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BIBLE RECORDS Madison County TN Contributed by Sharon Smith |
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This Bible was published by the American Bible Society, New York, 1867. It was kept by the immediate family of Willis Moore (1835-1918) for several generations. It was the property of the late Newton Emmett Williams, Jr. who died September 12, 1983 in Jackson, Tennessee. BIRTHS WILLIS MOORE born Aug. 1st 1835 SARAH L. GORDON born Jany. 15th 1841 FANNIE C. GORDON born May 13, 1851 EMILY V., daughter of Willis and Sarah L. MOORE born Aug. 20th 1857 WILLIS G., son of Willis and Sarah L. MOORE born Oct. 27th 1858 MOTIER GORDON MOORE, son of Willis and Sarah L. MOORE born Aug. 24th 1872 OUIDA B. MOORE, daughter of Willis and Sarah L. MOORE born June 2d 1878 SARAH HAYS, daughter of M. Gordon and Hattie MOORE born Aug. l3th 1901 RACHEL BROOKS, daughter of Gordon and Hattie MOORE born Jany. 1, 1903 GORDON MOORE, JR., son of Gordon and Hattie MOORE born Aug. 24, 1915 HATTIE HAYS, daughter of Gordon and Hattie MOORE born Nov. 30, 1918 WILLIS, son of Sarah Moore and Walter FRANKLAND born June 4, 1924 GORDON HAYS, son of Sarah Moore and Walter FRANKLAND born Oct. 23, 1925 NEWTON EMMETT WILLIAMS son of Emmett and Ouida MOORE born Dec. 14, 1917 MARRIAGES WILLIS MOORE and SARAH L. GORDON, May 25th 1856 FANNIE C. GORDON and WILLIS MOORE, Oct. 29, 1903 M. GORDON MOORE and HARRIETTE BROOKS HAYS, Nov. 1, 1900 N. EMMETT WILLIAMS and OUIDA MOORE, Dec. 24, 1907 WALTER W. FRANKLAND and SARAH HAYS MOORE, Sept. 18, 1923 ROY TURNER and RACHEL BROOKS MOORE, May 25, 1925 DEATHS SARAH L. GORDON wife of Willis Moore died March 5th 1893 FANNIE GORDON MOORE wife of Willis Moore died July 31st 1914 WILLIS MOORE died Feb. 14, 1918 NEWTON EMMETT WILLIAMS, husband of Ouida Moore Williams died July 12, 1937 GORDON MOORE, Jr. son of Gordonand Hattie Hays Moore died Nov. 22, 1934 EMILY V. daughter of Willis and Sarah L. MOORE died Nov. 23, 1857 WILLIS G. son of Willis and Sarah L. MOORE died July 25th 1863 Notes: --------------------------------------------------------------- RIVERSIDE CEMETERY Lot 299 West Row. south to north: In Memory of FANNIE C., wife of Willis MOORE May 15, 1851-July 31, 1914 SARAH L. GORDON. wife of Willis MOORE Jan 15, 1841-Mar 5, 1893 W. J. MOORE Aug. 1, 1810-Mar 9, 1905 A tombstone totally effaced, but Ingram James read it in 1937: HARRIET MOORE Died Sept. l, 1890, aged 76 yrs. GILLIAM J., son of H. & W. J. MOORE Feb. 12, 1844-June 14, 1874 ANDREW J., son of W. J. & Harriett MOORE Oct. (?) 1848-March (?) 1871 East Row, south to north WILLIS MOORE Aug. 1, 1835-Feb. 14, 1918 EMMETT WILLIAMS 1878-1937 Love’s last tribute OUIDA B. WILLIAMS 1818-1952 In Loving Memory Death certificate of Willis Moore, Madison Co., Tenn., shows that he was born in Tenn., Aug. 1, 1835 and died Feb. 14, 1918. Son of William J. Moore, born So. Carolina; Harriett King, born in South Carolina. 1900 U.S. Census, Madison Co., Tenn. Enumeration Dist. 97, sheet 2: Willis Moore, farmer, born Aug. 1835 (a widower) Gordon M. Moore, son, born August 1872 Ouida Moore, dau., born June 1878 Fannie Gordon, sis-in-law, born May 1851 WHIG and TRIBUNE newspapers - Jackson, Tennessee, June 25, 1874 At his father’s house in this county, on Sunday night the 14th, Mr. Gilliam Moore died after a prolonged illness. |
