Bill and Royal Rutherford 1913

1913 Royal (born 12/17/09) was 3 almost 4 depending when this picture was taken. Bill and Royal were the youngest of the family. This picture is from the Baca County book. It's as clear as I can make it with my scanner. They appear very formally dressed up with flowers on the chest. They have short pants under the jackets, long black socks and dress shoes. I am not sure how much older Bill is than Royal. I would guess 1 or 2 years. Hopefully I can get more information on Royal's brothers and sisters.

Moore Family Tree

From a folder labeled "Moore's History" in Martha's hand; inside is a 46 page hand written and hand printed document that has been copied. Things to note:

• Down male line
• Michael Moore (not the film producer)
• Henry Moore Sr. (1807-1891)
• James Marion Moore (1844-1924)
• Henry Ellsworth Moore (1867-1958)
• William O Moore (1890-1963)
• Martha Belle (Moore) Rutherford (1914-2002)

This picture is attached to page 34 James Marion Moore and Mary Jane Shepherd (I assume). See below.

There was bad blood between Grandpa (William O Moore) and his father (Henry Ellsworth Moore). E-mail from Judy Bilbrey 2/14/05 that was posted earier:
How much do you know about the feud between Grandpa Moore and his dad? I was 13 when I found out that great grandpa Moore was still alive. He died when I was 17. I went to his funeral. It is quite a story. Even to carrying guns because of what happened. The family feuds were quite interesting.

I had heard Grandpa thought his father abused his sisters. Exactly what form that abuse took I have no idea. Grandpa was very close with his father’s brother Kurts [sic]. Kurts got him a job at the Canning Company in Hoopeston, working with horses in the fields. Grandpa was always good with animals.

Again from Judy...how much do you want to know about Great grandma Webb? You can include this if you want to. Bell as she was called wasn't her first name. I looked for her grave and found out that it was Mary Bell. She also had another child named Julia or Julie I can't remember what the spelling was on the grave stone. Bell had two children out of wed lock Grandma Agnes was one of them and Julie was the other one. I have a picture of Daddy Miles. I have since found out that there were a family of Miles' in Hoopeston. She was going to marry him but her family when he showed up to pick her up for the wedding told him that she didn't want to see him. She married Webb right before or right after Grandpa and Grandma Moore got married then, when grandma was 21 Charles was born. I think Bell was either 15 or 16 when she had Grandma.

We have a bunch of 1/2 cousins in Illinois. The original Moore farm is still over seen by a Moore descendent and they have a family gathering every year at Rooseville. Great Grandpa Moore is buried there. I guess I should have written down all that I know before I had my head trama that caused me to loose so of the memories. It takes me telling some stories to help me recall other stories. Like lightning hitting the barn and grandma was on the ladder going up to get hay. It knocked her off the ladder and sent her sailing across the barn. It broke her false teeth in half and broke her ribs. She chased great grandpa Moore off of the farm with a buggy whip, because he called grandpa a name. Details are fussy but I can still remember some of them.

So Grandma Agnes was born out of wed lock to a young mom and was raised by her grandparents who resented her. In her last years when she slipped back into childhood she was known to say, "Why are grandma and grandpa so mean to me?"

On page 1
Henry Moore, Sr., (Eldest son of Michael Moore & Lucretis) born 1807 in Belmont Co., Ohio; died 5/20/1891. Hand written note "Lola's Great Grandpa".
Children:

1. Andrew Jackson More "Jack" (1827-1905)
2. Michael J. Moore "Mike" (1829-1896)
3. Nathaniel Moore "Thanel" (1832-1891)
4. Hannah Moore (1834-1925)
5. Lemuel S. Moore (1836-1912)
6. William O. Moore "Bill" (1838-1923)
7. Lucretia J. Moore (1838-1925)
8. Janet Moore (1842-1843)
9. James Marion Moore (1844-1924)
10. Phebe Moore (1846-1849)
11. Nancy Moore (1847-1848)
    

On pages 2 through 33 are the descendents of 1-8 above
On page 34

9. James Marion Moore (Son of Henry Moore Sr. & Rachel M Skinner)
Born 12/15/Noble Co., Ohio. Died 7/16/1924 Bluffton, Allen Co., Ohio at home of Wm. L. Moore
Buried Mt. Zion Cem., Van Buren Tp. Brown Co. , Ind
Married 8/?/1864 (Not found in Brown Co., Ind. Marriage records) to
Mary Jane Shepherd (Dau. Of John Shepherd of ..Hamilton)
Born 7/16/1842 in Ohio. Died 1/21/1919, Van Buren Tp, Brown Co., Ind. (Brown Co. death record) Buried Mt Zion Cem., Brown Co., Ind.
Children:

