John "Jack" Moore buried in Moore Cemetery, Wright Co. Mo. he was suppossed to have been buried arcoss the river on his farm where he and his wife lived, but the river was up and they couldn't get acrossed. Jack was seeing Savannah Cordelia Gordan Lathrom while married to his wife. Jack and Savannah had 5 children together. Thought being they never married.
Jack served in the civil war as a confederate soldier.
Directions to Moore Cemetery: 3 1/2 miles northof Grove Springs, Mo. on 5 hwy, pass Mt Zion Church next road right on Orville Rd. Go to first fork in the road go right, go to next fork Persimmon and Griffin, go left, go to next fork in the road go left, then right at first drive through gate on the right. Go almost to trailor house turn right on gravel drive ,cemetery ahead.Name: John Jackson Jack MOORE
Given Name: John Jackson Jack
Surname: Moore
Sex: M
Note:
From Confederate Veterans of Wright Co: John Jackson Moore Born June15, 1824 Monroe Co. , Tenn. Died March 25, 1906 near Lamb, Wright Co.Mo. buried in the Moore Cemetery. In the late 1830's he moved fromMonroe Co. Tenn. to Montgomery township in Wright Co. Mo. During theCivil War John served in Company E, 73rd Missouri State Guard C.S.A.1 2
Birth: 15 JUN 1824 in Tennessee
Death: 25 MAR 1906 in Near Steen's Creek, Union Twp., Wright County, Missouri
Burial: Moore Cemetery, Near Steen's Creek, Union Twp., Wright County, MissouriFather: Robert MOORE b: 1794 in Virginia
Mother: Sarah WILES b: 1802 in Surry County, North CarolinaMarriage 1 Savannah LATHROM b: JUL 1843 in Casey Or Knox County, Kentucky
Children
James Jackson Jim MOORE b: 25 DEC 1868 in Montgomery Twp., Wright County, Missouri
Olive Isabell Ollie MOORE b: 30 JAN 1875 in Wright County, Missouri
Laura Cordelia MOORE b: 13 MAR 1878 in Wright County, MissouriMarriage 2 Mary C.F. WILSON b: 1845 in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia
Children
Nancy Lee Nannie MOORE b: 1873 in Wright County, Missouri
Samantha W. Mattie MOORE b: 1877 in Wright County, MissouriMarriage 3 Ann ROBERTSON
Married: ABT 1890 in Wright County, Missouri
Born SAVANNAH CORDELIA GORDON. Story goes Savannah was raped by a soldier during Civil War which produced her first born son JOHN JASPER LATHROM. Savannah then met up with John "Jack" Moore and they had five children together. It is believed they never married.
Savannah was found on the 1880 Wright Co. MO. census under the name of Cordelias Gordon, living with her 1/2 sister Margaret Amick, as a servant.
Svannah is buried to the right of her son James Jackson Moore and his wife. There is only a rock as a head stone.
Robert married first a cousin, Lavina Todd abt 1841. They moved to Ozark Co., (Douglas) Cass Twp. Prestson was a farmer and a county Sheriff.
He enlisted 1852 Wright Co., Musser's 8th Battalion, MO. Volunteer. He moved to Fulton Co., Arkansas after Lavina died. He remarried, and returned to Wright Co.
WIDOWED THOMAS"THOMP"TODD MOVED TO WRIGHT CO. MO. FROM LAWRENCE CO.INDIANA BY
1842,WITH HIS CHILDREN, JOSEPH, LAVINA,BETTY DAVIS,MATILDA, AND WILLIAM.THOMP WAS KICKED IN THE HEAD BY A HORSE AND KILLED IN 1846.
HIS SECOND WIFE REMARRIED AND LIVED IN WRIGHT CO.
Jack was killed in an accident. He was crushed between two cars of a train on Tuseday, Nov. 14, 1916. He died at the Frisco Employee Hospital about 1 O'Clock in the morning. His obituary was in the Springfield Republican News, Wens. Nov. 15, 1916. $th page, 4th column.
He is buried next to his wife, Rose, in an unmarked grave. Rose's grave has a marker due to Jack Little placing on there in later years.
Marriage Notes for Nathan Jack Phillips and Emeline -258716
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