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Mary Elizabeth Lee & Samuel John Moore

Mary Elizabeth Lee b. 9 Jan 1859 Johnson Co., AR d. 7 Mar 1907 Polk Co., AR Married: 19 Nov 1874 Logan Co., AR buried: Nunley Cemetery Polk Co., AR Father: James Henry Lee Mother: Penelope Ann Copeland

husband: Samuel John "Sam" Moore b. 22 Mar 1856 Johnson Co., AR d. 25 Jan 1940 Polk Co., AR Occupation: Farmer. buried: Nunley Cemetery Polk Co., AR Father: John Moore Mother: Martha Caroline Johnson

2nd marriage: 1908 Polk Co., AR

2nd marriage: Edith Micheltree|Mitcheltree b. ? d. 26 Feb 1913 Buried: Gentry Cemetery, Gentry, Benton Co., AR plot: blk 4 lot 39



Children of Mary Elizabeth Lee & Samuel J. Moore



Emma Adaline Moore b. 26 Aug 1877 Paris, Logan Co., AR d. 24 Apr 1917 Nunley, Polk Co., AR Buried: Nunley Cemetery, Polk Co., AR marriage: 12 Jan 1897 Mena, Polk Co., AR

Husband: Willis Thomas Fite b. 18 Aug 1873 Sparkman, Dallas Co., AR d. 26 Aug 1957 Mena, Polk Co., AR Buried: Nunley Cemetery, Polk Co., AR 2nd marriage: 11 Apr 1918 Father: Thomas Fite (TN) Mother: Martha Ann Elizabeth King (TN)

2nd Wife: Josephine "Josie" Lambert b. 21 Jul 1890 Nunley, Polk Co., AR d. 25 Jun 1930 Nunley, Polk Co., AR Buried: Nunley Cemetery, Polk Co., AR


John William "Will" Moore b. 5 Apr 1880 Logan Co., AR d. 14 Mar 1948 Mena, Polk Co., AR Married: 10 May 1902 Mena, Polk Co., AR Buried: Nunley Cemetery, Polk Co., AR

1st Wife: Minnie Baker b. 15 Feb 1888 Greasy Valley, Logan Co., AR d. 22 Dec 1917 Board Camp, Polk Co., AR Buried: Nunley Cemetery, Polk Co., AR Father: George Stark Baker Mother: Sarah Ann Lee


Rosa "Rosie" Elizabeth Moore b. 11 May 1881 Logan Co., AR d. 11 Nov 1971 Haworth, McCurtain Co., OK Buried: Pauley Cemetery, McCurtain Co., OK

Husband: Riley Allen "Bud" Stafford II b. 3 Oct 1868 Clark Co., AR d. 14 Apr 1939 Buried: Pauley Cemetery, McCurtain Co., OK


James "Jim" Samuel Moore b. 8 Mar 1887 (tombstone) Logan Co., AR d. 13 Jul 1978 DeQueen, Sevier Co., AR Buried: West Otis Cemetery, Horatio, Sevier Co., AR

Wife: Ruth Sharp b. 6 Aug 1906 d. Sep 1982 Benton, Saline Co., AR (ssdi:AR) Buried: ?Gentry Cemetery, Saline Co., AR


Joseph "Joe" Harrison Moore b. 26 Dec 1891 Polk Co., AR d. 1 Feb 1930 Legion, Kerr Co., TX Buried: Unmarked site?


Martha "Mattie" Angeline Moore b. 8 Apr 1894 Polk Co., AR d. 17 Jul 1969 Norwalk, Los Angeles Co., CA Buried: Biscoe Cemetery, Biscoe, Prairie Co., AR

Husband: Andrew Avants b. 21 Apr 1891 d. 5 Apr 1976 Buried: Biscoe Cemetery, Biscoe, Prairie Co., AR


Frank B. Moore b. 8 Aug 1898 Polk Co., AR d. 8 Apr 1964 Buried: Magnet Cove Cemetery, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., AR Married: Mt. Ida, Montgomery Co., AR

Wife: Mattie Helen X b. 31 Oct 1903 d. 6 Sep 1990 Buried: Magnet Cove Cemetery, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., AR


Eva Louise Isodora Moore b. 8 Jun 1903 Polk Co., AR d. Aug 1981 Channelview, Harris Co., TX (ssdi:TX) Buried: Houston, Harris Co., TX

1st marriage: Luther Earl Kelley b. 20 Jun 1903 d. 26 Oct 1984 Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX (ssdi:TX) Buried: Smithfield Cemetery, Smithfield, Tarrant Co., TX

2nd marriage: Earnest "Junior" F. Cannon b. 30 Nov 1903 TX d. 1 May 1977 Channelview, Harris Co., TX (ssdi:TX) Father: Edward Freeman Cannon(TX) Mother: Effie Avrill Wilkinson(TX)



