James Elliot Moore

James Elliot Moore¹

• Burial*: Womelsdorf Union Cemetery, Womelsdorf, Berks Co., Pennsylvania; Gartner: "Moore, James E. 1845-1894 Father (1880 W - R.R. Station Agent; Ref. Ch. Records 9/28/1846-4/2/1894)", Section 2, Row 11 south to north #3^2,3
• Birth*: 28 September 1845¹
• Baptism: 1846; "Baptisms by A. G. Mertz...1846 Jan. James Elliot infant son of Dr Wm Moore"⁴
• Marriage*: 28 September 1866; Principal=Elizabeth Moyer^1,5

Parents:

Notes

• Note*:
  Middle Name:
  
  Note that James Elliot Moore was a legatee of the will of James Elliot of the borough of Lebanon who died in 1850 and appointed as executor "my esteemed friend Dr. William Moore of Womelsdorf." So this may be the origin of the middle name.⁶
• Note: Church records, Zion Lutheran and Reformed, Womelsdorf, Pa.:
  
  Item 7, Marriages:
  "James E. Moore & Lizzie M. Moyer, both of Womelsdorf, 1866 Sept. 29, by Rev Geo Wolff"
  
  Item 7, Baptisms:
  #92, Charles E. Moore; parents James & Lizzie; b. July 19, 1867; bapt. Oct. 13, 1867; by Rev. Geo. Wolff.
  #124; William Moore; parents James & LIzzie; b. Aug 25, 1869; bapt. Jan? 31, 1870; by Rev. Geo. Wolff
  
  Item 6, Communicants:
  1874 Apr 19: Mrs. Lizzie M. Moore
  1875 May 16: Mrs. Lizzie M. Moore⁷
• Note: 1870 US Census - Womelsdorf, Berks Co., Pa.
  James Moore 24
  Lizzie Moore 21
  Charles Moore 3
  William Moore
  
  1880 US Census - Womelsdorf
  James E. Moore      33, b. abt 1847, R. R. Station Agt.
  Lizzie Moore      31, b. abt 1849
  Charles Moore      12, b. abt 1868
  William Moore      10, b. abt 1870
  Harry M. Moore       8, b. abt 1872
  Edgar R. Moore       5, b. abt 1875
  Annie Moore       3, b. abt 1877
  Mildred Moore 5/12, b. abt Jan 1880
  
  1900 US Census - Womelsdorf
  Lizzie M Moore      51.      10 children, 7 now living
  Harry M Moore 28
  Annie Moore 23
  Mildred M Moore 20
  James E Moore 12     b. Sep 1887
  
  1910 US Census - Womelsdorf
  Lizzie M Moore 61
  Harry M Moore 45
  Annie M Moore 33
  James E Moore 22⁸
• Note: Obituaries:
  
  On FindAGrave see obituaries and suicide details.³
• Note: Probate:
  
  James E. Moore died without a will. His brother William G. Moore was appointed administrator, after the widow renounced.
  
  William G. Moore's petition stated that:
  James E. Moore of Womelsdorf died 2 April 1894, intestate,
  leaving: a widow, Lizzie M. Moore, and seven children:
  Charles E. Moore
  William Moore
  Henry M. Moore
  Edgar Raymond Moore (minor)
  Mary Annie Moore (minor)
  Mildred May Moore (minor)
  James Elliott Moore (minor)
  His personal estate was appraised at $86.50
  His debts totaled $1,532.
  His debts include expenses for the burial of a daughter Grace
  
  A one story stone house on a 74' by 258' lot in Womelsdorf was sold to the widow Lizzie M. Moore, subject to a $900 mortgage.
  
  There was additional real estate in Reading (8 lots), and in Sinking Spring including a stocking factory.⁹