Susan -thank you so much for access to the picture of Jesse H Moody Farming! What a great pic!
Cuz'n Laura

I would like to thank all those who over the period of many months have so freely shared knowledge, information and personal views on the Moody family for the benefit of other researchers--researchers who are virtually all unseen, many unknown and some, perhaps, yet unborn.

I say this as a reminder that once we post information to the web, whether on this site or any other, we have no control over who sees or uses that information in the future. This could be both good or bad, all depending on how you view it. This is why some material is rightly passed to one another in emails rather than in postings.

I for one, however, make no effort to catalog "secrets" of those who have passed-on and have no desire to know secrets of those living. Like most family history researchers I am researching multiple family-lines at all times and I have over 10,000 individuals in my records. If I am told a family fact, the one who shares it with me is right to expect that it may some day become part of "public information".

To quote the Moody Genealogy Research Site--

"The Moody Family Genealogy Research Board is a cooperative effort whereby individual family researchers support and encourage one another through the posting of research materials that are thought to be of general interest to other Moody researchers. In a word, its all about SHARING. The Quick Topic discussion board is also available to provide communication between researchers."

Mike - during our phone conversation I had asked where you had information that Mary L Moody's last name was ANDREWS where as I was showing it as ANDERS. I was going through some of my stuff - just browing through it and I have a copy of Mary's marriage certificate where she is listed as Mary ANDERS but then on records for her application for Pension they listed her as Mary L ANDREWS. Do we have her parents names or any information on her as a child? For some reason I have her father's name listed as Billy ANDERS and I have no idea where that came from. As I explained, when we spoke, I got a virus this summer and had to reformat my hard drive and thought I had saved everything I had on Family Tree Maker and it turns out I didn't - so that is all lost to me -- BIG SIGH! All I have is info I have on PAF and that is where I list Billy ANDERS as Mary L ANDERS/ANDREWS Moody's father. I will have to dig through all my stuff to see if I have any information as to why I have his name on my pedigree chart.
Cuz'n Laura

Luella Hickman Moody Knoy death certificate says her mother was Mary Andrews and father was Hickman Moody. William Edward Moody death cert. says father was James Moody and mother was Mary
Elizabeth Andrews. Informant was Ira L Moody. That is what I was basing my Andrews name on instead of Anders. Sue

Hi Laura! Glad to see you made it to the board. I kinda lost contact with you over the last year.

The photo of Jesse Hickman farming was in my grandfather's photos. I scanned it in and magnefied it to see who was in the photo.

You asked about the photo of the Moody house on Lake Terrell. That home belonged to Nora and Ira Moody Sr. They moved it to that property after they lost the store in Elmo. The home was the old Henry West home and was originally located off of 429. It currently sits on 390 near the Elmo cemetary. It is still owned by the Moody family.

I too have seen Mary's last name both ways (Anders and Andrews). We have ask if her children were mistaken when they said her madien name was Andrews or did the person who wrote the marrage certificate wrong. We may never know. I have decieded to call her Andrews and make note of Anders on my record for her. I hadn't heard that her middle name was Elizabeth. I was always told that it was Lousie. Her grave stone says Mary L. Moody. Sue did you get this info from Ira Jr (Shorty) or Ira Sr? If it was Shorty, I need have my dad look for it. He recieved all of Shorty's family history records when Ira Jr died in 2000.

My grandmother, God love her heart, would clip obituaries from the newspapers and put them in one of those magnetic photo albums. The type that were sticky and had a clear sheet over them. Too bad we didn't realize when those were popular that 1) everything stuck to them forever and 2) they weren't archival and just faded things. The God love her heart part is that the obituaries she saved - have no dates on them. When so and so died on Wednesday - just have to research closer - which Wednesday. So - to share with y'all - a few obituaries.

SLAUGHTER RITES SET IN CHAPEL
Silas Homer SLAUGHTER 4909 Ahs Lane, Dallas, died in a Terrell hospital Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services will be held from the Anderson -Clayton Chapel in Mesquite at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. John L. Martin officiating. Internment will be in Grove Hill cemetery in Dallas with Masonic graveside rites.
   Mr. SLAUGHTER, a son of the late John Slaughter and Sarah Frances MOODY SLAUGHTER, was born at Wills Point, Tex. March 5, 1911. He grew up in Wills Point and Kaufman County and has been a resident of Dallas since 1941. He was a tool and die maker for I.TV in Grand Prairie for 25 years.
   He was a member of the Baptist Church and the John B. Dealey Lodge AF & AM.
   He was married to Miss Inez Swindle on Oct 1, 1937. Surviving him are ; his wife. eight brothers, James SLAUGHTER, Albert SLAUGHTER and Herman SLAUGHTER all of Kermit. Dick SLAUGHTER of Terrell, Frank SLAUGHTER and Standford SLAUGHTER, both of Odessa. J. D. SLAUGHTER of Duncan, Okla. and O.B. SLAUGHTER of Dallas; two sisters Estelle JOHNSON and Patsy WAYMAN both of Odessa.



