Notes from Occupation event: farmer
George Washington Gordon was a Confederate Veteran, Co. "G" 9th Georgia Militia Brigade couison of Gen. John Brown Gordon. Info furnished by Hadley Huling, great grandson of George Washington Gordon.
Notes from Occupation event: Farmer
Notes from Occupation event: farmer
Augustus L. Moore was born August 7, 1824 in Harris County, Georgia, the eldest son of Thomas H. Moore and Fada Alford Parker. On November 26, 1843 he married Lydia Caroline Gordon, daughter of Alexander John Gordon and Delilah Dunnigan.
Was Private, Confederate Army - Infantry Div., Company C, 21 Georgia Infantry. Enlisted March 1, 1862 in Atlanta, Georgia for a period of 3 years or more. Was assigned to hospital duty by order of medical board. His company commander was J.F. Waddell.
Augustus and Caroline, according to his obituary dated April 18, 1902 in the Hamilton Journal, had 14 children, 9 of whom were living at the time of his death.
Children of Augustus & Caroline That Lived Past Infancy
1. Fadie Louisa Moore - The eldest child of Augustus and Caroline,
Lou (as she was known through life) could have been named Fada Louise. I don't suppose we'll ever know. I've seen it both ways. Lou married Thomas S. Davis probably in late 1880 or early 1881. The only way I know this is Thomas was living with his parents in the 1880 census and Lou was living with her's. Thomas and Lou's son, Augustus Brayden Davis was born December 3, 1881. Their daugher, Alsie, was born September 1885. In the 1900 census, Lou M. Davis was shown as a widow/head of household. Her son and daughter lived with her as well as her mother-in-law, Sarah J. Davis. According to this census, these were her only two children. After her son married, she moved in with him according to the 1910 census. Lou died April 11, 1929 and is buried in the Moore Family Cemetery located on Grantham Road (formerly Blue Spring Rd.) in Harris County.2. Susan Moore - The second daughter of Augustus and Caroline, Susan
never married and lived with her mama until her death. Relatives remember that an "Aunt Sue" taught the children during the war and I'm assuming that this was Susan. Although I have never seen a middle initial for Susan, in her father's will she is shown as Susan D. Susan died March 12, 1908. She is buried in the Moore Family Cemetery.3. Alexander John Moore - "Bose" as he was known all his life was the firstborn son of Augustus and Caroline (at least that lived to adulthood). He supposedly never married but in Muscogee County there is a record of a marriage between Alexander J. Moore and Alpha M. Smith on February 21, 1882. The reason I believe this might be Bose is that on the 1900 census he is shown as living with Thacker (his brother) and he is shown as a widower. This is the only reference I know of that refers to Bose being married. Bose lived to be 89 years old and died at the home of his sister, Foundlan, January 23, 1940. He is buried in the Moore Family Cemetery.
At this point, there is some confusion about the order of birth for the next three children. Thomas Huey is never shown in any of the censuses, at least by the name of Thomas Huey. The censuses are notorius for not being accurate.
4. Robert Louis Stevenson Moore - There isn't much information about this son. He is shown on the 1870 census as 17 years old so that means he was born approximately 1853. That's it. His full name comes from a paper entitled "The Descendants of George Gordon" by Hadley Huling, a distant cousin. He was not on the 1880 census but he would have been 27 so he probably would not have been at home. He was not mentioned in the 1902 will of Augustus so he died prior to that time.
5. William Makepeace Thackery Moore - Thacker was born in January 1854 according to the 1990 census. In several of the censuses, he is shown as Thacker F. Moore. William Makepeace comes from the paper done by Hadley Huling. Not much is known about Thacker. Thacker married Maggie in approximtely 1896 and they had two children Ethel born June 1896 and Benny born approximately 1900. Thacker is shown as the coroner of Harris County in 1917 (History of Harris County). He is shown in the same book as a trustee of the Smyrna Methodist Church (located at Mountain Hill) in 1896-1897. Recollections of Curtis Young and Kenneth King are that he moved with his wife and children to Fairfax, Alabama where he was a mill worker. Apparently, this is where he died.
6. Thomas Huey Moore - Thomas Huey Moore was born January 31, 1855. Quite a lot is know about Thomas because one of his daughters, Ivy Jane Moore (Dunbar) lived to be almost 100 and her daughter, Minnie Clevinger, has given me quite a lot of information about Thomas. He met his wife, Nancy Daugherty when she was visiting in Georgia and followed her back North. Thomas Huey and Nancy had four children, Iva Jane born January 9, 1881, Minnie Caroline born November 27, 1882, Miles Mervin born January 13, 1886 and Sarah Maud (Sadie) born July 29, 1891. Nancy died when Sadie was two. Thomas Huey moved in with Iva Jane and her husband, Bernie Dunbar after his children were grown. Sadie was the only one to move back to Georgia. Thomas Huey traded horses and dogs for a living and his in-laws looked down on him for this. Apparently, so did his father as he disinherited him (and James Virgil) in his will. Maybe he was mad at him for moving "up north". Thomas Huey died March 2, 1903, three days after trying to cross the frozen Mississippi. He fell through the ice and died of exposure.
