Brutus about 14 years old.
probably around 1901
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Brutus 24 years old and Lilla 18 years old
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Lilla Jane Webber Mooring, Teacher
Some of the students Lilla taught were her and
Brutus’ family members.
Moorings, Proffitts, Bullards, Mclendons
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Brutus Darwin Mooring
Whitton Farm abt 1950
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BD and Lilla Jane
Webber Mooring – Sunday Best
Shreveport LA
about 1970
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Brutus and Liilla’s 50th Wedding
Anniversary
1961 Shreveport
LA
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Brutus Darwin
Mooring about 20 years old.
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hhggggggg
BD and Lilla Mooring Family
About 1948 Whitton Farm
Nina, Frank, Fred, Francis, BD jr., Mary
Virginia, Wilbur, Webber, Sarah
Lilla, BD
Billy Joe
Lilla Jane Webber Mooring, Teacher
Some of the students Lilla taught were her and
Brutus’ family members.
Moorings, Proffitts, Bullards, Mclendons
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BD Mooring about 1950 Whitton AR
Farm
Lilla Jane Webber Mooring, Teacher
Some of the students Lilla taught were her and
Brutus’ family members.
Moorings, Proffitts, Bullards, Mclendons
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BRUTUS DARWIN MOORING
Brutus Darwin Mooring
Born: Aug 12 1887 AR
Died: July 29 1971 Luling,
LA
Brutus died at the home of
his son Frank while visiting.
Father: James Franklin
Mooring
Mother: Sarah Australia
Trexler (Twin)
Married: Lilla Jane Webber b. Mar 23 1893 d. Oct 8 1972
Date: 1911
B.D.
Sr. and Lilla are buried in Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery, Shreveport LA.
Lilla was grandmothers real
name but many thought her name was Lillie.
Note: Grandchild Nancy
Russell Blatchford writes about her grandparents:
I loved visiting Grandma
& Granddad Mooring. We would go to church
(Whitton Methodist) and when
we got home, Grandma could be heard bustling around the kitchen with her apron
and whistling church hymns.
No one could whistle like Grandma. So
beautiful and melodic. She and Granddad were like “Mutt and Jeff”. He was tall
and thin and she was short and round. If
there is one person in the world I think of as the most perfect, it would be
Granddad. He was a gentle, soft spoken man. I don’t know how far in school he
went but he spoke like an educated man. He would tell me to read lots of
books. We were taught to use good
English. Being poor was no excuse. He loved children and we all loved him
dearly.
He never raised his voice or
spanked us but we knew what the razor strap
that hung in the bathroom
was for. I love their big front porch
swing. And the huge shade trees in the yard. Granddad had milk a cow that gave
so much milk, she won a blue ribbon at the county fair. I was told her bag would get so full it would
almost drag the ground at times. Grandma had a wooden milk churn and we would
help her churn butter when we visited. My most precious memories are centered
on Granddad and Grandma Mooring and the times I spent there.
Glenda Mooring Fanguy: I
remember granddad saying, “ Am bam bam” and
singing “ I love you, a
bushel and a peck, a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.”
Brutus and
Lilla Moorings’ Children:
1.Sarah Mildred b.
Jan.11 1912 d. 1992
Married: 1930 Cloyce
Russell
Children: 1. Patricia b. 1935 d. 2003 McAllen TX
Married: Dean Roberts
Children: 6 children
2.
Bob
3.
Mary Kay b. 1938 d. 2002
Child: Mitzi
4.
Marian b. 1939 d. 2001
Married: Bill Meadows
Children: 3
5.
Son
6. Nancy
Married: Lionel Blatchford
Children: 1. Patrick
2.
Phillip
3.
Russ
Married:
Kristine
7.
Son
8. Linda
9. Betty
10.Judy
Sarah Mildred Mooring
Wilbur, Sarah and Webber Mooring about
1919
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2. James “Web” Webber b.
Oct. 28 1914 d. Sept 5 1960
Married: Rosie Myrtle “Dollie”
Elledge d. Oct. 2002
Dollie
had 1 child before she married Webber named Lonnie?
Web
died of a heart attack in Michigan
and is buried in AR.
Moved
from Tyronza to Michigan
same year Sarah moved there.
Information
comes from Grace Mooring and Larry Mooring, son of Web.
Children:
1. James “Jim” Jr.
2. Marilyn
Son named Scott
3. Nina Ruth? Is paralyzed from waist down from childhood
polio 4. Larry
b. 1941
5. Joyce d. 2003 from a massive stroke
James Webber “Web” and Dollie Elledge Mooring
3. Wilbur Oliver b.Dec.19
1916 d. May 5 1992
Married: Emogene “Jean”
Laymon d. Mar 5 2003
Both are buried in Centuries
Memorial Park Cemetery, Shreveport,
LA
Children: 1. Robert ”Bob” L.
Mooring –b. Nov 7 1947 d. Feb 14 1980
Bob never married and is buried in Centuries Memorial Park
(It snowed on the day he was buried – it was
beautiful.)
2. Donald
“Don” Mooring
(1) Married: Cindy
Children: 1.Brian Mooring
2. Scott Mooring
(2) Married: Karen
Child: 3. Leslie Mooring
Wilbur and Jean Mooring on
their golden anniversary at their son Don’s home.
4. Mary Virginia b .Jan 21 1919 d Oct 5, 2000
Married: Enos Collins – No
children
“May Gin” died in Irving, TX
while visiting with her brother Fred Mooring
She
is buried in Lakewood Memorial Park Jackson, MS
Notes from niece Glenda
Mooring Fanguy:
When Aunt May Gin had moved
to Houma in
1999 she showed me her certificate from her high school where she was class
Valedictorian of her high school graduating class. After gazing at the
certificate and telling her how proud and excited I was of her, she gave a big laugh
and said there were only about 7 others in her class.
I spent most of my evenings
with her the last year she lived.
She was my comfort and I
hope I was hers.
She was everyone’s favorite
aunt and she loved all her family so much.
I have prayed many times
that I could be like her, so calm, understanding, a gentle soul.
She loved Jesus and loved
Christian music, so I bought a Carmen CD of old gospels songs for her. At night we would play them and she would sit
in her chair with one leg stretched out onto the foot stool and the other leg
draped over the arm of the chair and she would sway side to side in the chair
with the biggest smile on her face as we sang to the old hymns together.
I miss her so very dearly. Looking back now when I think about her and I
see her face I know I was seeing the love and grace of God looking back at me
through
those beautiful blue eyes.
Mary
Virginia Mooring about 23 years old
Mary Virginia “May Gin”
Mooring Collins about 1919
Enos and Mary Virginia Mooring Collins
Mary Virginia Mooring Collins 80 Birthday Jackson MS,
Jan 1999
5.
Brutus Darwin Jr. b. March 16 1921
In later years B.D. said that he found out
that his name was just BD, not Brutus Darwin.
(1)
Married: Mary Christina Strange b. Mar 14 1921 d. Oct 22 1981
Christina
is buried in Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery, Shreveport, LA
Children: 1. Philip Mooring
2.
Christy Mooring
Married:
June 21 1969 John Lawrence
Child: 1. Dena
Married: Stewart Rose
Children: 1. Ella
2. Christa
3. Cameron
3.
Steven Mooring
Married: Mary Jo
Child: 1. Robin
Married: Keith
Child: 1. Max
B D
Mooring Jr.
6. Francis Marion b. Sept 8
1923 d. Nov 2007
(2) Married: Bob McElwee
Children: 1. Walt “Mack” McDaniels
Marrried: Doran
Child 1. Chris
Children: 1.
Jackson
2 . Gabriella
2.
Bill McDaniels
Francis Marion Mooring
about about 1924
Francis Marion Mooring about 19 years old
7. Thomas Fredric b. Sept 28
1924 d. 2002
Married:
Wanda Grace Bullard b.Aug. 26, 1924 Whitton AR d. June 1 2008 Farmers
Branch TX
Children: 1.Donna Lynn b. Jan 4
1950 Dyess AR
Married: Dec 18 1971; Feb 14 1983
Divorced
(1) Mark Gardner Snyder
Children: 1. Jeremy Mark Snyder b. Jan 22 1976
Dallas TX
2. Jason Gardner Snyder b. Mar 4 1978 Dallas TX
3. Jessica Mooring Snyder b. July 5
1979 Dallas TX
Child: Kyla
(2)
Married: Feb 23 1985 Phil Bruce Lively
2.
Wanda
Married:
Kent McMahan
Children: 1. Patrick
2. Michael
3. Erin
Child: Kaitlyn
3.
Tommie Sue b. Nov 12 1957 McKinney
TX.
Married: Dec 31 1985
Daniel Davis Randall b. June 23 1959 Durango CO
Children: 1. Sarah Renee Randall
b. Jun 3 1987 Carrollton TX
2.
Scott Thomas Randall b. Dec 15 1989 Carrollton
TX
4. Mark
Married: Lisa
Children: 1. Shane
2. Alex
5.
