William James Moore1

b. 18 June 1854, d. 9 March 1939
FatherAndrew Fullen Moore2,1,3 b. 21 Jan 1826, d. 9 Jun 1864
MotherBethia Buchanan4,1,3 b. 31 Oct 1827, d. 18 Jun 1854
Birth18 Jun 1854 William James Moore was born on 18 Jun 1854 in Washington County, Virginia.1 
Cens-18601860  William's mother died the day of his birth and his father remarried a few years later. William apparently spent some of his childhood in the home of his widowed paternal grandmother, Ann Moore in Washington County.5 
Fath-Death1864  William's father died in 1864 when William was about ten and his grandmother died in 1870. 
Cens-18701870  William then appears to have made his home with his mother's brother, Benjamin Buchanan in whose household he was enumerated as a student in 1870.6 
Heir1878  William Moore was one of the heirs of James, Mathew and Robert Buchanan [his great uncles].7 
  His relationship to the 3 men was through the line of his deceased father, Andrew Henry Fullen Moore, whose mother, Ann Rebecca George Buchanan Moore was the men's sister.8 
Marriagecirca 1905 He married Lula Goode, daughter of Robert Findlay Goode and Lula J. Morrison, circa 1905.9,10 
Residence  In their latter years William and Lula made their home at Keywood with their mutual cousin, Jean Lyons, who had inherited the estate from her father Benjamin Buchanan.10 
Death9 Mar 1939 William died on 9 Mar 1939 in Washington County, Virginia, at age 84.11 
Burial He was buried at Edgehill Cemetery in Washington County.12 
ChartsDescendants of John Buchanan and Ann Ryburn
Last Edited7 Mar 2010

Citations

  1. [S3] Moore and Stephens, Washington Co., VA Birth and Death Records, p. 105. Abstract reads: William James Moore, b. 18 June 1854 to Andrew F. & Bethial Moore.
  2. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 59.
  3. [S1344] Notification re the estate of Jean Buchanan, dec'd, The Journal Virginian, Oct. 11, 1962.
  4. [S704] Jane Buchanan will (recorded 1871), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 17: 522. The will was dated in March 1858 but not recorded until 24 April 1871. Jane left $50 each to her grandchildren, Elizabeth and William Moore, children of her daughter Bathiah.
  5. [S234] Ann Moore household, 1860 U.S. cens, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Western District; Liberty Hall Post office, p. 152, dwelling 1130, family 1085, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 154 of 361. Enumeration reads: Ann Moore, 68, real estate and pers. prop of $4,000 each; William, 35, farmer; Jane 29, spinster; William Moore, 6; all b. VA; Mary J. Bailey, 17, tea com school, b. TN.
  6. [S635] Benjamin Buchanan household, 1870 U.S. cens, Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., First Division, p. 22 (original script), dwelling 124, family 139, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul. 2006, image 22 of 44. Enumeration includes: Benjamim Buchanan, 54, farmer, owns land valued at $30,000, pers. prop of $20,000; Rachel B., wife, 43; William 24, merchant, marr in March; Mary 22 (b. TN), marr in March; Jack, 22, student; Thos P., 16 student; Alex F. 7; Wm J. Moore, 16, student; all b. VA.
  7. [S1015] Washington Co., Virginia probate records for James, Mathew and Robert Buchanan.
  8. [S7] Conclusions based on analysis of James Buchanan probate papers.
  9. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 151. Lula Goode Moore, 1868-1945.
  10. [S639] William J. Moore household, 1930 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 96-21, sheet 18-A (p. 277 stamped), dwelling 170, family 189, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2009, image 35 of 43. Household includes: William J. Moore, 75, b. VA, marr at 50, retired farmer; G. Lula, wife, 63, marr at 37, b. TX, father b. VA, mother b. Mississippi. [although the census taker recorded William's household and dwelling as distinct from that of Jean Lyons on the one side and Alexander Buchanan on the other, family records indicate that they were all residing in the home of Jean Lyons]
  11. [S2169] Donald Helton, compiler, "Washington County Virginia Abstracted Death Records 1912-1939" (manuscript shared by author), p. 109. William James Moore, 84y 8m 19d, b. June 18, 1854 Glade Spring, d. 9 March 1939, marr to Lula Moore, s/o Andrew Moore b. Glade Spring and Bethia Buchanan b. Glade Spring, bur Buchanan Cemetery [sic].
  12. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 151. W.J. Moore, 1854-1939.