Children of Samuel John Moore & Edith Micheltree



Johnny David Moore b. 19 Nov 1908 Board Camp, Polk Co., AR d. 10 Apr 1993 Buried: Nunley Cemetery, Polk Co., AR

Wife: Annie Earline Wells b. d. Buried:


Henry Leslie Moore b. 15 Feb 1911 AR d. 17 Jun 1975 Mena, Polk Co., AR Buried: Nunley Cemetery, between Mena & Board Camp, Polk Co., AR

Wife: Annie E. X b. 8 Jan 1923 d. 28 May 1977 Buried: Nunley Cemetery, Mena, Polk Co., AR


Ollie Mae Moore b. 7 Apr 1914 d. 24 Oct 1997 (ssdi:TX) New Caney, Montgomery Co., TX marriage: Harris Co., TX

husband: James Edward McCulloch b. 9 Jan 1910 d. 25 Aug 1989 (ssdi:TX) New Caney, Montgomery Co., TX


Dollie Bell Moore b. 10 Feb 1915 d. 23 Feb 2000 Mena, Polk Co., AR Buried: Nunley Cemetery, Polk Co., AR

husband: Richard John Wells b. 11 Aug 1917 d. 14 May 1992 Buried: Nunley Cemetery, Polk Co., AR [PFC USARMY WWII]


Irene E. Moore b. 14 Jan 1918 Yell Co., AR d. 10 Sep 2004 Mesquite, Dallas Co., TX (ssdi:TX)

Husband: Frank E. McGuire b. 24 Dec 1911 Dallas, Dallas Co., TX d. 24 Mar 2002 Mesquite, Dallas Co., TX (ssdi:AR)


Arthur Moore




Notations on Mary Elizabeth Lee & Samuel J. Moore family

Samuel J. Moore and family came to Polk County, Arkansas from Logan County, Arkansas in 1887. They homesteaded a farm near Standing Rock. Four children were born in Logan Co., and four were born in Polk Co., AR. The old homestead near Standing Rock (Atoka Co., Oklahoma?) is still referred to as the old Moore place. The descendants of Samuel J. Moore have a history of holding reunions in Janssen Park, Mena, Polk Co., AR every June. (From Polk County history book 1986).


Samuel J. Moore moved his homestead for a small amount of money and moved to Oklahoma and back to Logan County, AR then moved to Polk Co., AR on Board Creek to what now belongs to Paula Howell. (Polk County history book 1986.)

Moore, Samuel J. 1894 Sec 18 TWP 35 R29W Pg 50 BK68 Land Office Rec Polk Co., AR


Samuel Moore and Mary Lee came to Polk Co., AR from Logan Co., AR in 1887, homesteading near Standing Rock.

Thomas Jackson Fite b. 1839 d. 1919 Buried: Sardis Cemetery, Pine Grove, Dallas Co., AR

Wife: Martha Ann Elizabeth King b. 15 Sep 1841 DeKalb Co., TN d. 3 Jul 1915 Sparkman, Dallas Co., AR Buried: Sardis Cemetery, Pine Grove, Dallas Co., AR

Children of Thomas Jackson Fite & Martha Ann Elizabeth King:

Ann Eliza Fite b. 30 Jun 1863 Sparkman, Dallas Co., TX d. 27 Aug 1912 Sparkman, Dallas Co., AR Husband: Allen Posey

Willis Thomas Fite

Willis Fite and Emma Adaline Moore bought 80 acres joining the Stanton farm in Nunley for $80 from Will Ray. Their children:

Horace Wilson Fite

Norah Gertrude Fite Heath

Melvin Fite

Eaver Fite

Olen Clifford Fite

Fred Jackie Fite

Anna Elease Fite Emerson

Lois Evelyn Fite Looney

Jessie Odell Fite Austin

Children of Willis Fite and Josephine Lambert:

W. T. Fite

Lorain Fite

Mary Fite

Mable Fite

Willis Fite moved to Cherry Hill & bought a grocery store to settle down to raise the children. Willis' third wife, Ophelia Foster, moved to Mena, Polk Co., AR.