Mary Jane b. Nov 21 1960
Married: Jan
31 1998 Gary Allen Miklos
Children: 1. Simon Maxwell Miklos b. Dec 2
1998
2.
April Renee Miklos b. Jan 18 2000
8. Arthur Franklin “Frank” b. Jan 6 1929 d. June 4
1997
Married: Mar 1 1954
Patricia Boyd Stewart b. Oct 4 1931 d. Dec. 24, 2004
Both died in Houma LA.
Child: James “Jim”
Arthur b. May 21 1956
Married: Jul
31 1982 Katherine Marie Eastin b. July 25 1961
Parents: David Jerry Eastin b. 1942
Carolyn Patricia Amstutz Dishman b. Sep 13 1942.
Children: 1. Katherine Patricia “ Katie Bell” b. Mar 4 1984
2. Hannah Karolina b. Oct 16 1998
Arthur
Franklin “ Frank” Mooring
9.
Nina Jean b. Jan 18 1931 d. Jan 30, 1988
Married: Jul 3 1957
Richard Aaron Myers
Nina is buried in Garden of Memories
in Houma, LA
Children: 1. Richard “Rick” Darwin Myers b Mar 10 1958
Married: Nov.6 1979 Cindy Rene Nix
Children: 1. Jennifer Michelle Myers b.
June 6 1983
2.
Casey Ryan Myers b. Jan 20 1986
2. Laura Kathryn Myers b. Apr 23 1959
Married: Jun 16 1984 Patrick David Conrad
b. Mar 13 1958
Children: 1. Jessica Danielle b. Feb 16 1986
2.
Patricia Nina b. Apr 13 1988
3.
Madeline Jane b. Oct 24 1990
4. Alexander
James b. Oct 10 1999
3. Michael “Mike” Jarvis Myers b. Aug 12
1960
Married:
Apr 22 1989 Lynn Ann Arsena b.
Mar 13 1965
Married:
First Methodist
Church of Houma
Children: 1. Sam Aaron b. Aug 8 1994
2. Molly Ann b. Sept 8 2000
4. Tena Jean Myers b. Mar 14 1962
Married:
Feb12 1982 Randy Gene Manning b. July 3 1962
Children: 1. Joshua Randall Manning b. Aug 19 1982
2. Carrie Elizabeth Manning b. Nov 4 1985
The four Mooring daughters on the Mooring Farm
about 1955
Sarah,
Mary Virginia, Francis, and Nina
Frank, Billy Joe and Nina
Mooring about 1936
10.
Melba Jane b.May 1933 died in the winter of 1934 and is buried in Whitton Cemetery
11.
Billy Joe b. Oct 31 1935 d. Nov 25 1997
Married:
Apr 24 1955 Rachel Irene Rounsavall b.
April 14 1937 d. March 17 1999
Both
Bill and Rachel were cremated and their ashes sprinkled in
Madison
Canal in Montegut LA. where
their fishing camp is located.
Children:
1.Billy Joe Jr. b. Nov 9 1955
Married: Apr 21 1978 Sylvinita Buller b.June 5 1960
Children: 1.
Stefanny Jo b. Oct 21 1978
Married: Sept.14 2002 Jamie John Chaisson b.
Feb 22 1976
Children: 1. Sylver Persephone b. Feb 17
2004
2.
Paegan Hypatia b. Feb 20 2005
2. Brandon Jo b. May 25 1980
3. Kristopher David b. April 4 1982
2. Glenda Joy b. Sept 18 1957
Married: July 21 1978 Guy Paul Fanguy b. Mar 5 1956
Children: 1. Rebecca Lee b. July 23 1981
Married: May 30
2003 Larry Scott Saltee b. April 21 1978
Children: 1.
Katherine Grace Saltee b. Feb 22 2007
2. Jesse Guy b. Mar 31 1984
Child: 1. David
Michael Fanguy b. May 20 2006 d. May 20 2006
3. Kenneth Jon Mooring b. Dec 15 1966
Lilla had 2
miscarriages after Billy Joe
Bill and Rachel Rounsavall
Mooring Wedding Photo 1955
Billy Joe Mooring
1962 Palmer College
of Chiropratic
Billy Joe, Rachel, Glenda Joy Mooring Palmer
Graduation Family Photo
Mom had hand sewn our dresses for dad’s graduation.
Billy Joe Mooring the youngest sibling with
Sarah Mildred Mooring Russell the oldest sibling.
Mardi Gras party in Houma LA
about 1985.
Brutus
Darwin Moorings’ Father
James Franklin Mooring
Born:
Oct 18 1849 TN
Died:
Oct 15 1908 Miss. Co. AR Buried in Dead
Timber Cemetery
Whitton, AR.
Father:
Dr. John Ellis Mooring
Mother:
(2) Nancy Diffee
Married:
Sarah Australia Trexler b. Feb 5 1868 d.
July 30 1940
She
was b. Cross Co. AR d. Tyronza
AR. Her parents were Joseph A.
Trexler and Ellen Rowe.
They are buried in Whitton Cemetery, AR
James Franklin
Mooring died 1908
Letter
written from James F Mooring to his aunt (Elijah Diffee widow).
June 18th 1870
Emory, Rains Co Tex.
Dear Aunt………….after acompliment. Nothing grieved me more than to hear of Dear
Uncle Deth.
I
even quite small when I saw him last my
hopes of seeing him this fall is blusted. I inten to visit you all this fall if
nothin happens. I have nothing that I
can write that is interesting to you. We have the finest crope in the contry
that ever been known. Our helth is good at present. You will please write soon
to inform us how you are getting on and please send me the address of Uncle
Alfred & Enoch in Ark = Nothing more, give my respects to all the
relations. Your Neph Until, James F.
Mooring
Side
letter reads: __
suppose you __ were aware that the consumt was the cause of Mothers
deth.
James and Sarah Moorings’ Children
Children:
1.Katie Bell b. Dec. 1886 d.1948
Married:
John Augustus McClendon Sr. b. 1882 in Marianna, Lee CO., AK d. 1952
Son of Dr.
Joel Wiley McClendon & Rebecca Jane Wall.
Katie is buried in Whitton
Cemetery.
Children: 1. John D. b. Nov.6 1905 d. Nov. 9 1905
2. Thelma
Tolise b. May 8 1907 b. May 24 1997
3. Thomas “Tom” b. abt. 1910
4. Franklin
“Frank” b Dec 7 1914 b. Nov 1979
*John
divorced Katie and in 1944 married Gypsy Estelle Sulcer b. 1914 and had two
children:
1.John Augustus McClendon Jr. b.
1946 Married: Pam
2. Betsy
( this info * comes from Pam who contacted Glenda Mooring
Fanguy)
2. Brutus Darwin b. Aug 1887 d. July 29,
1971
Married: Lilla Webber
3. James Arthur b. Dec. 1891
d.1953
Married:
Virginia B. Webber b. 1893 sister of Lilla Webber
4. Julia Ellen b. Dec. 22,
1899 d. 1980
Married: Frank Bruce Dean b.1898 d. 1978
Julia is buried
in Dead Timber Cemetery Whtton, AR
5. John Ellis b. Sept. 5, 1903 d. Jan
5,1968 Marshallville, GA
Married: Amelda Hubbard Dean b.
Feb 6 1903 d. June 13 1976
Sister of Frank Dean
Sister of Brutus Darwin
Mooring
Julia
Mooring Dean Graves stone Buried in
Dead Timber cemetery, Whitton
AR
Julia
collected most all of the information about the Mooring Family. She lived and
died trying to find our link back to John Mooring from England.
1900 Census
Mississippi County
AR Whitten Township
James F. Mooring 1849
50 TN NC NC Cattle Driver
Sarah A. 1868
32 AR TN
TN
Katie B. 1886 13
AR TN AR Servant
Brutus D. 1887
12 AR TN
AR At School
James A. 1891 8 AR
TN AR
Julia 1899
5/12 AR TN AR
Note: Info provided by B.D. Mooring Jr.:
James owned a lot of land in
Mississippi County AR.
How he acquired it is unknown, probably homesteading and other means. I suspect
that he gambled. He was a heavy drinker they say. When my father B.D. Sr. was
eighteen years old his dad, James rode by horseback to Gilmore, AR
with a young man whose name was Burt Gooth. My granddad Mooring and his wife
Sally Trexler Mooring had adopted Burt Gooth. Don’t know if it was a legal
adoption of if they “just took him in”.
Anyway he and granddad evidently were drinking partners. On this occasion they had been on a big
“binge”. On their way home, both being drink, they got into an argument. The
story was that granddad threatened Burt with his rifle and Burt whipped out a
pistol and shot granddad off his horse. My father, who at that time was
eighteen years old and the oldest male in the family took over the operation of
the farm and ran it for a time.
Note: Katie Bell Mooring was
the most colorful of the Moorings. She cursed like a sailor, would kick any
man’s butt who needed it, and wasn’t past taking a nip for her health. And she
drove her old pick-up as fast as it would go on those gravel roads. And work!
She could pitch hay, drive a
tractor, bulldog a hog or yearling, and split wood with the best of them.
Everybody in Whitten was afraid of her, including her husband, Uncle Gus. She
got wind one time that Gus was keeping up a woman at the Crow farm, about a
mile away. She went down there with a pistol, helped that old girl pack her
bags, took her to a crossroads, and told her to be on the next bus to Memphis
or she would shortly be attending her own funeral. Then she went home and told
Uncle Gus that if he wanted to be famous, then just keep seeing other women and
she would make him the only ball-less farmer in Mississippi County.
An era died with her.
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James
Franklin Moorings’ Father
John Ellis Mooring
Born: Dec. 24 1815 NC
Died: July 2 1886 TX Point
TX Lone Star Cemetery
NOTE: PVT Surgeon CO F. 1
Texas CAV CSA buried in Point TX
Info
comes from his headstone. First Calvary Regiment, Texas State Troops, Co. R.,
C.S.A. He also had several sons that were Confederate soldiers.
Father: Benjamin Mooring
Mother: NA
(1) Married: Matilda Johns
b. aft. 1810 TN d. 1840 Lexington
TN
Children: 1. William Ellis b. 1838 Henderson TN
2. Sarah Ann b. Dec. 13 1839 Lexington TN
Married: 1860 John Gilmore b Aug 1 1831 VA d.
Sep 8 1888 while
visiting in Texas
Children: John Q. and Kimmie.
John
Gilmore’s gravestone is listed as John Gilmer in Point, TX. Sarah and John
lived in Gilmore AR. named after him. John’s parents moved from Virginia to Missouri
when he was a small boy, and he was mostly reared in the latter State, coming
to this county when yet single. John was a pioneer settler in this county in
early days. A successful raftsman, a famous bear hunter, a prosperous and
prominent man, whom everybody liked, he was the largest stock raiser in this
county, a man of sterling integrity, who did all that he could to promote the
interest of his country and the community in which he lived. He was a loving
husband, and indulgent father, and a kind and considerate neighbor. His father,
James Gilmore, spent the latter part of his life with his son at his Arkansas home. At the
time of Mr. Gilmore’s death he owned about 2,500 acres of land and 800 head of
cattle, Mrs. Gilmore has now about the same amount of land and stock. She
resides on the old homestead, at Gilmore, a station on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Missouri
Railway, with her two children. Mrs. Gilmore is a true Christian woman, and a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church. – Biographical Sketches of Eastern Arkansas.
John Ellis Mooring, grandfather of
Brutus Darwin Mooring Sr.
Photo provided by Don Majors
John Ellis Mooring, Photo provided by Don Majors, descendent from John’s
third wife Easter Jane Rogers Dixon Mooring
Don Majors was given this engraved charm of John
Ellis Mooring from John’s great-grand
daughter Ella Mae Mooring Noles.
Post cards that were sent to
James Mooring from his brother-in-law E. Addison Swepston.
These copies of postcards and picture of
John Ellis came from Julia Mooring Dean who was in search of her
family lineage
for many years.
Point TX 7/2/88 Dear James, Your Pa died this morning at 10
O’C. from Bro Addison
Point TX Sept. 10 ’83 Dear
Jim, Mr. Gilmore died here the 8th and Mrs. Gilmore wants you to
come and go home with her to attend to
her affairs. _____ come if you can possibly do so. Yours __ E.
A. Swepston.
John Gilmore, husband of Sarah Mooring, daughter of John Ellis Mooring
and his first wife
Matilda Johns. Sarah and John
lived in Gilmore Arkansas, a town named after him.
The name Gilmer on the headstone should have read Gilmore. It was
misspelled and is noted
by Julia Mooring Dean during her research.
John Ellis
Moorings Deed to his land.
John donated
the land for the Lone
Star Cemetery
in Point TX. and also the land for the
Methodist
church in Point TX. Ella Mae Mooring
Noles granddaughter of John Ellis and Easter Jane played the organ
for this church up until the time that she
passed away in 2006.
Point Texas, Long Star
Cemetery. The original grave stone of John Ellis
Mooring.
2008 Jim Mooring, Tena Myers
Manning, Glenda Mooring Fanguy, Kenneth Mooring.
Great-great grandchildren of
John Ellis Mooring from his son James Mooring.
New Grave
stone of John Ellis Mooring. New headstone was ordered and set with a ceremony
by
Rev. Don
Major, great- great grandson of John Ellis.
Don is a
member of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans in Tyler, Texas.
Another photo of the old stone of John Ellis Mooring.
(2)
Married: 1844 Nancy Diffee b. May 29 1823 NC d. 1865 AR?
Nancy’s parents were William Diffie, died Oct. 12 1858,
and Susannah Diffie, died July 25, 1846.
This was recorded in Henderson Co. TN
Children: 3. John W.
b. July 20 1849 d. before 1850 Census
Henderson TN
4. Stephen
H. b. Jan. 4 1847 d. before 1850 Census
5. James Franklin b. Oct 18 1847 TN d.
1908
6. Susan b. May 14 1850 Henderson TN
7. Nancy b. July 12 1852 Point TX d. May 21
1891 Mason TX
Married Lewis Douglas Cain
b. Apr 6 1842 Harrison TX
8. Mary
& Mattie (Twins) b. Nov 28 1854 Lexington,
Henderson TN
Mary died Jan 23 1891.
Mary married Elmer Addison
Swepston. He sent a letter to James Franklin about the death of his
brother-in-law John Gilmore and James’ father, John Ellis.
Mattie
died Jan 10 1933 Cert.Of Death listed
her as single and a housekeeper.
Foster
Mooring was the person who gave information on the death cert.
She
died of Acute Endocarditis. She is buried at Lone Star Cemetery. Point, TX.
9. Frances “Fanny” Parlef b.
March 27 1857 TN died April 1942 Hobbs
NM.
Married James Isaac Hobbs. They
founded Hobbs NM.
10. Julia
b. Sept 7 1859 TN died Sept 28 1861 Tyronza
AR near Gilmore.
11. Kate (Katherine) b. Jan
14 1862 Critttenden Co. AR Married Edward
Benton Davis in Rains Co. TX d. 1945
Daughter of John Ellis and
Nancy Diffee. She was married to Addison Swepston.
Letter from John and Nancy
Diffee Mooring to her brother Eli. October 17, 1861.
Tells of the death of
daughter Julia who died on September 28th 1861.
Letter from John and Nancy
Diffee Mooring to her brother Eli who was in a Camp in the Civil war.
Last part of letter if from
Nancy Diffee Mooring’s brother Eli responded back
To her letter about the camp
conditions during the Civil War.
Letter from John and Nancy
Diffee Mooring to her brother Elijah. Also mentions
the birth of their daughter Kate.
(3) Married: Easter Jane Rogers Dixon (Dickson) ( E.J.) b. Feb 6 1839 AR d.
May 4 1911. Married in 1865 in Hunt Co. TX . Buried in Lone Star Cemetery,
Point TX. There were 8 children from this marriage with John Ellis. E.J.‘s
parents were both listed born in NC. Her mother was Temperance Anderson Rodgers
(Rogers) Coffey (Coffee). E.J. had a daughter with her first husband William A.
Dixon whose named was Martha Dixon Tolbert. Both Temperance and Martha are
buried near E J in Rains TX.
Children: 12. Matilda “Tilda” Eleana b. April 16 1866
d. Nov 22 1899 Texas
Married W. R. Alfred
13. Henry 1867 TX 1870 Census. He may also be called Thomas
14. John b. June 1870
15. Jessie Gilbert b. June 26 1870 Rains
Co. d.Oct. 1947
Married Martha Aldora
(Dora) Huff
children: Rilla b. 1901
Jessie b. 1898
Arnold
1903
16. Thomas Walter b. Dec 1872
17. Mark Mill Pumaroy b. Feb. 17 1873 TX
18. Hubert S. b. Nov 27 1874 d. Mar 1940 Point TX.
19. Arthur Q. b. Feb 4 1879 d. Dec 4 1902 Point TX.
Note: From letter dated 1927
to Sarah Trexler Mooring, it stated that
Dr. John E. Mooring was
married 1844 to Nancy Diffee b. May 29, 1823 NC.
Easter Jane Rogers Dixon Mooring,
third wife of John Ellis Mooring
E. J. Mooring, third wife
of John Ellis Mooring
E. J Mooring’s mother, Temperance
Anderson Rodgers (Rogers) Coffey
(Coffee) headstone.
Matilda “Tilda”
Eleana Evelyn Mooring Alfred
Daughter of John Ellis Mooring
and his third wife Easter Jane Mooring
Arthur Q. Mooring son of John
Ellis and E. J. Mooring
1850 Census Henderson
TN John E. list family as:
John E 36 Farmer (1814)
Nancy 28 (1822)
William 12 (1838)
Sarah A. 10 (1840)
James 1 (1849)
Susan 4/12
(1850)
1870 Aug 23 Census Place Precinct 4, Hunt Texas; Roll:
M593<1593 Page 380 Image 148 Long Oak Post Office
Jno
E Mourning (Mooring) 54, MD owned $1500 land, $2400 personal wealth, b. NC
E Jane, 31 LA
James 20? TN
Susan, 21 TN
Nancy, 19 TN
Mary, 17 TN
Martha, 15 TN
Fanny, 12 TN
Katherine, 10, AR
Matilda, 4 TX
…? Male, 2 months, born Feb
1870… possibly Jesse?
Henry, 2, TX
Martha Dixon, ? TX
Temperance Coffee, 56, ?
In 1870 John Ellis owned
property in Hunt county
TX. This part of Hunt was
possibly taken to form Rains
County in 1870 as some of
Hunt county was used.
John Ellis gave land for the
Lone Star Church
and Cemetery. Published in “Rains County Leader, 1939” – Lone Star – 3 miles
north of Point… Dr. Mooring gave land for the Lone Star church and cemetery.
1880 Census John and E.J.
are listed with the following children:
J.E. Mooring 1816 Male 64 NC
Physician NC NC
E. J. Mooring Wife 1839 41
AR TN TN
Mattie 21 b TN at home daughter
- both parents listed born in NC (1859)
Kate 17 in school daughter -
both parents listed born in NC
(1863)
M 14 in school daughter parents listed born in NC and Ark (1866)
Thos. Son 12 (1868)
Jesse 9 in school son “ (1871)
M.R. 8 in school son “ (1872)
H 5 son “ (1875)
A 1 son “ (1879)
J. Killman Other 18 KY Farm
Laborer KY KY
1900 Census Place: Justice Prescint 4 Rains, Texas Roll T623 Page 16B Enumeration
District 78
Mooring, Jane E. Head of
House born in Texas
can’t read parents entry. Widow, mother of 8 living children of 9, record lists
her place of birth as Texas,
and parents TX, father’s place of birth listed as AR.
Hub S. 11/1873 son 26 Farmer born in TX parents ARK and TX
Arthur Q 2/1879 son 21
Farmer born TX parents ARK
and TX
Earl J. Alfred, grandson,
7/1887, TX mother TX
Joseph W. Alfred, grandson,
11/1886
Zadie F. Alfred,
granddaughter 1/1890
Omar? B Alfred,
granddaughter 10/1894
…Alfred childrens’ father
from LA per census.
John Ellis Mooring moved to
Henderson Co TN where he married Matilda Johns.
He then moved to Lexington TN and then to Memphis in the mid
1850’s.
They lived in Memphis for a short time
then moved to Tyronza Crittenden Co AR where they lived for a few years and
then moved to Rains Co. TX.
In 1848 John joined the
Masonic Lodge 64 Constintine, in Lexington.
On Dec. 27, 1870 John joined the Mars Hill
Masonic Lodge 293 as noted by Thomas M. Allred, Secretary.
It is said that John’s son
James took Johns’ place during the war while John took care of his ill wife
Nancy. When James returned, I assume on leave, he found that his mother Nancy had
died and his father had married the housekeeper Easter Jane. There was a
falling out between the two. I mentioned this to a distant relative from John’s
third wife, Don Majors, and he said he had heard the same story.
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John Ellis
Moorings’ Father
Benjamin Mooring
Born: abt 1790 Lexington, Henderson Co., NC
Died: 1845?
Father: Burwell
Mooring
Mother: Patience West
Married: 1810?
Children: 1. John Ellis
Mooring
1820 Census of North Carolina, Greene County
Mourning Benj. 4 m. un/10 2 f. 10/16
1 m. 26/45 1 f. 26/45
Benjamin
Moorings’ Father
Burwell Mooring
Born:
ca.1753 or 1745 Wayne Co. NC
Died:
abt. 1815/16 Wayne Co. NC
Father:
John Mooring II
Mother:
Anne Burwell
Married:
Patience West b.1753? Craven/Johnson NC d. 1803 in
Button
Branch Wayne Co. NC
Married:
abt 1763 in Johnston Co., North
Carolina
Her
parents were Robert West b. abt 1720 in NC and Susannah b. abt 1725 in Craven/Johnston
NC.
Children:
1. Nancy
d. Aug 8 1805 Married: 1796 William Exum b. Oct. 4 1770
son of
Col. Benjamin and Martha Exum.
2. John b. abt 1764 NC
3. Benjamin b. abt 1770 NC
4. Henry
b. abt 1772 Glasglow/Greene Co. NC.
Married: July 14 1789
Betsey Loftin Fort
5. James b. abt 1774 Wayne Co. NC
6. Thomas
7. Elizabeth
NOTES:
Source:
Wayne County
Heritage Book, North Carolina
Colonel
Burwell Mooring:
Burwell
Mooring was the son of John Mooring and Ann Burwell. He served in the
Revolutionary War as a Lieutenant in Captain Thomas Williams’ company. He was a part of the Dobbs Militia in their
expedition to Moore’s Creek Bridge
against the insurgents in Feb/Mar 1776.
By April 22, 1786, he was a Major in the Wayne Regiment of Militia and
was called Colonel Burwell Mooring.
He
served as a Representative (of the Continental Congress) for Wayne County
for 10 years in the House of Commons and in the Senate. He was a Mason and one of the original
Trustees of Waynesborough.
North Carolina Manual
pub.1913 pp. 394, 417,567, 673
The first Representatives of Wayne
County in The General Assembly, 1780, were Stephen Cobb and BURWELL MOORING. He
served through 1788. His service between 1780 and 1783 was, of course, while
the Revolutionary War was in progress.
From:
North Carolina State Department of Archives and History
Wayne
County Deeds, (microfilm)
Book
1, p.97 14 Oct. 1782
His
children were John, James, Thomas, Benjamin, and Henry. It is believed that there were other
daughters but no names have been found.
Up
until William Mooring’s death in 1795, he and his brother Burwell lived on
adjoining plantations, and on land formerly owned by their father, John
Mooring. John Mooring’s estate consisted of about 300 acres, more or less and
had a plantation house and land and Grist Mill.
Wheeler’s
History of North Carolina p.460
Members
of the General Assembly from Wayne
County
Senate House
of Commons
Burwell
Mooring 1783-1787 Burwell Mooring 1780, 81, 82, & 89
Patience
West: The Heritage Book of Wayne Co. NC, Article # 698, pg 348 and Article#
697.
1790
and 1800 Census for Wayne Co. NC.
Will
of Robert West dated 1790, Johnston Co. NC: Names daughter, Patience Mourning.
The
settlement of the Estate of Patty Shadding in May Court 1812 for Wyane Co, NC –
James and Burwell Mooring found on this paper.
1769
Tax List for Dobbs Co, NC – Burwell and John Mooring located on this list
paper.
The
Story of Kinston and Lenoir Co, NC by Johnson & Holloman on page 376
Source:
Ima Eula Mewborn, 502 East Church
Street, Farmville NC 27828
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Burwell
Moorings’ Father
John ll Mooring
Born:
1695 Surry VA
Settled
in Dobbs/Pitt NC
Died:
1779
Father:
Christopher Mooring
Mother:
Mary Simmons
Married:
(1)
Anne Burwell Married: est.1726-1746
Children:
1. John III b. 1728
2. Henry
3. Benjamin
4. James Mooring was a Midshipmen on the
ship “Viper” in June of 1765
(2) Married: abt 1745 Elizabeth Ellis Lancaster b.1713 d.1769.
She was a widow of Samuel Lancaster. Her
father was Benjamin Ellis.
5. Samuel
6. Burwell b. abt 1745 Surry VA d.
abt 1815-16 Wayne NC.
Married: Patience West 1775
Johnson NC.1803 Wayne Co. NC
(1790-1890 Census)
7. William b.1740 d. 1795
Burwell and William lived on adjoining
Plantations and Grist Mill.
Burwell moved to Northampton Co. before
1810.
John
Mooring apparently was living on his Pitt
County land grant of 700
acres
dated
19 Feb. 1762, at the outbreak of the Revolution:
Colonial
Records of North Carolina
Vol.
10, 1775-1776 p.57
Election
of a Safety Committee in Pitt
County
Martinsborough,
Jan, 23d., 1775
The
freeholders of the County
of Pitt appeared and
elected the following person
to be added to the Committee of
this County, vizt: John Mooring
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John Mooring II s’ Father
Christopher Mooring
Born: 1666/7
Surry VA
Died: Dec 27 1751
Father: John Moring
Mother: Jane White?
Married: 1690 in Surry County
Virginia to Mary Simmons b. 1668 Surry d. 1750 Surry Co.
Her
parents were William and Elizabeth (Eliza) Mansell Simmons Jr.
Children: 1.
Jane
b. 1703 Married _____ Collier
2.
Lucy b. 1705 Married_____ Collier
3.
Mary b. 1701 Married Benjamin Morris
4.
William b. 1699 d. 1775 (v. his
will)
5. Christopher II b. 1697 d. March 12 1772
6. John II b. abt 1695 Surry d. abt 1777 in Pitt Co. NC
Married 1725 to Ann
Burwell
7.
Daughter d. bef 1751 Married Edward
Bayly
Christopher
Mooring was a witness to many deeds, Wills, etc. in Surry County
from
1696 to 1750.
Virginia Statutes at Large, Henning
Vol.
5, 1738-1748 pp. 368-369
An Act of Assembly, Feb. 1745, recites that
large quantities of tobacco have been lately damaged at the public warehouse at
Gray’s Creek (Cobham, Surry Co., VA) by the overflowing of the tide and
provision is made… whose tobacco was drowned to receive full satisfaction for
same out of Public Treasury. Appended to the Act is a list of fifty-four persons
whose tobacco was drowned. Among whom were:
Of
Whom When Received
March 19,
1743
John
Mooring 208 921
816 165 180 Csks.
Christ.
Mooring 354 1027
941 86 Csks.
Note:
The above were Christopher Mooring and his eldest son, John Mooring.
Surry County, Order Book
Surry County
Colonial Militia
15
May 1765 Wm. Allen qualified as Colonel
Christopher Mooring and
Thomas Baily Gents., qual. as Militia Officers.
Note: The above item refers to Christopher Mooring,
Jr., the second son mentioned in the will of his father, Christopher Mooring,
St., dated 1751/
It is believed that
Christopher Mooring, Jr. went into Pitt and Dobbs Counties, North Carolina
with his brother, John Mooring, ca. 1765.
Pitt
County, NC
was the eastern border of Dobbs
County (now extinct) in
which John Mooring, first son mentioned in Will of Christopher Mooring, dated
1751, settled. He owned land in both counties.
NOTE:
Will of Christopher Mooring
Surry
Co., VA.,
Wills,
Deed, etc., 1738-1754 p. 833
In
the name of God Amen, I, Christopher Mooring, Senior, of Southwark Parish in
Surry County, of perfect sense and memory do make, constitute and appoint this
my last Will and Testament and so desire it may be taken and received by all as
such. I most humbly resign my soul to
God my maker. Item – As to my worldly
goods I give in manner as follow:
I
give my son John Mooring and his heirs, lawfully begot, of his own body and
their Bodies forever, one Negro wench named Aggy and jointly a parcel of Land
both to him and his heirs lawfully begotten of his own Body and their Bodies
forever, the land bounded as follows – all the Land that is on the North West
side of Harrisons Road till it comes to Runnells Branch, so up the sd. Water
course to the fork, from thence along by a line of marked trees made to Col.
Ben Harrisons line. I also give him the
use of the Negro girl that is at his house named Aggy during his life and then
I give the sd. Girl to his son, John and his heirs forever.
Item
– I give my son, Christopher Mooring, and his heirs forever, my plantation and
all the Land on the South East side of the Naked Swamp and up that swamp to the
North corner of my old field and from thence along by a line of marked trees
already made – Beginning at a white oak on the fork of the sd. Swamp running to
the line of James Bradlys?. I also give
him the Bible that was his mothers with M.S. on the outside of the book. (This
Bible was first mentioned in the Will of Mary Simmon, 6 Apr. 1677, q.v.)
I
also give him two Negro follows named Cain and named Harry and also one feather
bed.
Item
– I give to my son William Mooring, all the remainder part of the Land that
lays between his two brothers, John and Christopher Mooring that he is now in possession
of and lives on to him and his heirs forever. I also five him a Negro women
named Jesabel.
Item
–I give to my daughter, Mary Morris a Negro woman named Grace and on feather
bed.
Item
– I give to my daughter, Jane Collier, one Negro woman Sarah, it is the
youngest and five pounds in cash. ( Not clear whether he meant his daughter or
the slave?)
Item
– I give to my daughter, Lucy Collier, one Negro woman named Jenny and five
pounds in cash.
Item
– I give to my son-in-law, Edward Bayly, two negros Kate and her child named
Beck that he has.
Item
– I give to my three sons, John and Christopher and William Mooring the Estate
which I have in England, Lands, Living Rights, Titles and Interests whatsoever
that belongs to me and for it to be equally divided among my three sons fore
named and their heirs forever.
Item
– I give to my two sons, Christopher and William Mooring all the rest of my
estate that I have not forenamed in this Will for them and their heirs forever
to be equally divided between them, to sons, Christopher and William Mooring
forever.
Item
– I do constitute and appoint my son, Christopher Mooring, to be wholly and
solely Executor of this my Last Will and testament in witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of December 1751 in
presence of John J. Avery, Senior; Stephen Lucas, John Simmons, Christopher
Mooring (Seal)
The
estate mentioned by Christopher Mooring as being in England must have been considerable
for it evidently had a parish church on it. “Living benefits” in the Anglican
Church meant a benefice or the revenue derived from it.
Note:
In Whitchurch, (which is a village) in Devon England there is church dedicated
to St. Andrew. THIS MAY BE THE ABOVE MENTIONED CHURCH. St. Andrew is a venerable
structure, in the perpendicular style,
with a tower and six bells. In the chancel are several handsome monuments,
belonging to the Pengelly and Mooringe families and it is one of the more
interesting of the Dartmoor churches. It is a
pretty moorland structure and at present in a very dilapidated state, but a
sufficient fund has been raised to effect a complete restoration. By far the
most impressive memorial is that which is built into a recessed archway against
the north wall of the chancel, formerly an Easter Sepulchre, a truly
spectacular slate monument to members of the Mooringe family – spectacular not
for its size (for it is of quite modest proportions compared to some of the
really gigantic cenotaphs which might be seen in a number of churches), but for
it exquisite relief sculptures and for the fact that it has survived
unblemished for so many centuries. It bears the following inscription(s) -
Heere lyeth the body of Pashaw the Wife of Iohn Alleyn Gent
Somme time the wife of Richard Mooringe Gen
was buried ye 5th day of may 1620
Allso the body Gerteryd the Daughter Anthony
Mooringe Gen Who was buried the XXIIth day of
November 1617
All so the Body of Iohn The Sonne of Anthony Mooringe
Gentelman
Who Was Buried The VIIth Day of Ianuarye 1639
All so the body of Anothny The Sonne of Anthony
Mooringe
Who was Buried the XXIIIIth day o Ianuarye 1627
All so the body of Marye the Daughter of Anthony
Mooring
who was buried the Vth day of Iune 1631
Each person is allotted
their one small panel of the large tablet, below which is a rectangular slate
panel with figures carved in relief, the whole being surmounted by a huge crowned granite death’s head in
relief with an arrow to its left side and an hourglass on its right , and a
crossed pick and shovel below, all the latter motifs in slate, The skull, of
course, symbolizes death itself, the arrow (or dart) signifying the heart of
the deceased being pierced, the hourglass indicating that the sands of time had
run out of the persons commemorated, the pick and shovel being the tools of the
sexton. The figures in the panel below, sculpted in shallow relief, show a man,
two women, and seven children, obviously signifying the Mooringe family,
further proved by the fact that the two women and four of the children (two
boys and two girls) hold skulls in their hands, indicating that thy had died,
matching the particulars recorded on the six inscribed panels on the large
tablet above. Either side of the
splendid death’s head surmounting the monument are large slate shields with the
Mooringe arms carved in relief.
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Christopher Moorings’ Father
John Moring
Born:
1630 Devon, England
Died:
1697
Married:
Jane White b. 1640 d. 1730
Children:
1. Christopher b. abt
1667 d. abt 1753
Married: abt 1690 Mary Simmons
2.
Daughter b. abt 1668 Married:
Charles White
John
was brought to Isle of Wight
County, Colony of
Virginia,
in
1652 by Thomas Greenwood of Isle
of Wight County.
NOTE:
John Mooring was from Whitchurch Devon County
in England.
He was the first Moring in the New World. He
settled in Surry County VA
and was granted a King’s Grant of 600+ acres in the 1660’s. After his first
appearance in Virginia in 1652, he returned to
England
and married there. In his Land Grant of 1687, he mentions the importation of
his wife, Jane. When he returned to Virginia ca.1667 he
begins appearing on the List of Surry County Tithables in 1668.
Between
1667 and 1687, John Mooring imported fourteen persons to Virginia, including himself (two times).
Each person imported into the colony was worth fifty acres of land to the
person who paid their passage. John Moring’s original land grant, N.W. of
Wakefield, is known as Mooring, Virginia.
Surry County Virginia
Patent
Book 7, 1679-1689
To
all, etc. Whereas, etc., now know; ye, Francis, Lord Howard, Gov., etc., with
ye will and ye consent of ye Council of State, accordingly give and grant unto
Mr. John Mooring, six hundred and ninety seven acres of land lying in Surry
county, begining at a saplin, River Jordans corner and running along his line
of marked trees, South by West one hundred and twenty charings to Thomas
Jordans line, thence along ye sd. Line North eighty eight degrees, West one
hundred and sixteen chains to Thomas Jordans corner tree, thence North …to
Thomas Gibsons corner… and is due by the importation of fourteen persons…to
have and hold etc. Dated ye 25th day of October Ano. Domi. 1687
John
Mooring 2, his wife, Charles and John White,
John Isaac, Tho. Fisher, Jno. Attwood, John O’Neal, Thos. James.
Surry County, 1676-1677
Surry County Virginia
Patent
Book 7,1679-1689 p.603
Public
Life of John Mooring
Surry County, Virginia
Order
Book, 1691-1713 pg. 32
Mr.
John Moring being approved to be a person of good integrity, skill and
knowledge of the well tanning and curing of Leather. Is appointed Searcher of Tryer of Leather for
the County and is hereby impowered to use the Seale to be procured for the
Sealing of Leather, also to do all things which by the Law relating thereto
which County Courts are required to impower one to perform and accordingly was
sworne as the said Law directs.
Ibid
p. 194
Mr.
John Thompson and Mr. Christopher Foster of Southwark Parish and Mr. Foredice,
Minister and Mr. John Mooring, Reader, being presented by the grand Jury for
not publishing the Law concerning the Insurection of Negros in the Church and
Chapell according to the Third Act of Assembly in the 168. It is ordered that
the Sheriff order them to appear at the next court to answer for the same. Jan
3, 1698/9
In
the Church of England a “reader” is one appointed or authorized to read the
lessons or prayers, etc. in the ritual of the church.
John
Mooring’s most important public service was his activity in the trial of those
persons involved in Bacon’s Rebellion and his co-authorship of the “Grievances”
of the inhabitants of Surry County, 1676-1677.
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TREXLER
Brutus Darwin Moorings’ Mothers’ Line
1887-1971
Sarah Australia Trexler + James Franklin Mooring
1867-1940 1849-1905
(Twin to Mary Eulala)
Joseph A. Trexler + Ellen Rowe
1835-1879 abt. 1837-1878
Henry J. Trexler + Eliza J. Halsey
1810-1862 1810-1861
North Carolina parents are
Benjamin
L. Halsey
And
Martha
Kennedy
Related to the Trexler family of Trexlertown PA
Sarah Trexler Moorings’ Father
Joseph A. Trexler
Born: 1835
Died: 1879
Father: Henry
J. Trexler
Mother: Elizabeth J. Halsey
Married: Ellen Rowe b. abt
1837 d.abt 1878
Married: abt. 1859 in Poinsett County AR
Children: 1. William Henry b. Oct 24 1860 d. Feb 24
1897
Married: Laura Morris
Ward married in AR
Child: Lotttie
Morris Trexler
2. Joann b. March 11 1863
died in childbirth
3. Sarah (Sallie) Australia
b. Feb 5 1867 d. 1940 (Twin to Mary)
Married: James Franklin
Children: 1. Katie Bell b. 1886
2.
Brutus D. b. 1888
3.
James Arthur b. 1891
4.
Julia Ellen b. Dec 22 1899
5. John Ellis b. Sept 5 1903
4. Mary
Eulalia b. Feb 5 1867 (Twin to
Sarah)
Married: James Garey
Children: 1.Roland Garey
2. Allie Garey (Twin to
Louise)?
3. Louise Garey
5. Katherine
Clementine b. Feb 24 1869
Married: Dave Proffitt
Children: 1.
Blanch Proffitt
2. Rado (Twin to Addie)
3. Addie
4. William (Bill) Trexler David Proffitt
This info. is from the family Trexler Bible in possession
of Evans who lives in Caro,
Ill. This info was sent to Sarah
A. Mooring in 1909 by Aunt Rado. Writes,
Julia Mooring Dean.
Joseph A. Trexler’s Father
Henry J. Trexler
Born:
abt 1810
Died:
abt 1863
Married:
Elizbeth J. Halsey b. abt 1810 d. abt 1861 in Poinsett County
AR
Children:
1.William Leonard b. July 13 1834 d.
April 25 1881
Buried in Trexler Cemetery,
Crawfordsville, AR
Married: Nancy E. Brown b.
1852 d.1888 Married: May 29 1869
2. Joseph A. Trexler b. 1835 d. Oct 19 1877
3. Clementine (male)b. 1847
4. Henry b. 1844
5. Wiley
(Willie) b. 1846
6. John Wesley b. May 28 1853 d. 1921
Married: Grace Flood b. 1868 Married: April Newville, CA
7. Mary b. abt 1850
8. Abner P. b. abt 1864
Married: Mary G. Davis abt. 1861
Married: 1874 Rock Bridge,
Gwinnett, GA
9. Francis b. 1842
Notes:
Henry was born probably before 1810. His age is listed in the 1860 census as a
round 50 as was his wife’s age. His son, John Wesley, stated that Henry was
from Pennsylvania.
He did come to North Carolina
at an early age as he stated
his
place of birth on his census as North
Carolina.
Before
1816, Henry was apprenticeship in Rowan Co. NC to a Jacob Waggoner
as
a blacksmith. The first record of Henry was found in the Rowan County North
Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions dated 21 Feb 1816:
“Ordered by the Court that Jacob Waggoner
(Blacksmith) produce Henry Trexler an apprentice boy on the first day of next Court. Then
there to show cause why the said apprentice shall not be taken away from him.
Information having been given to the Court that the said apprentice boy is much
abused and barbarously used and beaten by the said Jacob Waggoner.”
There
is no record that Jacob Waggoner produced him at the next Court. Henry may
have
been living in York Co. SC in 1830.
Henry witnessed a deed between
Massingale and Hardin.
(note
by researcher, Susan Webber Murray) This source puts Henry
Trexler
in Troup Co. Georgia during the period his two sons were born.
It
also spells his name correctly as Henry Trexler, rather than Henry Traxler
as
on his Troup Co. GA marriage bond.
In
1840 Census, Henry was living one residence from his father-in-law,
Benjamin
L. Halsey.
Henry
purchased items at the Wittsburg Store which were recorded in a
ledger
and microfilmed by the Arkansas History Commission. Since the
Poinsett
Co. AR courthouse burned in 1872, there are very few existing
records
during the time Henry lived in AR.
Records
extracted:
October
1857 (number 52) Henry Trexler purchased skins, thrad(sic), paper
And
pins for $9.00.
November
1857: 3 pairs of shoes -$7.62; 1hat, 1 Axe, 2 Books, Pills -$2.75;
1
Pocketknife -$1.50.
Henry
married Elizabeth Halsey of Troup Co. GA in 1832.
Henry
apparently moved with his father-in-law, Benjamin L. Halsey, when
Benjamin
moved to Chambers
County.
He
went from Chambers Co. AL to Mississippi,
according to his son, John Wesley.
Henry
probably went to Marshall Co. Mississippi where his probable brother, Wiley
(William) lived. They both moved to AR
by the census of 1860.
Elizabeth’s parents were Benjamin L. Halsey b. abt 1775 d. abt
1840 and
her
mother was Martha Kennedy b. bef. 1765 d. abt 1845.
Elizabeth
Halsey is most likely the daughter of Benjamin and Martha Kennedy Halsey, but
as of this date there is no proof of this.
However, the circumstantial evidence is strong: Benjamin L. Halsey was a
resident of Troup Co. GA when Henry married Elizabeth in 1832. Benjamin Halsey was the
only Halsey resident in the county old enough to have a daughter born in 1810.
The
estate of Henry J. Trexler appears in the Cross County Tax Records in 1867. He
is taxed on the Non Resident List for 200 acres in township 8 at a value of
$1000. He has tax owing for the years 1865 to 1867.
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WEBBER
Lilla Jane Webber Moorings’
Family
1893-1972
William Marion Webber + Mary R. “Blooma” McClendon
1861-1948 1866-1954
(Twin to Frances”Fannie”)
Francis Xavier Webber + (2)
Lucinda Robertson
1810 Germany
-1863 1832-1868
It is said Francis arrived in the U.S. on the ship Austerlitz around 1833.
Finally settled in Helena AR and made his living by
logging and floating
hardwood logs down to New Orleans. Cause of death was camp disease
from the Civil War.
Lilla Webber Moorings’ Father
William Marion Webber
Born: Oct 2 1861 St. Francis Co, AR
Died: 1948 Tyronza
AR
Father: Francis Xavier Webber
Mother: Lucinda Robertson
Married: Mary R. Bloomer McClendon b. June 1866 AL
d. May 23
1954 Memphis, Shelby, TN
Married on March 18, 1886 in Marianna AR in the home
of her father
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. McClendon.
Children: 1. Frank
M. Webber b. Aug 13 1887 Poinsett,
AR d. Sept 1 1968
Memphis Shelby TN
Married Lottie Morris Trexler b. Sept 5 1889 Gilmore AR
d. Mar 1974 Memphis Shelby,
TN
Children:
1. Julia Beatrice b. Dec 22 1912
d. May 1981
2. William Franklin b. Nov 19
1909 d. Aug 30 1992
3. Maurice Trexler b. Nov 5 1918 d. Nov 12 1990
4. Robert McClendon b. Jun 1 1928 d. Aug 1984
5. Living Webber
2. Lilla Jane b.
Married: Brutus D. Mooring b. Aug 12 1887 d.
3. Virginia B. b
Married: James Arthur Mooring b. Dec 1891 (Brother of Brutus)
4.
Mildred R. Webber - died at a young age.
William Marion Webber House 1900
Will Rhea, Ben Craig, Virginia “Virgie” Webber,
Gus McClendon ( Married Katie Bell
Mooring),
Buck Craig, William Marion Webber, Rev. Babcock,
Maude (girl Webbers raised) Frank M. Webber,
Lilla Jane Webber, Mary Bloomer McClendon Webber,
Mildred Webber, Preacher Wilson and wife.
Lilla and brother Frank at
his home in Memphis TN.
Brother of Lilla Webber
Mooring
William
Marion Webbers’ Father
Francis Xavier Webber
Born: abt
1813, Baden (probably Switzerland)
Died: 1863 Little Rock AR
Married: (1) Artemesia Ellen Hays b.abt 1810 KY d.
abt 1858 St. Francis AK
Children: 1. Matilda b. abt 1831 KY
2. Sarah b. abt 1833
3. Jeremiah b. abt 1843
4. John W b. abt 1844 KY d.
Jun 26 1862 Mechanicsville VA
5. Rebecca Huldah b. abt 1847
6. Ann B. b. abt 1834
7. Benjamin Franklin b. abt
1849
Married: Catherine Calvert b. abt 1850 AK
Children: 1. Laura Rozelle b. abt 1870
Poinsett Co.AR
Married:
Eli Young
2. William
Bedford b. abt 1871 Poinsett Co. AR
Married:
Unknown
Children: 1.Beulah
2. Maggie
3. Nettie b. abt 1876 Poinsett Co. AR
Married: Robert C. Higgens
8. Samuel
b. abt 1851 KY
9. Sebastian Clinton b. abt 1856 St.
Francis Co. AR
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MCCLENDON
Lilla Jane Webber Moorings’ Mothers’ Family
1893-1972
Mary R. “Blooma” McClendon +
William Marion Webber
1866-1954 1861-1948
Dr. Joel Wiley McClendon + Rebecca Jane Wall
1834-1894 1838-1899
Jeptha Cooper McClendon + Lucy Head
1795-1867 1793-1855
Thomas McClendon
Jr. + Sarah Cooper
1714-1798 1724-
Thomas McClendon Sr. + Elizabeth Bush
1680 Scotland-1760 1692-
Parents were
William and Martha Bush
Dennis McClendon +
(1) Elizabeth
unknown
1660 Scotland
John McClendon +
Elizabeth
1628 Scotland 1650 Scotland-1702 NC
Mary R. “Blooma” McClendon
Born:
June 1866 Alabama
Died:
May 23 1954 Memphis TN
Father: Joel Wiley McClendon
Mother:
Rebecca Jane Wall
Married:
William Marion Webber b.Oct 2 1861 in St. Francis AR
d.
Jan 17 1948 in Poinsett AR.
Children:
1. Frank Marion Webber b. August 13
1888 d. Sept 1 1968 Memphis
TN
2. Lilla Jane Webber b. 1893
3. Virginia B. “Virgie” Webber b. 1896
4. Mildred R. Webber - She died
at a young age.
Note:
She was called Grandma Blooma. Blooma
was a lady with wonderful
sense
of fun. She died while living with Lottie Morris Trexler and
Frank
Marion Webber.
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Dr.
Joel Wiley McClendon
Born:
March 19 1834 Green County,
GA
Died:
August 17 1894 Wheatly St Francis AR
Father:
Jeptha Cooper McClendon
Mother:
Lucy Head
Married:
Rebecca Jane Wall b. April 17 1838 d. Sept 17 1899
Children:
1. Mary R. b. 1866 d. May 23 1854
2. Joseph Algernon b. Feb 24 1869 Coosa AL d. April 29 1929
3. Thomas Wall b. June 1854 d. Dec 19 1937 Forrest City AR
4. Nancy Jane b. July 17 1859 b. March 3 1932 Forrest City AR
5. Sallie B. b. 1862
6. Lilla B. b. 1864
7. James Oceola “Ocie” b. March 7 1876 d. Aug 29 1890 Moro AR
8. William Augustus “Will” b.Oct 27 1877 d. Dec 25 1924
9. John Augustus b. 1882 AR d.
1952
Note: Dr. Joel lived for
many years in Coosa AL where numerous records show payments to him from
services rendered to persons in the County Home. He was a doctor in the Civil
War. In 1870 Joel Wiley came to AR from AL
with his brothers, Wylie, William, and Alexander and his sister, Elizabeth
Bennett and her children. His nickname was “Dool”. Dr. Joel and his brothers
traveled across the Mississippi River to the mouth of the St.
Francis River. Taking a cotton barge up the St. Francis to the LaAnguile River
docking at the foot of Main St.
in Marianna, AR.
Upon their arrival, they were loading the barge with bales of cotton
harvested in the fall of 1870. One can just imagine embarking on a journey in
the middle of winter with a family the size of this one. Dr. Joel settled in Palestine, St. Francis County, AR. He also resided in Wheatley and had a practice
in Haynes, AR. In the Polk’s State Gazetteer and
Business Directory published in 1884 and
1885
there was an ad listing for Dr. Joel Wiley (J.W.) McClendon under the category
of Physicians and Surgeons.
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Jeptha Cooper McClendon
Born:
1795
Died:
1867
Father:
Thomas McClendon Jr.
Mother:
Sarah Elizabeth Cooper
Married:
(1) Lucy Head
Children:
Elizabeth b.
1821
Wylie b. 1821
William H. 1822
Sarah N. b. 1823
Lucy Jane b. 1824
Henrietta b. 1824
Thomas J. b. 1825
James Allen b. 1826
Jacob Cooper b. Feb. 1827
Jeptha Jr. b. 1830
Dr. Joel Wiley b. March 19 1934 GA
Alexander “Alex” b. June 27 1829
Dr. Erastus Hood b. March 10 1842
Anna M. b. Jan. 8 1843
Lucretia b. 1846
Nancy JM b. 1847
Martin B. b. 1848
Anginetta L. “Nettie” b. 1853
Notes:
When the War of 1812 began
he joined Wootens Attachment in the Georgia Militia.
Jeptha came from a large family. He was well to do, as evidenced by the amount
of money he paid for slaves in the early years of his marriage to Lucy Head. In
the 1840's he had given her a love and affection deed to everything he had.
The will is as follows:
Jeptha McClendon to Lucy F. McClendon:
Know all men by these present that for and in consideration of the the love and
affection I, Jeptha McClendon, bear and have to my wife Lucy F. McClendon do
give to her the following property. To have and to hold for herself and heirs
and in exemption of dower, a negro man named John, also a woman Dinah, and a
woman Tilda, a girl Sara, a boy Jack, a girl Caroline, Emily a girl, Morning a
girl, Mary a girl, Adeline a girl, Alexander a boy, and Lewis a boy. Also all
of my household and kitchen furniture consisting of beds and furniture, chairs,
pots, oven, etc.
A road wagon, a carriage,
together with my plantation tools of every description, also all my mules and
horses, together with my stock of cattle consisting of cows and hogs.I have
this day for the consideration above specified given and set over to my wife
and heirs the property herein named. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 26th day of January 1846.
This was witnessed by Samuel
C. Daily and James A. McClendon.
Jeptha was living in Coosa County at the time of Lucy's death in 1855
At the end of 1865 most of the most of the family became share croppers like
most everyone else during the reconstruction era.
On May 27th,1867 Jeptha's last will was probated for his then wife Jane R.
McClendon. It is as follows:
(1st) Bequest to wife Jane R. McClendon and four youngest children, Martin B.,
Catherine L.,Emma F., and Anginetta F., the use and income of my dwelling house
and lands and their appurtenances there unto belonging, in Chambers County.
(2nd) Bequest to same mentioned above 2 mules, and one horse, all cattle, hogs,
and buggy, all household and kitchen furniture also all residue of my estate
personal and real. Witnessed by Isiah T. Talbot and Marshall W. Williams,
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Thomas McClendon Jr.
Born:
1714
Died:
1798
Father: Thomas McClendon Sr.
Mother:
Married:
Sarah Cooper b.1724
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Thomas McClendon Sr.
Born:
abt.1680 Scotland
Died:
1760
Father:
Dennis McClendon
Mother:
Elizabeth
Married:
abt 1716 (1) Elizabeth Bush b. 1692
parents William & Martha Bush
Children:
1. Dennis McClendon b. abt 1718
2. Joel McClendon b. 1722
3. John McClendon b. 1722
4. Jacob McClendon Sr. b. 1725
5. Jemimia McClendon b. 1727
6. Thomas McClendon b. abt. 1728
Married:
abt. 1730 (2) Mary Bryan Bush
Thomas
Macklendon, Sr. was the youngest of the four sons of Dennis and Elizabeth. It’s believed he was born about 1690 and is
known that he came to North Carolina
with his family late in 1695.
In
North Carolina
his family became close friends with the family of William Bush, Sr. and his
wife, Martha (Hill). There would be
several marriages between the families, including both Thomas and his brother
Francis. They married sisters.
Thomas
married Elizabeth Bush, the youngest daughter of William Bush, Sr. and Martha
Hill. It is not known when she was born.
She was not listed as a child on the importation list of 1701. They had
not yet married when her father’s will was written, but it’s believed they
married shortly after his death. For
some time there was some confusion among family researchers as to which of the
Bush daughters Thomas married. Some
early writers listed his wife’s name as Elinor. Later writers have found
conclusive legal records which show that Elinor married Francis Macklendon and Elizabeth married Thomas
Macklendon.
On
March 9, 1717 Thomas obtained 585 acres in Chowan Precinct, joining the land of John Bush. Over time, Thomas would buy a great deal of
land. His name appears in the records
for many transactions. Also, the
continued closeness with the Bush family is shown in these records. Thomas and both John and William Bush, Jr.
witnessed deeds for each other. Until 1724 all the transactions were located in
Chowan Precinct, Bertie
County.
In
November 1724 Thomas and Elizabeth and apparently several other family members
sold their land in Bertie County and moved to Craven County. There Thomas obtained 11 grants of land. In his claim for the grants he stated 17
people were in the family, but it is known that some of these people were
slaves. (Craven County
is located in central near-coastal North
Carolina. New Bern is still its
County Seat.)
Thomas
and Elizabeth had 7 children, six boys and a girl. Elizabeth
died in 1728 while giving birth to Thomas II. About 1730 Thomas married the
widow of John Bush (his brother-in-law), Mary (Bryan) Bush.
It is known that Mary and John Bush had children and that these children
and those of Thomas and Elizabeth were raised together as one family. There is no record showing any children born
to the marriage of Thomas and Mary.
In
1740 Thomas was appointed a Road Commissioner “for ye Kin’s Highway”. At the
time this was one of great honor as well as responsibility. The road he helped oversee began on the upper
side of Great Contenten Creek and extended to the bounds of Craven County.
Thomas
was also a vestryman of St. Patrick’s Parish, New Bern, being appointed by the General
Assembly to serve until the general election of vestrymen. This church was Church of England,
Episcopal
church.
In
1746 Craven County
“had become so extensive that many of the inhabitants lived very far remote
from New Berne town,” so Johnston County was formed from Craven, and Thomas’ lands
placed him in Johnston
County.
Between
1747 and 1753 Thomas sold his land in Craven and Johnston Counties,
and the family moved to the next county to the west, Bladen/Braden County. There the family applied for land grants,
which were issued in 1748. The land they
were granted there became a part of Cumberland County
when it was formed from Braden
County in 1754.They
settled along Buck’s Creek. This creek was later re-named McLendon’s Creek
since Thomas’ son Joel ran a grist mill on it. (This creek is located in
present-day Moore County, southwest of Raleigh, North Carolina.)
Thomas
is believed to have died in 1758. He left no will but family researchers
believe he had distributed the proceeds of the land sales in Craven County
to his children at the time. It is
believed that his second wife, Mary, eventually moved to South Carolina with some of the Bush
children and died there.
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Dennis McClendon
Born:
1660 Scotland
Died:
1706 Perquimans NC
Father:
John McClendon
Mother:
Elizabeth
Married:
Elizabeth b. in Scotland
Children:
Francis Macklendon b. abt 1679 Scotland
Dennis Macklendon b. abt 1680 Scotland
Brient Macklendon b. abt 1685 Scotland
Thomas Mackledon Sr. b. abt 1690 Scotland
Dennis
Macklendon arrived in North Carolina late in
1695 and is the first McClendon in America. His age upon arrival is not known but, since
some of his children were grown or nearly so, it is believed he probably was
between 40 and 50 years of age. He
appeared in Count in Perquimans Precinct on the 2nd Monday of
January 1696 to prove eleven “rits”. (Land rights were granted to people who
immigrated or who paid for the transportation costs of those who did.) This
first court record reads as follows:
“Denis
Mcclenden proved aleven Rits Whoes Names are under Wretten viz himselfe Chrales
Cafen Mary his Wife Margaret Dun Dennes Dun Rebecka Carpender Elisabeth
Mackclenden Brient Mackclenden Dennes Mackclenden ffrancis Mackclenden Thomas
Mackclenden.”
(Colonial
Records of North Carolina,
Saunders, Vol. I, p. 479)
{Note
the spelling and punctuation used at that time}
Many
family researchers believe that Elizabeth
was the wife of Dennis and that the other women mentioned, Mary Cafen, Margaret
Dun, and Rebecka Carpender, were all his daughters.
It
is not known now how Dennis would have spelled his last name upon arrival. As can be seen from the above quote, often
different spellings occurred in the same official document. It is believed that the differences occurred
because the clerks who recorded official actions wrote names as they understood
them orally. Her is a list of many of the ways in which McClendon is spelled in
early Colonial Records: Maclenden, Mackclendin, McKlendon, McLendon,
McClandall, McClendol, McLendall.
The
exact route the family took to reach North Carolina
is not known, but one writer noted that since North
Carolina did not have a good seaport, most Colonists came to Virginia or other ports and then went overland to North Carolina.
The
Colony of North Carolina was first settled by discontented Virginia Colonists
who came overland to the area north of the Albemarle Sound
about 1650. In 1663 King Charles II of England
authorized charters to eight noblemen to colonize the Carolinas, a vast area
then extending south of Virginia and west to
the Pacific Ocean. In 1664 the first government was established
in Albermarle County.
The area was divided into three counties, Albermarle, Clarendon and Crave. These counties were later divided again and
again as new settlers came into the colony.
The
area in which the family settled, Perquimans County, was formed about 1668,
first as Berkley Precinct in Albemarle County,
It is located in the northeast section of North Carolina, and is bounded
by Albemarle Sound, present-day Chowan, Gates and Pasquotank Counties. It was in the heart of the first permanently
settled area in North Carolina. It is so embedded in pre-revelutionary times
that you can find the first land deed of record in North Carolina and the oldest existing brick
house in the State. Perquimans means
“land of the beautiful women.” It was
named by the Yeopin Indians, a branch of the Algonquians.
It
is said that the early settlers here made pitch and tar from the pine trees
which grew in abundance on the coastal plains and shipped these goods to New England for boat building.
They
also raised tobacco as a cash crop and framed the rich land, raised livestock
and gardens. Many of these new settlers
bought slaves or indentured servants to help with their endeavors.
Dennis’
wife, Elizabeth, died about 1700, and in 1702 he married Deborah Whedbee, the
widow of John Whedbee. Deborah’s maiden
name was Astine. She lived in Virginia before moving to North Carolina. Her first husband was Nathaniel Sutton, who
died in 1682. They had four children.
After his death, Deborah married John Whedbee and they had two children. John died in 1697 and, as noted, she married
Dennis in 1702. Later, in July 1702 the
Sutton and
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John McClendon
Born:
1628 Contin, Garve, Scotland
Died:
Married:
Elizabeth
Children: Dennis Macklendon b. 1650 Scotland
John
William
From
“The MacLennans of Carroll County Georgia and Related Families” by Lois Clouse
McClendon, on page 4 we find “The McLendon ancestry goes back to Scotland in
the 1600’s. One John MacLennan lived at Contin near Garve{the A832 today}, in
the highlands northwest of Inverness. It is
believed that he was the father of the three brothers, John, William and Dennis
that came to America.”
On page 3 we find “Tradition has said that there werethree McLendon brothers
who came to America from Ireland. They
were first from Scotland,
probably Ross-Shire… These people were called Scotch-Irish.” Family tradition
has always been that we were Scotch-Irish.
The first recorded document about Dennis includes some Dunn family
members. In the Clan Piper (Clan
MacLennan) of July 1997, the Clan genealogist Lock McLendon says “In
researching the Dunn family, Dennis Macklenden was quoted as saying, ‘I was
born in Scotland, but sailed
from Northern Ireland.’”
None of this is conclusive proof. Others
have suggested Ireland or Barbados
as the brothers origin. Scotland is the
most likely and we are certainly of Celtic origin.
If
we are from Clan Maclennan, our origins go way back to the 4th
century in Ulster, Ireland. For
more details see “My McClendon Heritage” by Brummett Jerald McClendon,
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