William B. MOODY
   Services for William B. MOODY 70, a longtime resident of Bryte, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Koerwitz-Sweeten Funeral Home. Burial will be private.
   Mr. MOODY died Wednesday (Oct 8) in his home. A native of Texas, he had resided in California since 1936 and in Bryte since 1955. He was retired as a foreman for the W.R. Grace Co.
   Mr. MOODY was a veteran of World War II and belonged to Post 18 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Broderick.
   Surviving are his wife, Louise; a stepson, Thomas GEORGE of Vancouver; a daughter Lorraine WILSON of Broderick; brothers Jack and John MOODY of Texas, a sister, Glady HOMEYER of Texas and eight grandchildren.


Have an obituary for Leroy GOLIGHTLY he was the son of Ola COMEGYS MCINTOSH - one of the twin daughters of Cornelius Pinkney COMEGYS if anyone is interested in that one.


F.E. MOODY, JR.
   F.E. MOODY JR., a long-time area resident, died in a local hospital early Tuesday morning. Funeral services will be held from the Anderson-Clayton Chapel in Terrell at 4 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Montie Stewart and Chaplain Winton Gable, officiating. Internment will be in the Weaver Cemetery.
   Mr. MOODY, a son of Laura ESTES MOODY and the late F.E. MOODY SR. was born in Kaufman County on January 21, 1921. Except for a few years spent in Kilgore, he has lived most of his life in and near Terrell. He was a veteran of World War II, serving the Quartermaster Corps in the Persian Gulf area and in Iran.
   He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
   He was married to Alice Marie BALLARD on Augst 12, 1942. Surviving him are his wife, Alice Marie MOODY of Terrell' his mother Laura MOODY of Terrell; and other relatives.

Hope everyone is having a great week.
Cuz'n Laura

Hey guys - been a WHILE since I last posted (have had a VERY BUSY last year), but since I'm off today, I'd thought that I'd check on my family to see how everyone is doing & see if there's been any new info & I see that there most definately has been some new info.
To Jim, Janice & Laura - Hello!!! & welcome. I'm William "Bee/B" Edward Moody's ggranddaughter.
Mike, Uncle Jesse (Jesse Hickman Moody) & Aunt "Ella" (Luella Hickman Moody) were twins & they, as well as Aunt "Ceelie" (Celia Annie) were from the union of Hickman Moody & Mary Lou Anrews. That info came from my gmother Mildred Alice Moody Smith Sullins ("Bee/B" Moody's daughter).
Laura, as to your question on "Bee/B"'s nickname, the understanding that I was told was "that first & foremost Bee/B had a temper (red headed, figure that one out), he had a rather mean "pop" that made a man feel that he'd been "stung by a bunch of bees", & why & whoever it was that gave him that nickname, it's rather ironic that his father (James Moody) was killed from a wagon accident (James was on a brick loaded wagon that he & Bee/B were unloading, when the horses were spooked, James being on the wagon was trying to get the horses to stop or slow down, but the wagon turned over onto James. It was also said that there were some bees buzzing around the horses & that possibly one of the horses got stung. All in all, poor Bee/B witnessed all of this, & when James died, that left Bee/B as the head of the household at the age of 10 years old. I had asked my gmother if possibly Bee/B was nicknamed Billy as a young child, being that his name was William, & she stated that that was a very big possiblity & that everyone probably called him "B" for short, & that the older he got, the double "e" got added to it.

Edited by author 05-08-2007 11:06 PM
Hello there, I ran across your website while surfing the net on genealogy research. I have recently started searching for Henry's ancesters. Based on my prior research, I am a descendent of the Henry Moody on your website. My bloodline is from the son James Moody who married Lucinda Hensley as he is my gggg grandfather, they married in Lawrence county Tennessee and later bought land in Tishomingo,MS where they raised a family, sadly only 2 children lived long enough to have families, they are all buried in Chapel Hill cemetery near Burnsville, MS. James Moody had 2 boys that had families, John C Moody and James K Moody. I am a descendent of John C. Moody. John C. Moody married Minerva and had 4 children, John A, Georgia A, Tenora B, and James Monroe.
I am a descendent of James Monroe. James Monroe married a woman named Sarah-full blood Indian for whom I am researching and am having difficulty finding her maiden name even though she is my gg grandmother. James Monroe Moody and Sarah lived in Tishomingo,MS until 1880 and then moved to Delta County Texas, they and several of their children are buried in the pecan gap cemetery. Their daughter Arbanna married Elmer Kansas Pierce(who is part Indian as well and who's roots are hard to follow) at the turn of the century and they are also buried in the pecan gap cemetery, with 2 of their 3 sons. Their sons were Clyde Ivan Pierce, Lloyd Pierce(Lloyd died from complications to serious injuries sustained in a brawl at weekend dance hall), and Aubrey Dale Pierce. Aubrey Dale Pierce is my grandfather who is buried with my gradmother Edna Melnea Pierce at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Wolf City as Her Family the 'Harris Family' are all buried there. My grandparents and greatgrandparents and great great grandparents spent most of their days in the Delta, Hunt county areas as they were cotton farmers. My Dad and his siblings were raised in Pecan Gap, his name was Lynn Dale Pierce, his brother Jimmy Lloyd Pierce and his sister Deborah Kay Pierce. My grandparents eventually sold their land and moved to the big city of Euless after I was born.