Children of Edward Freeman Cannon b. 24 Oct 1882 TX d. 15 Oct 1970 Calvert, Robertson Co., TX Buried: Sunnyside Cemetery, Robertson Co., TX

Wife: Effie Wilkinson b. 4 Apr 1885 TX d. 19 Jun 1977 Calvert, Robertson Co., TX married: 21 Jan 1903 Milam Co., TX Buried: Sunnyside Cemetery, Robertson Co., TX

Ernest Freeman Cannon b. 30 Nov 1903 TX

Willie Mae Cannon b. 1906 TX

Pearl Cannon b. 1908 TX

Eunice Cannon b. 1911 TX

Cornelis Cannon b. 1915 TX

Lucile Cannon b. 1917 TX

1910 USFC Milam, TX

Edward P. Cannon 27

Effie Cannon, 24

Earnest Cannon, 6, b. 1904 TX

Millie Cannon, 4

Pearl Cannon, 2

1920 Milam, TX

E. F. Cannon

Effie Cannon

Earnest Cannon b. 1903 TX, 17

Some info. about Cannon Family by Sheena Bass. More info on rootsweb


Some info. abt Joseph Harrison Moore from TX GenWeb, he also resided: DeQueen, Sevier Co., AR. See link below Kerr Co., TX Death Index Died by 1930 age 40


1920 + 1930 USFC Pope Co., AR:

Sam J. Moore

Irene Moore b. 1917 AR


1900 Polk Co., AR: Joseph H. Moore b. 1889, 10

1910 Craig Co., OK: Harrison Moore b. 1889 AR, 21

1920 Wichita Co., TX

Harrison J. Moore b. 1889 AR

Jessie Moore


John William Moore and Minnie Baker's children: Olen, James Ted, Lee Roy from Amarillo, Potter Co., TX, Hubert, Raymond Moore. John William Moore and Etta Harp's child: Samuel Novell Moore.

James Samuel Moore and Ruth Sharp's child: Kenneth Sharp from Mountain Pine, Garland Co., AR was raised by his grandparents.

Martha Angeline Moore and Andrew Avants moved to Prairie Co., AR near White River, Stone Co., AR. Their children: Ossie, Cleaster, Jessie Elrod from Heber Springs, Cleburne Co., AR, and Genniva Burdette from Heber Springs, AR, and Pauline Carter from Stuttgart, Arkansas Co., AR

Frank Moore and Helen Moore lived near Malvern, Hot Springs Co., AR. Their children: Joe from Pine Bluff, Rex B. Moore [1937-2001 Magnet Cove Cemetery, Hot Springs, AR] from Malvern, AR, Franklin from Detroit, MI, Marjorie Harvey from Fontana, California, Melba Currington from Malvern, AR and Mary Moore from Minnesota.

Eva Isodora Moore and Luther Kelley moved to Houston, TX. Eva remarried E. F. Cannon, Jr. Eva is buried in Houston, TX. Their children: Louise Lomax from Baytown, TX, Lucille Carridine from Houston, Harris Co., TX, Waldo Luther Kelley from Baytown, Harris Co., TX and Leonard Kelley from Houston, TX.

Some information from Polk County, AR cemetery records, Marriage records, Land Records


Richard Wells & Dollie Bell Moore moved from Palestine, Alder Springs, to Anderson Co., TX

Dollie Bell Wells, 85, of DeQueen, formerly of Hatfield, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, in DeQueen. She was a homemaker and member of Dallas Avenue Baptist Church. She was the widow of Richard Wells. Graveside service was at Nunley Cemetery under the direction of Beasley-Wood Funeral Home of Mena. She is survived by two sons, Darwin and Vernon, both of Hatfield; one daughter, Sadie Wells of Mena; one sister, Irene McGuire of Dallas; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.


Children of Rosa E. Moore & Riley A. Stafford:

Bessie

James Samuel "Tooter"

Homer Gene

Homer's twin died at birth

William Wilbur "Bood"

Riley Allen III

See West Otis Cemetery link for some Stafford members


Arthur Moore, of Benton Co., AR Relatives: Robert, Jeene, Phyllis, Donna, Kevin, & Alice Moore.


Johnny David Moore & Annie Earline Wells Children:

Joseph Larry "Joe" Moore b. 23 Dec 1951 d. 28 Sep 2012 Buried: Nunley Cemetery, Mena, AR [see Tributes online] He is survived by: Brothers: David Moore of Mena, Arkansas. Frank Moore and wife Nina of Mena, Arkansas. Jimmie Moore and wife Kim of Waldron, Arkansas. Sisters: Sadie Osthoff and husband Roger of Pittsburg, Texas. Janie Farley of Mena, Arkansas. Linda Leleux. Mary Ann Mayfield and husband David of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Thelma Dell Swope. Extended Family: Janis Fite of Eagleton, Arkansas. Sandy and Jimmie Jewell of Mena, Arkansas. Scott and Becky Fite of Springdale, Arkansas. Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and a host of loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnny and Annie Moore, and a sister, Frances Moore Chamberlin.

James Henry Lee & Penelope Ann Copeland
William S. Lee & Dicey Ennis
John William Moore & Minnie Baker
John Moore & Martha Caroline Johnson
West Otis Cemetery, Horatio, Sevier Co., AR
Kerr County, TX Death Index

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