| Name |
Moore, William Nelson |
| Suffix |
Jr |
| Birth |
1 Aug 1829 |
Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA  |
- William Nelson Moore, a son of William and Rebecca (Sine) Moore, was born in Monongalia County August 1,1829,
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| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
6 Dec 1919 |
Josephs Mills, Tyler, West Virginia, USA |
- 20250411GHLn- findagrave
William Nelson Moore, a son of William and Rebecca (Sine) Moore, was born in Monongalia County August 1,1829, and was between ten and eleven years of age when the family moved to Tyler County and settled at Joseph's Mills. In that community he lived out his life and was a highly successful farmer.
In younger years he filled the office of Justice of the Peace and was also a member of the County Court. In polities he was a stanch republican. He died at Joseph's Mills December 6, 1919.
William N. Moore married Lucinda Sweeney, who was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in 1832 and died at Joseph's Mills in September, 1907. She was the mother of seven children:
Rebecca Virginia (Jennie) who died at the age of fifty-nine at Shiloh in Tyler County, where her husband, Dr. David C. Smith, is a well known physician;
Sarah, a resident of Pennsboro, West Virginia, widow of A. Nicholas Fordyce, who was a school teacher and later a farmer;
Margaret A., living at the old homestead at Joseph's Mills;
Mary E., who died aged fifty-six at Wilbur in Tyler County, wife of J. Wesley Stewart, now a retired farmer at Akron, Ohio;
Charles, who owns and operates the old homestead farm; and
K. C. Moore, who is the youngest. (adopted Nephew)
The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III, page. 272
Note: See Kit Carson Moore (nephew that he adopted)
- age 89
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| Person ID |
I103754 |
WETZEL-SPRING |
| Father |
Moore, William Nelson Sr, b. 27 Nov 1805, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA d. 4 Sep 1883, Josephs Mills, Tyler, West Virginia, USA (Age 77 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Sine, Rebecca, b. 24 Oct 1807, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA d. 9 Jul 1847, Josephs Mills, Tyler, West Virginia, USA (Age 39 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
1826 |
Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA |
| Issue, jt |
8: By this marriage six sons and two daughters grew to mature years |
| Family ID |
F59298 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sweeney, Lucinda, b. 1832, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Sep 1907, Josephs Mills, Tyler, West Virginia, USA (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
1854 |
| Issue, jt |
1907 |
Josephs Mills, Tyler, West Virginia, USA |
| 7: She was the mother of seven children: |
- 20250411GHLn- findagrave
William Nelson Moore, a son of William and Rebecca (Sine) Moore, was born in Monongalia County August 1,1829, and was between ten and eleven years of age when the family moved to Tyler County and settled at Joseph's Mills. In that community he lived out his life and was a highly successful farmer.
In younger years he filled the office of Justice of the Peace and was also a member of the County Court. In polities he was a stanch republican. He died at Joseph's Mills December 6, 1919.
William N. Moore married Lucinda Sweeney, who was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in 1832 and died at Joseph's Mills in September, 1907. She was the mother of seven children:
Rebecca Virginia (Jennie) who died at the age of fifty-nine at Shiloh in Tyler County, where her husband, Dr. David C. Smith, is a well known physician;
Sarah, a resident of Pennsboro, West Virginia, widow of A. Nicholas Fordyce, who was a school teacher and later a farmer;
Margaret A., living at the old homestead at Joseph's Mills;
Mary E., who died aged fifty-six at Wilbur in Tyler County, wife of J. Wesley Stewart, now a retired farmer at Akron, Ohio;
Charles, who owns and operates the old homestead farm; and
K. C. Moore, who is the youngest. (adopted Nephew)
The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III, page. 272
Note: See Kit Carson Moore (nephew that he adopted)
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| Children |
| | 1. Moore, Kit Carson Esq, b. 16 Oct 1874, Josephs Mills, Tyler, West Virginia, USA d. 27 Mar 1956, Wood County, West Virginia, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: Adopted] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Moore, Rebecca Virginia d. Shiloh, Tyler, West Virginia, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Moore, Sarah [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Moore, Margaret A. [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Moore, Mary E. d. Wilbur, Tyler, West Virginia, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. Moore, Charles [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F59311 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1829 - 1919 (90 years)
