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Effie MOORE

Effie MOORE

Female 1877 - 1922  (44 years)

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  • Name Effie MOORE 
    Born 1 Apr 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Birth date given in the 1900 Census as Nov 1876 and in her death record as Dec 1876. But her birth record shows it as 1 April 1877.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1914  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 17 Mar 1922  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Cause: abscess in frontal sinus 
    Buried Roberts Chapel Cemetery, Riggins Run, Co Rd 5, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I91401  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jan 2021 

    Father Felix MOORE,   b. CA 1846, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1894, Roberts, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Mother Jemima PINELL,   b. CA 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1933, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Family ID F38516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Henry A. Wise ALLEN,   b. Apr 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Married CA 1894  [1, 6
    • A marriage license was issued in Doddridge County on 26 Apr 1897 for Henry Allen (42) and Effie Moore (20). Informants for the license were Henry Allen and Gemima Moore. But there was no minister's return and no documentation that they were ever married. However, they did appear together as a married couple in the 1900 Census, indicateing six years of marriage, along with several children.
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 14 1900:
      Henry W. Allen, 45, b. Apr 1855, farmer, cannot read, married 25 yrs [sic]; wife Effie, 23, b. Nov 1876, cannot read/write, married 6 yrs, mother of 4 children (3 still living); son Arthur, 14, b. Sep 1885, farm laborer; son Grover C, 12, b. Mar 1888, farm laborer; dau Selvy A, 10, b. Mar 1890; dau Ida M, 5, b. May 1895; dau Rosa N, 3, b. Jul 1896; son (unnamed), b. Mar 1900. All born in West Virginia.
    Children 
    +1. Rosa N. ALLEN,   b. Jul 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1922, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 25 years)
    +2. Robert Everett ALLEN,   b. 5 Mar 1903, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1980  (Age 76 years)
    +3. Eva L. ALLEN,   b. 10 Sep 1904, Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1972, Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +4. Howard Dale ALLEN,   b. 6 Oct 1910, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1972, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    Documents
    91400_HenryAllen_EffieMoore_MarriageLicense_26Apr1897_NoReturn.jpg
    91400_HenryAllen_EffieMoore_MarriageLicense_26Apr1897_NoReturn.jpg
    Family ID F39326  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Charles Lincoln "Link" MORRIS,   b. Apr 1867, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1933, Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 18 Apr 1914  Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jan 20 1920:
      Lincoln Morris, 55, laborer (farm work), cannot read/write; wife Effie, 45, cannot read/write; son Robert, 16; son Howard, 8; son Gloe, 4; dau Lucy, 2. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: Sons Robert and Howard were actually stepsons Robert Everett Allen and Howard Dale Allen, children of Effie Moore and Henry A. Wise Allen.

      1930 Census, Fairfield Co, Ohio (Hocking Township), enumerated on Apr 11 1930 on Cincinnati-Zanesville Road:
      Charles Morris, 65, widowed, laborer (general farming); son Gloe, 15; dau Lucy, 12; dau Array, 10. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: There were no apparent relatives, or even anyone born in West Virginia, in any of the nearby households.
    Children 
     1. Glow (Gloe) MORRIS,   b. CA 1915, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1945, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years)
     2. Lucy MORRIS,   b. CA 1918
     3. Aria MORRIS,   b. CA 1920, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Documents
    89702_CharlesLincolnMorris_EffieMoore_MarriageRecord_18Apr1914.jpg
    89702_CharlesLincolnMorris_EffieMoore_MarriageRecord_18Apr1914.jpg
    Family ID F57005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    91401_MORRIS_EffieMoore_1877-1922_DeathCertificate.jpg
    91401_MORRIS_EffieMoore_1877-1922_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795333&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 100 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045505&Type=Death.

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1034314&Type=Death.

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793350&Type=Marriage.