Individual Details

Mary Virginia Cordelia Merrick

(16 Sep 1856 - 2 Oct 1930)



After finding an Ancestry FamilyTree citing a Fannin Co birth for Cordelia - I am sure this is her family in 1860:
Ladonia P.O., Fannin Co, TX, Hh 666
Wm. Merrick, age 31, farmer, b. TN
M. J. Merrick, age 30, b. TN
Lovina A., age 8, b. TX
Mary C., age 4, b. TX [Cordelia]
Nancy A., age 2, b. TX

1850:
Fannin Co TX
Wm Merrick, age 21, b. TN, Farmer
Mary, age 20
E. C., female age 2 months

William Merrick married Mary Jane Bourland, Lamar Co, TX, 27 Jun 1849
He died in Fannin Co, circa 1864.

By 1870, Cordelia was living in a blended household in Fannin Co. Her mother had married Enoch Jasper Moore and he also had several children. They also had a son between them, Granville, age 2.
Cordelia is said to have had a total of 11 children.

Events

Birth16 Sep 1856Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
Marriage27 Jun 1872James Jasper Moore
Death2 Oct 1930Whitefield, Haskell County, Oklahoma

Families

SpouseJames Jasper Moore (1851 - 1933)
ChildJoseph Gilbert Moore (1888 - 1967)
ChildMaude Cordelia Moore (1889 - 1975)
FatherWilliam Merrick (1829 - 1862)
MotherMary Jane Bourland (1830 - 1875)
SiblingElizabeth Catherine Merrick (1850 - 1852)
SiblingLorena A. Merrick (1852 - 1910)
SiblingNancy Merrick (1858 - 1926)
SiblingWillie Lee Merrick (1860 - 1933)