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Cemeteries of Madison County, Vol. III, page 251
Moore Cemetery
Moore Cemetery
Location: Not given.
This information was contributed by Mr. Billy Monroe. The only information given as to location was that it was located on the property of a Mrs. McKenzie who worked at the Huntsville Public Library.. Both stones were table-top markers on slave-made brick foundations.
Sacred to the Memory
of
Rebecca J. Moore late consort of Dr. Alfred Moore Dept'd. this life on the 23 April 1834 in the 24th year of her age.
Dr. Moore m. Mary Jane Watson, dau. of Matthew Watson (deceased) 22 Sept. 1836 at the residence of George L. Sampson.
Dr. Moore, Mary Jane, and several of his children are buried in Maple Hill Cem. in Huntsville. He died Jan. 7, 1856 and Mary Jane (of Richmond, Va.) died April 1, 1892.
Sacred to the Memory of Eliza Moore late consort of Dr. Alfred Moore Who was born Feb., 1790 and dept'd. this life 19 June 1827
Age 32 yr., 1 mo. & 17 ds.
She was a devoted mother ...[illegible] of Jesus Christ for many years & possessed preeminently all those virtues which adorn the female character.
This stone erected by her husband as a token of lasting remembrance and affection.
The Southern Advocate of 18 July 1828 announced the death of Eliza Moore stating she died leaving a bereaved husband and seven small children.
The Huntsville Democrat of May 1, 1834 reported the death of Rebecca J. Moore. It stated she died at the residence of her husband, Dr. Alfred Moore, in this county. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Peter J. Beasly of Brunswick County, Virginia. Like her mother and grandmother she died after a premature parturition of her first child. The child survived.
Dr. Moore is listed in the 1830 census as having the following in his household:
1 male 0 - 5 years of age
1 female 0 - 5
2 males 5-10
1 females 5 - 10
By 1840, Dr. Moore's household had diminished in size:
1 male 0 - 5
1 female 5 - 10
1 male 10 - 15
2 females 20 - 30
1 male 40 - 50
2 males 10-15
1 male 15 - 20
2 females 15 - 20
1 male 30 - 40
1 female 40 - 50
32 slaves
A Tuscaloosa newspaper, the Democrat Gazette of Oct. 11, 1841, reported that while the family of Alfred Moore, of Madison Co., was returning home, a large limb from a tree fell killing a daughter, age 6 or 7, and the driver.
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