Family Group Sheet
NameLora Everett Moore
Birth11 May 1887, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth Memodate on gravestone and draft card
Birth26 May 1886, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth Memodate on death certificate
Death17 Sep 1932, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialMoore-Messer Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherJames Marion Moore (1847-1921)
MotherAmanda Susan Parish (1866-1946)
Marriage5 Sep 1906, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseLizzie Weaver
Birthabt 1887, Kentucky
Children
SpouseLillie Fultz
Notes for Lora Everett Moore
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, records Lora Everett Moore, age 30, residence Christy, Rowan Co., Kentucky, born 11 May 1887 in Christy, Ky, occupation farming, self-employed, married supporting a wife and 3 children.
His death certificate records Lora Moore, age 46 years 3 months 22 days, born 26 May 1886 in Rowan Co., Kentucky, died 17 Sep 1932 at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, usual residence Rowan Co., Kentucky, married, occupation blacksmith shop, married, father James Moore, born in Iowa, mother’s maiden name Susan Parish, born in Kentucky, cause of death revolver wound of abdomen - probably homicidal, informant Millard Moore, Morehead, Ky, burial in Christy Creek.
His stone at Moore-Messer Cemetery, as surveyed by the Rowan Co. Historical Society, gives his birth date as 11 May 1887 (the same date as on his draft card), and his death date as 16 Sep 1933.
His death certificate records Lora Moore, age 46 years 3 months 22 days, born 26 May 1886 in Rowan Co., Kentucky, died 17 Sep 1932 at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, usual residence Rowan Co., Kentucky, married, occupation blacksmith shop, married, father James Moore, born in Iowa, mother’s maiden name Susan Parish, born in Kentucky, cause of death revolver wound of abdomen - probably homicidal, informant Millard Moore, Morehead, Ky, burial in Christy Creek.
His stone at Moore-Messer Cemetery, as surveyed by the Rowan Co. Historical Society, gives his birth date as 11 May 1887 (the same date as on his draft card), and his death date as 16 Sep 1933.
Notes for Lora Everett & Lizzie (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage book 6, p. 17, records the marriage on 5 Sep 1906 of Lora E. Moore, age 19, born in Rowan Co., to Lizzie Weaver, age 19, born in Letcher Co., both residents of Rowan Co.
Census
1920 census of Rowan Co., Kentucky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 28 Jan, lists on p. 13B as family #134/137:
Moore, Lora, 32, farming and working railroad; Lizzie, wife, 33; Arthur, son, 12; Ruba, dau, 6; Jeneva, dau, 3 10/12; Caba, dau, 2 2/12; Chester, son, 3/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The daughter Ruba should be a son; it is apparently short for Reuben. The preceding household is headed by Lora’s parents.
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 11 April, lists on p. 10A as family #62:
Moore, Lara, 42, age at first marriage 18; Lizzie, wife, 41, age at first marriage 17; Arthur, son, 22; Ruby, son, 16; Geniva, dau, 14; Cobie, son, 12; Chester, son, 10; Willis, son, 8. All born Ky Ky Ky.
Lora’s sister Luada is in the preceding household with her husband William Messer, their widowed mother heads the household above that, and their brother Claude heads the household above their mother’s.
1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, ED 103-2, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 3A as family #34, on Christy Creek Rd:
Moore, Lizzie, 51, widowed; Geneva, dau, 24, single; Coba, son, 22, single, laborer on WPA road construction; Willis, son, 18. Packett, Jean, granddau, 3. All born in Kentucky, living in same house in 1935.
Moore, Lora, 32, farming and working railroad; Lizzie, wife, 33; Arthur, son, 12; Ruba, dau, 6; Jeneva, dau, 3 10/12; Caba, dau, 2 2/12; Chester, son, 3/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The daughter Ruba should be a son; it is apparently short for Reuben. The preceding household is headed by Lora’s parents.
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 11 April, lists on p. 10A as family #62:
Moore, Lara, 42, age at first marriage 18; Lizzie, wife, 41, age at first marriage 17; Arthur, son, 22; Ruby, son, 16; Geniva, dau, 14; Cobie, son, 12; Chester, son, 10; Willis, son, 8. All born Ky Ky Ky.
Lora’s sister Luada is in the preceding household with her husband William Messer, their widowed mother heads the household above that, and their brother Claude heads the household above their mother’s.
1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, ED 103-2, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 3A as family #34, on Christy Creek Rd:
Moore, Lizzie, 51, widowed; Geneva, dau, 24, single; Coba, son, 22, single, laborer on WPA road construction; Willis, son, 18. Packett, Jean, granddau, 3. All born in Kentucky, living in same house in 1935.
