James Byrd Moore

Notes:

James Byrd Moore (1848-1900)

See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 387-388 (Article #496 "Alexander "Sandy" Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore" by Lois Moore Gardner).

James B. Moore was the first U.S. Postmaster at Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina, which operated from 19 December 1890 until the latter part of the twentieth century. Source: Caswell County, North Carolina Post Offices. Tradition holds that the community served by this post office was named for the daughter of James Byrd Moore, Blanche Lydia Moore.
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: James B Moone [James B Moore]
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 51
Birth Date: Mar 1849
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Spouse's name: Bettie M
Marriage Year: 1875
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 25
Household Members: Name Age
James B Moone [Moore] 51
Bettie M Moone [Moore] 48
Blanch Moone [Moore] 18
Ethul Moone [Ethel Moore] 15

James married Bettie Margaret Powell. Bettie (daughter of Henry Alexander Powell and Martha Ann Walters, daughter of Henry Alexander Powell and Martha Ann Walters) was born on 20 Dec 1851 in Caswell County, North Carolina; died on 22 Jul 1938; was buried in Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died young.

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 387-388 (Article #496 "Alexander "Sandy" Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore" by Lois Moore Gardner)

Notes:

Blanche Lydia Moore (1882-1960)

Blanche Lydia Moore Wedding Invitation

See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 387-388 (Article #496 "Alexander "Sandy" Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore" by Lois Moore Gardner).
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Direct descendant of Spiers Walters and Lydia Stamps. The Caswell County community of Blanche was named for her (by her father who was the first postmaster at Blanche).
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"I was about to give the same guess [as to the person for whom Blanch, North Carolina was named], although I didn't know that Blanche Moore's father had run the post office. Blanche Moore was a cousin of my grandmother's, Lydia Anne Watkins, and they were very close. I remember visiting "Cousin Blanche" as a child when she lived in the house the Moorefields own now. She was quite a lady, and Blanch can be proud to be named for her! My grandparents built the house in Blanch that Wayne and Linda Bray now own, and they raised a family of 11 children. After he turned his dairy farm over to a son, my grandfather also ran the post office and train station there. It was before my day, but have heard many stories of the "hobos" who road the trains during and after the depression and stopped in the area. My grandfather bought some beautiful pieces from peddlers who rode through (former shop owners who had lost all but their merchandise). Some of those things have been handed down through the family."

Source: JoAnn Watkins Warn Post to CCHA Facebook Wall 30 June 2010.
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Mrs. Bettie Moore To Be Buried Today: Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie M. Moore will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of B. E. Powell in Blanch, N. C. Mrs. Moore died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. B. Moore, in Yanceyville yesterday evening at the age of 86. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. B. Moore. Yanceyville, N. C., and Mrs. R. N. Shearon, Bunn, N. C., one sister, Mrs. Lydia Watkins. Blanch, N. C. and one brother, A. H. Powell, Sutherlin, Va.

Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 21 July 1938.
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1930 US Census
Name: Blanche Moore
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Relation to head-of-house: Wife
Spouse's Name: Sandy B Moore
Home in 1930: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina

Death Record
Name: Lydia B Moore
Death Date: 6 Jun 1959
Death County: Moore
Death State: North Carolina
Death Age: 81
Birth Date: abt. 1878
Race: 1
Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005

Blanche married Alexander Banks Moore on 22 Jun 1910 in Blanche Baptist Church, Caswell County, North Carolina. Alexander was born on 07 May 1879 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 02 Oct 1958; was buried in First Baptist Church of Yanceyville (Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mrs. Bettie Moore To Be Buried Today: Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie M. Moore will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of B. E. Powell in Blanch, N. C. Mrs. Moore died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. B. Moore, in Yanceyville yesterday evening at the age of 86. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. B. Moore. Yanceyville, N. C., and Mrs. R. N. Shearon, Bunn, N. C., one sister, Mrs. Lydia Watkins. Blanch, N. C. and one brother, A. H. Powell, Sutherlin, Va.

Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 21 July 1938.

Notes:

Laura Elizabeth Moore (1911-1991)

Bartlett Yancey High School Class of 1928



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See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 387-388 (Article #496 "Alexander "Sandy" Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore" by Lois Moore Gardner)

1930 US Census
Name: Elizabeth Moore
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1912
Relation to head-of-house: Daughter
Father's Name: Sandy B Moore
Mother's Name: Blanche Moore
Home in 1930: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina

Laura married Ernest Frederick Upchurch, Jr.. Ernest was born on 19 Dec 1907 in Cary, Wake County, North Carolina; died on 03 May 1954 in Yanceyville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina; was buried on 04 May 1954 in First Baptist Church of Yanceyville (Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 387-388 (Article #496 "Alexander "Sandy" Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore" by Lois Moore Gardner)

1930 US Census
Name: Lois Moore
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1914
Relation to head-of-house: Daughter
Father's Name: Sandy B Moore
Mother's Name: Blanche Moore
Home in 1930: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina

Obituary of Lois Byrd Moore Gardner
Lois Moore Gardner
Nov 29, 2006 - 03:31:38 pm CST

Reidsville, NC - Lois Moore Gardner, 92, died Monday November 27, 2006 at Brookshire Nursing Center in Hillsborough, NC.

Graveside Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday, November 30 in Greenview Cemetery with Reverend Dave Huggins officiating.

Lois was born January 12, 1914 at Blanch (named for her mother) in Caswell County, NC to the late Alexander Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore. She is survived by her son, Jake A. Gardner, Jr. and daughter-in-law Robyn; grandchildren, Erica, Morgan and William; nieces and nephews. Lois' husband of 47 years, Jake A. Gardner, Sr. preceded her in death in August 1994.

As a wife, mother and teacher, Lois strived to be the best she could be. We should all be inspired by her intentions, determination and integrity.

The family wishes to thank Brookshire Nursing Center for their loving care and the serenity Lois was able to achieve so late in life. The family will receive friends at Wilkerson Funeral Home on Wednesday, November 29, from 7:00 until 8:00 pm.

Consideration of Hospice, which has served so many so well, would be an appropriate tribute. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.wilkersonfuneral.com.

Source: The Caswell Messenger, 29 November 2006

Lois married Jake A. Gardner about 1947. Jake died in Aug 1994. [Group Sheet]