1. William Irwin Moore (1865 - 1948)
2. Henry Ellsworth Moore (1867-1958)
3. Rachel Ann Moore (1869-1958)
4. John Hedge Moore (1870-1956)
5. Amanda Belle Moore (1875-1958)
6. Winfield H Moore (1877-1965)
7. Kirts Moore (1883-1971)
8. Herman More (1884-1965)
9. Carrie Ellen (1880-1951)
10. George Alzono (Still Born)

On page 36
Henry Elsworth Moore "Ell" (Son of James Marrion Moore & Mary Jane Shepherd)
Born 8/23/1867 nr. Story, Brown Co., Ind.
Died 8/25/1958, age 91, Indianapolis, Ind., at the home of dau. Mrs. Eva Vance.
Buried Rossville Cem., Vermilion Co, Ill. (Obit 9/18/1958)
Married (First) 11/20/1887, Mt Zion, Brown Co., Ill. (Brown Co. Marriage record)
to Martha Ellen Petro (dau. Of Phillip Switzer Petro & Elizabeth Williamison
born 5/19/1868 Ind.
Died 3/24 0r 26/1905 Buried Mt. Zion Cem., Van Buren Tp., Brown Co., Ind.
Married (Second) 12/24/1906, Brownstown, Jackson Co., Ind.
To Mrs. Roxema (Beck) Hupp "Roxy" Born 2/2/1875
Died 8/25/1953 Buried (Prob. Rossville Cem., Ill.)
Children by first Marriage (6 named in 1900 Census, Van Buren Tp, Brown Co., Ind.

1. Eva C. Moore Born 10/23/1888 died 7/28/1978 (Married Tedd E. Vance no Children)
2. William O. Moore born 6/2/1890 died 10/26/1963
3. Cora B. Moore born 6/2/1892
4. Lola E. Moore born 4/25/1894
5. John M. Moore born 8/6/1896 died 6/3/1975
6. Mary Jane Moore born 1899 or 1900
7. Charles Moore born 5/28/1908 died 12/30/1958
8. James W. Moore (1905 -1907)
   

Children by second marriage (This is very grabbled) (Not in correct order)

1. Ralph B Moore born 1/4/1908 died 8/18/1966 Res. Danville, Ill. 1958 buried Rossville, Ill.
2. Calvin Moore born 3/23/1911 died 6/5/1965 Res. Alvin, Ill. 1958. Married Zeda Maye
3. Kitner Dau. Of Charles Ambrose Kitner.
4. Marian Moore Res. Hoopeston, Ill 1958
5. Nellie Moore born 2/25/1914 died 2/3/1974 Married Ray Wilson Res. Rossville, Ill 1958
6. Carl Moore (preceded Henry in death. Mentioned but not named in obit)
7. Edgar Moore (preceded Henry in death. Mentioned but not named in obit)

[Here I go to typed Pages (probably done by Martha Belle Rutherford or Gladys Williamson)]
William O Moore son of Henry Ellsworth & Martha Ellen Petro Moore
Born 6/2/1890 Brown Co., Ind. died 10/26/1963 Pine Village Warren Co.
Buried Floral Hill Cemetery Hoopeston Illinois, Iroquois Co.
Married Agnes Lucas 12/4/1912 T Danville, Ill. Vermilion Co. (This is my grandmother)
Agnes born 2/17/1893 Hoopeston, Ill. Daughter of Mary Belle Lucas
Died 7/5/1980 Lafayette Ind. Buried Floral Hill Cemetery Hoopeston, Ill. Iroquois Co.
Children:

1. Martha Belle Moore born 11/27/1914, Hoopeston, Ill.
2. William Ennis Moore Born 2/21/1916 Hoopeston, Ill.
3. Gladys Ester Moore born 2/21/1919 Hoopeston, Ill.
4. Eva Agnes Moore born 12/23/1921 Hoopeston. Ill.
   

Martha Belle Moore married Royal F Rutherford 65/6/1937 at Hoopeston, Ill.
Children:

1. Marjorie Rae Rutherford born 3/16/1939, Sterling, Colo.
2. Thomas William Rutherford born 12/20/1940 Sterling, Colo.
3. Richard Lee Rutherford born 3/29/1942 Sterling, Colo.
4. Mary Martha Rutherford born 2/2/1946 Montrose, Colo.
   

Gladys Ester Moore married Robert K Morse Aug 29 1940 in Keokuk, Ia. Ill
Children

1. Martha Ann Morse born 12/15/1941 Ottawa, Ill.
2. Edwin Wm. Morse born 9/26/1943 Bloomington, Ill.
3. Walter John Morse born 5/10/1947 Bloomington, Ill.
4. Marilyn Sue Morse born 11/16/1948 Bloomington, Ill.

Second Marriage to Gerald H. Williamson 9/9/1978 in Lafayette, Ind.

Eva Agnes Moore married Lowell E Robinson 1/10/1941 at parent’s farm in Pine Village, Ind. He is son of Arthur & Gertrude Robinson. Divorced Lowell Robinson in 1970.

Children:

1. Judith Marie Robinson born 10/12/41 at William Moore farm at Pine Village
2. Holly Lynn Robinson born 8/10/1957 Monticello, Ind.

Second marriage to William Joseph Fagaly 2/3/1971 at Otterbien, Son of Edward & Lois Fagaly of Fithian, Ill.

Lucas Family Tree

The following is taken from a 21 page document published by Rev. Wm. H. Lucas, of Alhambra, CA, called "THE FAMILY History of Abel and Rose Lucas.

Abel and Eveline Hartman
Abel Hartman, born 5/29/1808
Eveline Hartman, nee Downs, born 6/16/1802, buried near Boswell, Ind.
Married probably in 1828
Children:

1. Rebecca 8/18/1829
2. Henry 10/25/1830
3. Margaret 2/18/1834
4. Sarah Ann 1/28/1836 – 4/20/1925 [hand written "-My great grandmother Martha"]
5. Jamima 3/27/1839
6. Levina 10/16/1840
7. Samuel 2/12/1842 died of wounds received in Civil War
8. John 5/20/1844 In Libby Prison during Civil War
9. Elizabeth 3/3/1846

Levi Lucas and Sarah Ann Hartman

Levi Lucas, born 2/12/1834, died 9/15/1915 in Hoopeston, Ill.
Married 1857 or 1858
Children:

1. Minnie Lucas (Paillet) 1/15/1859 – 11/28/1928
2. Abel 7/17/1860 – 1/7/1932
3. Allen 5/28/1862 – 10/13/1935
4. Frances 7/22/1864 – 12/30/1936
5. Eveline (Stetnich) 8/22/1866 – 5/20/1937
6. James (Hartman?) 6/11/1868 – 1/17/1967
7. Mary Belle (Webb) 3/29/1870 – 10/3/1939 [hand written "-My grandmother- Martha"]
8. Abigail (Williamson) 11/25/1873
9. Ettie (A twin) Jan 1875, lived 5 months & 9 days. No mention of other twin. Presumably died at birth.
10. Martha Jemima 10/27/1878
    

This information is by Mrs. Agnes Moore, daughter of Mary Belle, and taken from Sarah Ann Lucus (her and my Grandmother) records of her family. Agnes and her Mother lived with our Grandparents while Agnes and I were both in High School.

[I have added the following]
Mary Belle Lucas
Children (out of wed Lock)
1. Agnes Lucas (Moore) Father’s last name Miles (see Judy’s e-mail) [was Martha’s Mother]
Married ? Webb
2. Charles Webb [was Martha’s Uncle]

Remember Martha’s writing about her uncle Charlie:
Grandparents
I was named for my grandmothers. Martha was my father’s mother. She died when he was about 13 years old. Belle was my mother’s mother. My mother had a half brother a couple of years older than me. (His name was Charlie.) He was more like a brother to me than an uncle. We played cowboys and Indians as children. Read and discussed the same books and movies. Attended BYPU [Baptist Youth something] together & had charge of many of its activities. I stayed with my grandmother when we all worked at the corn canning factory. He (Charlie) never got to collage for financial reasons – his father died when he was in high school. He married the woman who was my college room mate when I was a freshman at Normal (now the Univ Ill ). I’m the one who broke up the close relationship by marrying a Colorado man and moving to the Colorado dust bowl.