Person:Laura Moore (11)

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Laura kept all the family possessions from the 1890s onward and lived with her son, George, until her death in 1948 in Arcola. George, unmarried, kept the family possessions until his death. Every record, letter, piece of furniture, picture, portrait, etc. were saved by her. She even developed listings of family members and had them notarized.

Names on (Louthan) Hair Wreath belonging to Laura:

2 Idella Kelly Louthan 3 Susie Shields Harry 4 Susie Louthan 5 Rice Moore 7 Ella Bouck Senteny 8 Laura Moore Black 10 Anna Moore Hamilton (Mary Ann Moore)

11- 12- 13 Mrs. Welch 15 Wade Moore 16 Walter Louthan 16-17 Aunt Zetta Louthan 18 Louie Hall 19 Aunt Molly Moore 20 Jennie House Moore 21 M. Sarah Moore 23 Annie Louthan Linton 24 Nora Moore Bouck 25 Cousin -- Ann Louthan 26 Aunt Susan Pierce 27-28 Aunt Julia Louthan 30 Addie Campbell 30 Ed Moore 32 Uncle Jacob Moore 32 Aunt Mary Moore 34 Cynthia Miller Logan 35 Mollie Scott Youmans 36-37 Rice Moore 38 Mattie Louthan 39 Eva Scott Hood 40 Uncle Abe Moore 41 Cousin Date Moore 42 Mollie House 44 Mary Bowman 45 Kate Louthan 46 Aunt Julia Louthan 48 Manda Kingery Bertner 49 Uncle Scott 50 Hattie Pierce Belile 51-52 Alice Moore 54 Sallie Louthan Hashbarger 55 Lillie Louthan Righter 57 Albert Pierce 58 Anna Moore Hamilton 59 Cynthia Miller Logan 60 Maggie Louthan Jones 61 Sadie Pullen Powers 62 Clara Louthan Bair 63 Aunt Kate Logan 64 Allie Louthan 65 Hattie Denton & Dolly Kingery 66 Mary Logan 67 Emma Louthan Fee 68 Ella Louthan 69 Aunt Kittie Baker 70 Grandfather Louthan 71 Annie Louthan 72 Harvy Louthan 74 Emma Casida 75 John Moore 80 Uncle Abraham Moore 81 Aunt Sallie Moore Chandler 82 Aunt Rebecca Moore (made the wreath) 84 Aunt Kitie Baker 85 Hattie Damron 86 Manda Moore Hood 87 Anna Pierce Regle 89 Cousin John Louthan

Laura attended the Bagdad School (Douglas Co., INL) as a child. Just a few miles from Rockome there was a settlement called Bagdad. It was settled around 1800 on the Kaskaskia River which all settlement were at that time. It was a trying community with a school, stores, brick factory and cemetery. Around 1850, when the Illinois Central Railroad laid tracks south of Chicago, the area east of Bagdad which is now Arcola became a hub for transportation. Bagdad never was able to get a railroad so eventually the town died and the businesses and people moved to Arcola, Chesterville or Arthur. The school is still standing and used as a private school for the Amish in the area and is known as the Bagdad school.

There is also a Bagdad area in Shelby Co., KY where her (Moore) family lived.

1. ↑ Self Report.

   Brenda Black Watson, Self Report.

2. ↑ DAR ID number 92046 - Lois Black.
3. ↑ Laura Moore Black. Laura Moore Black's Notarized Family Record.
4. ↑ Family Bible of Wm. T. Moore & Margaret. (The Parallel-Column Ed. Of the Bible, U.S.B. Publishing Co., No. 193 Summit St., Toledo, OH, 1886).
5. ↑ The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Family Bible Moore-Rice 1858. (United Brethren in Christ, Dayton, Ohio, 1858).
6. ↑ Raymond Finley Hughes and Howard Clift Black. William Black and his Descendents A Genealogy of the Descendents of William Black of Augusta County, VA and la. (Unpublished. Copyrighted 1973 by Hughes).
7. ↑ 1870 IL Census.
8. ↑ Hair Wreath.
9. ↑ Death Certificate.