Re: Francis Marion Vaughan

Michael Mackey (ID *****4896) Date: January 11, 2006 at 08:13:44
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I am looking for descendants and other relatives of Francis Marion Vaughan who married Rebecca Moody in Kaufman County, TX September 12, 1872.
Here is what I know about him: F M Vaughan was born in 1839 in Arkansas. With three future brothers-in-law (Henry, Hickman and James Moody) he joined the 14th Kansas Cavalry (Union). He may have met his future brothers-in-law in the service or they may have known each other earlier and joined up together.
He and Rebecca had at least three children: George (b-1875),
James (b-1878) and Lucy (b-1879).

Different documents spell his last name either Vaughan or Vaughn, though Vaughan seems to be the probable correct spelling. I have so far not found F M Vaughan living in Kaufman County, TX before 1880.
Any help would be appreciated. Rebecca Moody, his wife, was my great-great-great aunt.

Francis Marion Vaughan b. abt 1839 in Nelson Co., Va. was my great grandfather. My Francis Marion Vaughan and the above Francis Marion Vaughan who married Rebecca Moody in Kaufman Co., TX. might well be the same person.

Francis Marion Vaughan was 10 in 1850.

1860 Nelson Co., VA Census

William Vaughan 69 Farmer
Mildred A. Vaughan 35
Maria L. Vaughan 26
Virginia Vaughan 24
Francis M. Vaughan 21 Carpenter
Mary E. Vaughan 17

Francis Marion Vaughan married the daughter of the Spencer family living next door. Francis Vaughan & Lucinda E. Spencer were married on February 18, 1863 in Nelson Co., VA Their first child, John James Vaughan, was born the following year on the 9th of March 1864, followed by a daughter, Rose Ellen Vaughan, on Aug. 15, 1867. Shortly thereafter Lucinda passed away leaving Francis with two children. His mother-in-law, Sarah Spencer, took the children in and he took a job with the railroad extending a rail line into Tennessee. The last the family heard from him, was in a letteer home, where he mentioned that he had a cap for his son John and would bring it home with him. Francis was never heard from again. Did he die or did he remarry. To this day we don't know.

 Years later, when his daughter was a young lady, keeping house for her brother in Monroe, Virginia, a well spoken and neat "hobo" stopped by her house. I would imagine she fed him and in passing, this "hobo" asked her if she was Rose Vaughan. She, of course, replied that she was. The "hobo" then told her that she looked very much like her father, who he had met years earlier. From this account it would appear that this "hobo" might have been her father, who was checking on his daughter. I have in my possession a picture of Francis Marion Vaughan, taken when he was a young man. It is one half of a double picture frame. the other half of the frame is missing. Did the other half contain the picture of Lucinda Spencer Vaughan?


Food for thought.

Jim

Hello Group,
     I ran across your site quite by accident. Was so impressed and wanting to learn about your Moodys that I copied all 33 pages yesterday and read them all! I have a 3rd great grandmother by the name of Harriet Moody Welch. Her family history so far has been a heartache for me and I thought just maybe you folks would know something or know where to point me to. I will include what I do know about her and her family in just a bit. I also noticed that we share many of the same surnames and or places they were,ex: Harris,Andrews,Hickman, I sa a Cox reference,men who were in Kansas , the Iowa connection etc. Will explain more if anyone is interested for now though it is my Harriet that I am concerned about.
Harriet Moody/Modie was born April 15, 1825 ...now where I don't know...some censuses have Ohio, some have Va....because of not knowing who Harriets parents were I have no idea what line of Moodys I come from. Her husband John Welch came from Va.
I have a copy of Harriets marriage liscense to JOhn Welch . This took place in the state of Iowa on April 8,1857.(by the way her last name was spelled Modie...was this an error by the person transcribing the info? I don't know.)
John and Harriet had the following children, I list them because it may be a clue for someone out there.
Solomon aka Safalis
Shadrack Orlando, Mary, Margaret,Esther Jane, William and Julia.
Harriet died on Dec.9, 1896 I believe or could be 1898 . I took the dates off her headstone and the death year is hard to read, well the last number anyway.. Harriet is buried in The Miller Cemetery in New Providence, Iowa.
I have been to the Welch reunion here in Iowa and no one seems to know about Harriets parentage. One cousin has reasons to believ she was born in Va. Says her parents had slaves???
Well for now this is all I can think of.
Appreciate any help.
Jodi Mahan
Iowa

