WILLIAM M. MOORE

 

William M. Moore, b ca 1855 in Alabama, d 1899 in Falls Co. of pneumonia contracted during the terrible blizzard of that year, was married on December 22, 1882 to Margaret Moore (called Maggie), b May 26, 1857, Wood County, Texas, d 1931 Falls County, a daughter of Elisha and Mary (Mollie Wilson) Moore of Alabama.

William and Maggie had seven known children:

Etta L. Moore, b August 5, 1884 in Falls County, d March 3, 1970 at Lott, buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, married on June 2, 1900 to Rolla G. Dailey, b September 23, 1872, d October 28, 1965 at Lott, They had Rolla Will Hailey, b June 6, 1902, d April 4, 1979, who married Bobbie Ruble; Marietta Hailey, b October 10, 1904, married C. J. Sudduth, b November 6, 1900, d November 6, 1976, buried Clover Hill Cemetery; and Robert R. Hailey, b October 26, 1906, d January 22, 1927, buried by his parents.

(Daughter) Moore married J. W. Earls, a son of Lige and Nancy Earls who moved to Falls County in 1895 after immigrating from Tennessee in 1891. J. W. and his wife had a daughter, Maggie Rose Earls, who married Robert Carnet and lives in Waco.

Walter Moore moved to Houston.

(Daughter) Moore married D. W. Stuckey and moved to Houston.

Elisha Moore II moved to Marlin.

(Daughter) Moore married E. C. Goodman. They had a daughter and moved to Bellmead in McLennan County.

W. S. Moore moved to Waco.

On her 100th birthday, the children and grandchildren held a family reunion, called the Maggie Moore birthday party reunion.

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 317.  
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