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Robert Christian and Blanche Minick were the
parents of nine children: Robert Ernest, George Dewey,
Grady, Edna, Harmon, Rupert, Genette, Era and An-
nie Blanche.
Source: Robert Ernest Minick, born 1885, Golden.
JOE L. MOODY, son of W. A. Moody, was born in
the Calvary Community 3 September 1888. He married
Birdie Mae Whitworth. Mr. Moody was a farmer. Nine
children were born to this marriage. They were:
Vivian, married Forest Timer
B. L., married Allowayne Padgett
Betty, married Earl Madsen
Ruby Lee, married (1) Robert Madsen, (2) Kirk
Sellers
H. B., married Ima Lue Cowan
A. F., married M. Cowan
Cecil, married Gloria Hendrix
W. J., married Betty Parriah
Wilda, married Herman Madsen
Joe L. and Birdie Mae Moody were buried in the
Sand Springs Cemetery.WILLIAM WASHINGTON MOODY, great grandson of
MARTIN VARNER, first white settler in county.JOSEPH MOODY, born in Alabama in 1823,
came to Wood County in the summer of 1844. He first
settled at Moody's Mountain (now West Mountain) in
Upshur County, Texas when his parents migrated
there in 1838. Moody Creek in Upshur County was
named for Isaac Moody, father of Joseph Moody, sec-
ond white settler in Upshur County. Joseph Moody
married Martha Ann Varner, oldest daughter of Mar-
tin and Elizabeth Varner, in Harrison County, Texas
April 1845. They were given land by her mother which
was located southeast of present day Hainesville.
Joseph Moody built a two room log house on this
site in the summer and fall of 1845. The house still
stands on its original site.
Seven children were born to this union, five living
to maturity:
Oscar F., born 1849; married (1) Amanda Mabry
(2) Annie Reed
William, married Mollie Greer; became a
merchant in Mineola
Ayers, married Elizabeth Jones of Mineola
Minerva, married W. H. Moseley
Jane, married W. B. Everett
Joseph and Martha Ann Varner Moody were
buried in the Moody Family Cemetery.
Source: Mrs. A. L. Moody
JAMES M. and NANCY MOORE came to Texas
prior to 1860 and purchased 413 acres in what is now
the Holly Lake Development of Wood County. Moore
Lake, named for Mr. Moore, was on his property. A
descendant tells a tragic story of James Moore's being
hanged by his feet and left presumably to die. He was
found, however, but he died of pneumonia shortly after
the incident.
The James M. Moore family came from Alabama
but no record is available as to the number of children
in the family. One son, James L. Moore, was born 29
July 1843 and died 31 January 1898. In Wood County
21 July 1881, he married Virginia Eveline Mezzells,
born 24 July 1859.
Their children were:
Joe Henry Moore, married (1) Beulah Riddle (2)
Nannie Blackman
Fletcher Moore, married (1) Mary Byers (2)
Mrs. Grace Bagby
Margaret Moore, married Marion Miller
Jesse Moore, married Dorothy Dobbs
James M. and Nancy Moore are thought to have
been buried on their land near Moore Lake. There is no
record of a marker.
Submitted by Mrs. S. S. Shamburger119
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