Ooops forgot to give my email address. It is rhaaar@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Jodi

Hello, all...great site!
I was particularly interested in the posting from Penny Pierce; although I got a lot of interesting stuff from it, I was a little confused, and I think I could clear one or two things up for you as well...

I'm a descendant of John Christopher's brother Robert Austin Moody. He left the family in Georgia in the early/mid 1850s and came out to California to become a miner.
The John C. you refer to, who married Minerva Elizabeth Durham, was the son of John Moody (b. 1802 in NC) and Catherine (unknown, from TN), so they are NOT related to Henry Moody.

They had the children you mentioned--John A, Georgia Ann, Terrora B, Louisa Catherine, and James MARION Moody (b. 2/11/1855 in Red Bay, Franklin Co., AL). James Marion Moody did indeed marry Sarah Elizabeth SHOOK (b. 10/18/1858 in Delta County, Texas). Their children were Brierson A., Arbanner (or Arbanna), Minnie, J.C., Donie, Willie and James MONROE Moody (b. June 1893, Delta Co., TX).
I am very pleased to be able to add information on Arbanna/er and her marriage to my files...so thanks! I hope my info was helpful as well.

All the best....

Dean T Moody

Hello All, My Great Grandmother was Mary J Meek, Daughter of Columbus and Celia Ann Meek (Moody). Mary J Meek Married John Acord Hall he also went by the name Deet. John was born in Los Cruces NM, Mar. 20, 1893 and died in Lawton, Ok around 1984 cant remember the exact date. Mary J Hall(meek) died in 1952 Lawton, Ok. They married 24 SEP 1911 in Cordell, Oklahoma. I cant remember all of my grandfathers brothers and sisters, His name is Thomas Edgar Hall, Some of his brothers names are Doug Hall, Franklin Hall. Sisters Cleo Hall, Nora Hall,and Barbara Hall. His sisters married and my memory right now is failing me. They were all born north of Saddle Mountain this mountain is part of the Wichita mountain Wildlife refuge. Along Wolf Road. Thomas Married Wilma Milem she was born in West Virginia. Sons are Okey M. Hall, Thomas J Hall, Timothy Hall, and a daughter of Mary E. Hall. Mary is my mother and she Married Joseph E Cobble. I have one sibling sister Rebecca Raye Cobble, My name is Jeremy Joseph Cobble. I will look up more names that are descendants of Mary Jane Meek and post them at a later time.

Thank You for putting up this site it helps tracking down ancestors.

Hello I am looking for information on George Washington Moody AKA Rev. Washburn Moody who in 1850 census Franklin Co. Alabama married to a Mary Martin? and has children. They are next door to a Henry Moody are they related? George stated in the census his parents are from
north Carolina? George w was born in 1823 Alabama died in 1892 Marion County Arkansas. Who was georges parents?

MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS AMANDA "SIS" "MOODY"MOODY HUMPHREY(ON HER TOMBSTONE AT SHILO,CEM. AR.

I AM TRYING TO FIND HER MOODY LINEAGE.

ACCORDING TO THE 1860 CENSUS SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD AND LIVED IN TISHOMINGO,MISS. WITH CORITH AS THE POST OFFICE.

HER PARENTS WERE JAMES AND LUCINDA MOODY.

I JUST CAME IN CONTACT WITH A DESCENDENT OF HIS BROTHER ROBERT AUSTIN MOODY.

I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP ANYONE CAN ASSIST ME IN COMPLETING MY MOODY LINEAGE.

THANKS, CUZIN,

WALLY CAVINESS, BELLINGHAM, WA

My records are based in part on census records, but also information passed along from other extended family members. I cannot attest to the absolute accuracy of my info, but believe probably is accurate.

James Moody, who married Lucinda Hensley, was the son of Henry and Lidda Moody (my 4th great grandparents) As you mentioned, they can be found in the 1860 Tishomingo Co, MS census. James and Lucinda had five children: Lucinda (1842), Mary (1847) James (1851), David (1853), and Amanda (1857).

Amanda married J R Nolen.

That's all I have right now and it is probably not any more, or much more, than you already have. However, if I find out any more I will be sure and share it.