7. James Virgil Moore - Not much known about this son either. He was on the censuses so I know he was born in April of 1860. His wife's name was Mattie and they had four children, James G. born December 1889, Vera M. born November 1891, Clarence J. born November 1893, Ophelia born approximately 1902 and Ellen born approximately 1906. Somewhere in my notes there is a Vera Mae Richardson in the family. I believe this is James Virgil's daughter and there are several descendants (Richardsons) in the Columbus area. In Augustus's will James Virgil and Thomas Huey were each left $5.00. The rest of his holdings were divided between the others so Virgil and Thomas apparently were in disfavor.
8. ABNER BEAUREGARD MOORE - (please see separate file - direct descendant)
9. Benjamin Johnson Moore - "Ben Jack" was born in 1865. There's not a whole lot known about Ben Jack either. The only way I found out he was married was from the Columbus City directories. His wife's name was Clara Eugenia and they had three children, Collier born 1890, Holland born 1892 and Illene born 1894. Ben Jack was killed in Mississippi in an argument over a "coon dog". This is the story that has passed down through time. His wife moved back to the Columbus area and is shown living alone in 1920 with no mention of any of her children in the city directory or the Muscogee County or Harris County 1920 census. Ben Jack was named as co-executor along with Beauregard of his father's will dated 1902 so he was alive then.
10. Foundlan Hussel Moore - Augustus and Caroline's youngest child was born December 14, 1870 when Augustus was 47 and Caroline was 44. According to verbal history (per Iva Jane Moore as told to Minnie Clevinger as told to me) the doctor said, "why she looks just lak a lil New Foundlan puppie." Foundlan had red hair and was short in statue as were the other two Moore sisters (from looking at the old pictures). She was a tomboy and climbed trees way into adulthood. She married Elisha Levi Pearce (Uncle Lish) in approximately 1895. They never had children of their own but according to the 1900 census Uncle Lish had a son 8 years old by the name of John. Foundlan died June 15, 1950 and is buried in the Moore Family Cemetery.
Augustus left a will and in records at the Harris County Courthouse there is a justice of the peace by the name of A.L. Moore. I assume this is one and the same. He apparently went by the name of Gus according to his obituary but I have never found out what the L stands for.
Augustus died April 10, 1902 at his home in Harris County and is buried in the Moore Family Cemetery which is located on Grantham Road (formerly Blue Spring Road) in Harris County. At present, his marker is not identified but I plan to put identification on it sometime in the next year.
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Information complied by Diane Y. Wilson from censuses, recollections,
History of Harris County, courthouse records, will.
Notes from Occupation event: homemaker
Lydia Caroline Gordon was born in 1827 in Harris County, Georgia to Alexander John Gordon and Delilah Dunnigan. She had a least 7 brothers and sisters; she was probably one of the oldest.
She married Augustus L. Moore on November 26, 1843. He was the son of Thomas H. Moore and Fada Alford Parker. According to her husband's obituary, they had 14 children, 9 of whom lived.
Caroline's grandfather, George Gordon, came over from Scotland when he was 7 or 8 years old.
Caroline was blind the last part of her life and my grandmother, Ruby Moore and her father Beauregard (Caroline's son) would go by train to Hamilton where Bose would pick them up and take them out to the "homestead" by horse and buggy. My father, Curtis W. Young, remembers that Ruby said Caroline lived with Foundlan, her youngest daughter. They would play "setback" in front of the fire in Caroline's bedroom because Caroline was bedridden at the time. She could tell who you were by your footsteps.
Caroline was on the 1910 census but not the 1920 one and assume she died during this ten years.
______________________________________________________________________ ____ Information complied by Diane Y. Wilson from censuses, recollections, History of Harris County, courthouse records and wills.
Notes from Occupation event: homemaker
The spinister daughter of Augustus and Caroline Moore.
Notes from Occupation event: farmer
Bose was a tall, gangly man with a handlebar mustache. He was a lifelong bachelor according to recollections of Curtis Young, Jr., Kenneth King, and Georgene Holeman (although on the 1900 census, while he was residing with his brother Thacker and his family, he was listed as a widower. There is a record in Muscogee County, Georgia of a marriage between a Alexander J. Moore and an Alpha M. Smith 2/21/1882. Since Bose is shown as a widower in the 1900 census while living with Thacker, I just wonder if this is Bose.
Notes from Occupation event: farmer
Buried in Moore Family Cemetery, Lower Blue Springs Rd., Hamilton, Ga.
Was in the Conferate Army, Confederate Vet-Co. "D" Georgia Cavalry. Info provided by Hadley Huling, great grandson of George Washington Gordon, brother of Lydia Caroline Gordon.
Notes from Occupation event: farmer