was given to a group consisting of Lissa Russell, John Moore & James Moore (the children of Elnathan Moore & Mary Leatha Doan). > > Franklin Co Marriage Book 4, p. 165, reports the Aug 2, 1870 marriage of "Molissa Moore" to Wm. D. Russell; Witness: F.M. Smith, Milton? Moore; At: Lethy Moore; By: Enoch Wakefield. > > Carl Moore > > > On Apr 19, 2010, at 11:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> >> >> The 1880 Franklin County Census for Bald Knob has on page 4 , line 8, the MILTON MOORE family. Line 15 has the LETHA MOORE family. Are these two families related? >> >> A little background. My great uncle OBEDIAH MOORE will marry MALISSA MOORE the daughter of LETHA MOORE on 12 OCT 1873. This will be the second marriage for both. On 5 JUN 1876, OBEDIAH MOORE dies and in buried in the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church cemetery, grave #317. On 2 DEC 1883, SUSAN MOORE the daughter of MILTON MOORE dies and is buried in the same cemetery, grave #319. This has led some to believe that OBEDIAH and SUSAN were married. Not so. >> >> OBEDIAH MOORE and MALISSA MOORE had one child, a daughter MILDRED. OBEDIAH had a son, GARRETT, born to his first wife ELIZABETH YOUNG. MELISSA had a daughter by her first husband, WILLIAM RUSSELL. After OBEDIAH'S death, MALISSA married James FINNEY and had several more children. By 1880, OBEDIAH'S children are living with JAMES WAKEFIELD and his wife SARAH JANE MOORE, OBEDIAH'S sister. >> >> On the same census page, line 26, is the FRANCIS KERBY family. FRANCIS KERBY'S wife LUCY, happens to be the sister of JAMES WAKEFIELD. >> >> Would like to know if the two Moore families, Milton' e and Letha's are related. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bill Brinly >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >