It's very possible that it could have been a converted house. I believe my great-grandfather did live on the premises when he owned the store there. The family talked about the store being in the front of the building and the living quarters in the back. We found the lot by driving down Emerson, and when we found the address, the sidewalks that still existed from the lot did face the opposite street from Emerson. I got the address from the 1930 census records, and I photographed the sign that was the corner of that lot, but I don't have the photograph in front of me at the moment. Do you happen to have a photograph of the building? I'm sure if I can show a photograph of the building to my uncle, he could identify whether it was the same store. A cousin has a photograph of my grandfather inside the store, but we have no external photo's. My great-grandfather, Levi "Lee" Lloyd, was a coal miner and a Pentecostal preacher. He had lived in Higbee until about 1920 when he and his family moved to Illinois to mine coal. His eldest son William, died of black damp in the mines in 1929. Lee had nearly died from a cave in 10 years earlier, and perhaps he thought he should try another profession. With the insurance money he got from William's death, he moved his family to Moberly and he bought or rented the place that was to become his store. Dad said they went belly-up because it was during the depression and Lee gave credit to everyone until he was bankrupt. The store didn't last more than a year and they returned to Illinois where Lee died in 1947. Thank you for your response. This gives me a lot more than I had before. Kathy Bowlin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry M. Gillispie" <lgillispie@cvalley.net> To: <morandol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [MORANDOL] 412 Emerson St, Moberly, Missouri >I dont think it was at the corner of Emerson and Franklin, the lot you are > taking about was an old two story house made into appartments in the 40's > my > grandmother lived there in the 50's unless it could have been a store > downstairs and living qtrs upstairs . There was a store on the corner of > Concannon and Emerson but it faced toward Concannon. There was also a > store on the corner of Emerson and Bucannon but it faced Bucannon. > > Thanks Larry M Gillispie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Bowlin" <kjbowlin@embarqmail.com> > To: <MORANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:58 AM > Subject: [MORANDOL] 412 Emerson St, Moberly, Missouri > > >> >> >> >> Hello listers, >> >> I'm hoping someone can help me find an old photograph or some information >> about the small grocery store that stood at 412 Emerson St, Moberly >> Missouri. I think this was at the intersection of Emerson and Franklin? >> It is now an empty lot. I recently visited the site with my uncle, who >> remembered the location from when he was a small child. It was owned in >> 1930 by Levi "Lee" Lloyd. I believe he only owned it for a year or >> possibly less before it went belly-up under his ownership. I'm >> interested >> in knowing anything about the location and the building, when it was >> built, or torn down or destroyed? >> >> Thanks, >> Kathy Bowlin >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MORANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MORANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >