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Hilterbrand and Ephraim Moore families
By William M. Talley
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Hilterbrand family
The Hilterbrand family, known for its many different spellings (e. g., Helterbrand, Hilterbrandt,
Hilderbrant, etc.), settled in western Lewis County some time in the 1790s. The name is of German origin
and was probably originally spelled Hilterbrandt.
Mr. Clyde Mowery (poet2@adelphia.net) has sent us some material on this family which we are using to
write this story. Part of the material has been taken from a posting by Kim S. Hiltibrand (khiltibr@cheerful.
com) Hildebrand Hiltibrand Lineage website.
On his posting Kim begins with Philip Hildebrand Sr. who was living in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
tax records in 1768 as a freeman (meaning that he was a male over 21 and unmarried). There are
indications in the tax records that he was married by 1769. He had married Elizabeth, whose last name
may have been Lear. No marriage record for Philip and Elizabeth has been found in Pennsylvania, but
they may have been married in Maryland since Cumberland County was on the border with Maryland.
Philip remained on the tax list until 1771, when that part of Cumberland County became a part of Bedford
County, Pennsylvania.
Peter Hildebrand appears on the 1768 tax record and may have been a brother of Philip.
Philip Hildebrand was living in Rostaver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the early
1780s with his wife Elizabeth and a family of about 8-10 children. In 1782 and 1783 he had two daughters
baptized in the German Reformed Church.
The 1790 census of Pennsylvania shows Philip Hildebrand with a wife, 5 sons, and 5 daughters. By 1796
this Hildebrand family had migrated to Lewis County, Kentucky. A Lewis County Circuit Court record (File
1278) contains a deposition that says Philip Hildebrand and one son David had taken a lease from
Thomas Forman in March 1796 and had cleared 40 acres on the road from Wilson’s Bottom to the East
Fork of Cabin Creek. The interview was taken in 1828 and says that David was about 57 (born about
1771). At that time David was living in Clinton County, Ohio, on the East Fork of the Little Miami. The land
in question was very nearly opposite the Three Islands.
Kentucky tax records of 1800 show that Philip Hildebrand Sr., Philip Hildebrand Jr., David Hildebrand,
Solomon Hildebrand, and John Hildebrand paid taxes in Mason County, but they were most likely living in
what later became Lewis County in 1806. In 1807 all of the Hildebrand family, except John, moved to Ohio,
apparently to obtain land.
Lewis County records show that John Hildebrand married Betsy Blue (Bilyeu) on June 23, 1808. Both
were of age.
Eventually, Philip Sr., Philip Jr., and Daniel (another son) were in Adams County, Ohio, and Solomon
Hildebrand settled in Pike County, Ohio.
Lewis County records show that John Hildebrand married Betsy Blue (Bilyeu) on June 23, 1808. Both
were of age. John was born in 1779 in Pennsylvania. This was Betsy’s second marriage and she may have
had three children with her at that time. In 1811, their first son, Abraham Hildebrand, was born and John
and Betsy had 4 or 5 more sons and 1 or 2 daughters between 1811 and 1821. Two of these children were
Daniel (born 1816) and Harvey (born 1820).
John Hildebrand went to Adams County, Ohio, in 1820 shortly after the birth of Harvey and lived near
Peebles, Ohio. It is presumed that Betsy may have died during Harvey’s birth. In this same vicinity of
Ohio was living Andrew Featherkile with his wife Nancy, and their children. Some time between 1830 and
1832, Andrew Keatherkile passed away. On Oct. 15, 1832, John Hildebrand and Nancy Featherkile
married. By 1837, John and Nancy Hildebrand moved their large combined family back to Lewis County
where they both remained until their deaths.
Abraham Hildebrand married Eliza Jane Featherkile, his step-sister (daughter of Nancy and Andrew
above) on December 21, 1839 in Lewis County. Abraham and Eliza Jane lived all their years in a cabin
near the head of Sycamore Creek near Concord. The children of this couple were: Sarah (born1840)
married Stephen Hicks; John (1841-1861) died in Civil War in Garrard Co., Ky.); Elizabeth (born 1845, died
young); George (born 1847); William (born 1849); Harvey (born July 28, 1853); Perry (born 1861) married
Adelaide Kerr; and Daniel (born 1869- died at Lajunta, Colorado, in 1934). Eliza Jane died about 1881.
Abraham Hildebrand married secondly Catharine Sutton in 1884 and died in 1886. There were no children
by the second marriage. The widow, Adelaide Kerr Hilterbrand, age 40, married Samuel Cox, age 50, in
April 1907 according to the Vanceburg Sun of that date.
Harvey Hildebrand Sr. married Mary Eliza Kerr, daughter of John L. Kerr and Martha Davis on May 8, 1886.
Their children were: Raymond, born March 4, 1887; Arthur, born April 4, 1893; and Wilma, born October 1,
1900.
Violent death of Raymond Hilterbrand
An old Vanceburg newspaper in 1914 says that Raymond Hilterbrand, age 25, and Vira L. Kennedy, age 17,
were married at Alburn. (Alburn is used interchangeably with Erwin and Irwin, a railroad stop between
Concord and Trinity.) This marriage was destined to end tragically.
The Vanceburg Sun, of Sept. 23, 1915, gives the following startling story:
“Raymond Hilterbrand Shot and Fatally Wounded near Irwin Station.
“A horrible affair occurred at the home of young Raymond Hilterbrand, who lives on the hill just above
Irwin Station, Friday evening. About dusk, John Irwin, who had been to Maysville, came to Hilterbrand’s
house with a bottle of whiskey and a short time later Pace Kennedy, Hilterbrand’s father-in-law, joined
them, and they all imbibed of the bottle and got to quarreling. Mrs. Hilterbrand started several times to
go after Harve Hilterbrand, her husband’s father, but each time was restrained by different members of
the party. It seems they had all gone to bed and the quarrel was renewed and Hilterbrand ordered
Kennedy and Irwin away from his house, and finally struck Kennedy and knocked him out the door. Mrs.
Hilterbrand then ran out the back way after her father-in-law and while she was in the back yard heard a
shot and she says Kennedy came around the house to here and she asked him if her father had killed
her husband and Irwin answered, “No, he only shot to scare him.” She then went around the house and
saw her father in the road and asked him the same question and he answered, “Yes, I have killed him
and I am going to kill myself.” He then left and has not been seen since. When she found her husband,
he was lying in the yard and was unconscious. His jaw was broke, his skull crushed as though he had
been beaten with a club, and he had been shot just under the eye, the ball ranging upward. At last report
he had never regained consciousness and there was no hope for him.
“Irwin was arrested and landed in Jail here [Vanceburg]. His examining trial will be held today, Thursday.
“Old John Barleycorn, who was the direct cause of the shooting, is still at large looking for fresh victims.”
Soon thereafter the young Hilterbrand (about 27 years old) died from the effects of his wounds, and was
buried in Cedar Leaf Cemetery.
On November 18, 1915, the Vanceburg Sun carried the following notice paid for by Harvey Hilterbrand: “A
reward is offered for the arrest of Pace Kennedy, who is charged with the murder of Raymond D.
Hilterbrant. Kennedy is about 40; short, heavy build; weighs about 140-150 lbs.; carried his right shoulder
higher than the left shoulder; heavy walker and carried the right side a little forward as he walks;
wrinkled face with deep heavy jaws, and generally wears a heavy frown. (By Harve Hilterbrand, Alburn,
Ky.)”
In September 1915, John Irwin who had been charged with complicity in the murder of Raymond
Hilterbrand, was discharged.
Less than a year later, the widow, young Vira Lorena Hilterbrand, age 19, married Taylor Penrod, age 23,
in May 1916. Both gave their address as Alburn, Ky.
Carl Hiltibrand killed in France
In 1918, editor Bill Grote published a weekly page of letters from soldiers serving in World War I. One of
the letters was from Archie Hiltibrand, son of Elder Dan and Mrs. Hiltibrand, formerly of this county, but
late of Springfield, Ohio from Somewhere in France on Sept. 24, 1918. The letter reports that Carl
Hiltibrand was killed July 27, 1918, near Chateau Theirry in France.
Among the tombstones of Cedar Leaf Graveyard, near Dunbar Hill, are these stones: Perry Hilterbrand
(1860-1904) and his wife, Ada, 1866-1938. Near them is the stone of his brother, Raymond Hilterbrand, son
of H. and M. E. Hilterbrand, 1887-1915.
This Hilterbrand family is connected to the McCann family through the marriage of Arthur Clive
Hilterbrand and Lena Pearl McCann (daughter of John Hampton McCann and Flora Alice Marshall).
Civil War Vet, Ephraim Moore
Again we are favored by Fannie and Don May, of Cincinnati, for an extensive summary of the Ephraim
Moore family. Ephraim Moore died in Lewis County in 1930 at the age of 85, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Martha Staggs, with whom he had made his home for several years. His obituary describes him as
one of Lewis County’s most respected citizens. He was a member of the Christian Church, serving as an
elder and a minister for many years and was known by all as “Uncle Eph”.
His date of birth was May 3, 1845 and he joined the Civil War on the Union side with Co. C, 54th Mounted
Infantry, and was discharged in 1865 at Louisville. Elder C. A. VanWinkle of the Christian Church was in
charge of his funeral. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery at Vanceburg. His brother, Thomas Moore,
served in the same unit with him.
Miss Ruth May has copied the family records from the old family Bible, now in the possession of Wade
May. The relevant records are:
Ephraim Wilson Moore, born May 3, 1844, Lewis Co.
Lucinda Harris Moore, wife of Ephraim Moore, born March 11, 1844 in Johnson Co., Ky.
Their children were (all born in Lewis Co.):
1. David Kelson Moore, born July 5, 1867
2. Sarah Margaret Moore, born January 22, 1869
3. Nancy Elen Moore, born January 20, 1872
4. Neva Francis Moore, born August 16, 1874
5. Squire Harry Moore, born August 29, 1877
6. Ruben Wood Moore, born August 24, 1879
7. Marthy Jane Moore, born June 11, 1882
8. Erretta Isaiah Moore, born July 12, 1886
Deaths in the Moore family:
1. Ruben Wood Moore was killed by a saw log Dec. 26, 1901
2. Lucinda Moore, wife of E. W. Moore, was born in Johnson County, Ky., Mar. 11, 1844 and died June 27,
1919
3. David Moore died May 2, 1926
4. Ephraim Wilson Moore died July 23, 1930
5. Harry Moore died Nov. 10th, 1930
6. Ella Brooks died Feb. 4, 1933
7. Neva Cadwallader died March 9, 1950
8. Sarah Margaret Brooking died Jan. 11, 1955
9. Martha Staggs died Sept. 20, 1977
10. Eretta Isaiah Fetters died 1966.
Marriages of the Moore family:
1. David Kelson Moore married Laura Swearingen
2. Nancy Elen (Ella) Moore married Jerry Brooks
3. Neva Frances Moore married George William Cadwallader
4. Sarah Margaret (Maggie) Moore married Mr. Brooking
5. Marthy Jane Moore married Cecil Staggs.
6. Erretta Isaiah Moore married George “Tinker” Fetters
The children of George William Cadwallader and Neva Frances Moore Cadwallader were:
1. Bruce Thomas Cadwallader married Annie Fetters, had 2 children.
2. Ella Ines Cadwallader never married
3. Daisy Lee Cadwallader married Ross Caleb May, had 8 children
4. Clarence Orbin Cadwallader married Ethel Osborne, had 2 children.
5. Omar Harry Cadwallader married Nellie Mefford, divorced, no children.
6. Gladys Ann Cadwallader, died of typhoid fever while a young teenager.
7. Marie Cadwallader, died while a baby.
Bruce and Annie had two children, Joe and Juanita; Daisy and Ross had eight children: Leta Myrlee,
Louis Wade, Don William who married Fannie Conley, Doris Wanda, Ruth Elaine, Roscoe Dale, Lena
Louise, and Julius Ray; Clarence and Ethel had two children, Troy Adrain and Albert Calvin.
Young Reuben Moore crushed by log
In December 1901, the Vanceburg Sun carried the following sad story:
“In memoriam: On Dec. 26, 1901, Reuben W. Moore, son of Eld. E. W. and Lucinda Moore, residents of
Fink’s Branch of Salt Lick, died suddenly. Mr. Moore had contracted to haul some saw logs for his
brother, from a steep hillside on the right hand of the fork of the branch above John Swearingen’s
residence. In company with Roey Horsley he had taken a team of cattle to where the logs lay and began
to drive down the hill with a large oak log attached to the team; he thought he saw danger to one of his
cattle by it being caught between the descending log and a tree. He immediately ran up the hill to hurry
the ox out of the way, and slipping on a pole, fell between the log and the tree himself and was crushed
to death. He left a young wife, the daughter of Mr. Harry Fetters, whom he had married on Mar. 10, 1901.
He was born Aug. 26, 1879 and was 22 years and 4 months old. He joined the Christian Church about ten
years ago, but the congregation having disbanded he contemplated moving his membership to Quick’s
Run.”
By William M. Talley
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Hilterbrand family
The Hilterbrand family, known for its many different spellings (e. g., Helterbrand, Hilterbrandt,
Hilderbrant, etc.), settled in western Lewis County some time in the 1790s. The name is of German origin
and was probably originally spelled Hilterbrandt.
Mr. Clyde Mowery (poet2@adelphia.net) has sent us some material on this family which we are using to
write this story. Part of the material has been taken from a posting by Kim S. Hiltibrand (khiltibr@cheerful.
com) Hildebrand Hiltibrand Lineage website.
On his posting Kim begins with Philip Hildebrand Sr. who was living in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
tax records in 1768 as a freeman (meaning that he was a male over 21 and unmarried). There are
indications in the tax records that he was married by 1769. He had married Elizabeth, whose last name
may have been Lear. No marriage record for Philip and Elizabeth has been found in Pennsylvania, but
they may have been married in Maryland since Cumberland County was on the border with Maryland.
Philip remained on the tax list until 1771, when that part of Cumberland County became a part of Bedford
County, Pennsylvania.
Peter Hildebrand appears on the 1768 tax record and may have been a brother of Philip.
Philip Hildebrand was living in Rostaver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the early
1780s with his wife Elizabeth and a family of about 8-10 children. In 1782 and 1783 he had two daughters
baptized in the German Reformed Church.
The 1790 census of Pennsylvania shows Philip Hildebrand with a wife, 5 sons, and 5 daughters. By 1796
this Hildebrand family had migrated to Lewis County, Kentucky. A Lewis County Circuit Court record (File
1278) contains a deposition that says Philip Hildebrand and one son David had taken a lease from
Thomas Forman in March 1796 and had cleared 40 acres on the road from Wilson’s Bottom to the East
Fork of Cabin Creek. The interview was taken in 1828 and says that David was about 57 (born about
1771). At that time David was living in Clinton County, Ohio, on the East Fork of the Little Miami. The land
in question was very nearly opposite the Three Islands.
Kentucky tax records of 1800 show that Philip Hildebrand Sr., Philip Hildebrand Jr., David Hildebrand,
Solomon Hildebrand, and John Hildebrand paid taxes in Mason County, but they were most likely living in
what later became Lewis County in 1806. In 1807 all of the Hildebrand family, except John, moved to Ohio,
apparently to obtain land.
Lewis County records show that John Hildebrand married Betsy Blue (Bilyeu) on June 23, 1808. Both
were of age.
Eventually, Philip Sr., Philip Jr., and Daniel (another son) were in Adams County, Ohio, and Solomon
Hildebrand settled in Pike County, Ohio.
Lewis County records show that John Hildebrand married Betsy Blue (Bilyeu) on June 23, 1808. Both
were of age. John was born in 1779 in Pennsylvania. This was Betsy’s second marriage and she may have
had three children with her at that time. In 1811, their first son, Abraham Hildebrand, was born and John
and Betsy had 4 or 5 more sons and 1 or 2 daughters between 1811 and 1821. Two of these children were
Daniel (born 1816) and Harvey (born 1820).
John Hildebrand went to Adams County, Ohio, in 1820 shortly after the birth of Harvey and lived near
Peebles, Ohio. It is presumed that Betsy may have died during Harvey’s birth. In this same vicinity of
Ohio was living Andrew Featherkile with his wife Nancy, and their children. Some time between 1830 and
1832, Andrew Keatherkile passed away. On Oct. 15, 1832, John Hildebrand and Nancy Featherkile
married. By 1837, John and Nancy Hildebrand moved their large combined family back to Lewis County
where they both remained until their deaths.
Abraham Hildebrand married Eliza Jane Featherkile, his step-sister (daughter of Nancy and Andrew
above) on December 21, 1839 in Lewis County. Abraham and Eliza Jane lived all their years in a cabin
near the head of Sycamore Creek near Concord. The children of this couple were: Sarah (born1840)
married Stephen Hicks; John (1841-1861) died in Civil War in Garrard Co., Ky.); Elizabeth (born 1845, died
young); George (born 1847); William (born 1849); Harvey (born July 28, 1853); Perry (born 1861) married
Adelaide Kerr; and Daniel (born 1869- died at Lajunta, Colorado, in 1934). Eliza Jane died about 1881.
Abraham Hildebrand married secondly Catharine Sutton in 1884 and died in 1886. There were no children
by the second marriage. The widow, Adelaide Kerr Hilterbrand, age 40, married Samuel Cox, age 50, in
April 1907 according to the Vanceburg Sun of that date.
Harvey Hildebrand Sr. married Mary Eliza Kerr, daughter of John L. Kerr and Martha Davis on May 8, 1886.
Their children were: Raymond, born March 4, 1887; Arthur, born April 4, 1893; and Wilma, born October 1,
1900.
Violent death of Raymond Hilterbrand
An old Vanceburg newspaper in 1914 says that Raymond Hilterbrand, age 25, and Vira L. Kennedy, age 17,
were married at Alburn. (Alburn is used interchangeably with Erwin and Irwin, a railroad stop between
Concord and Trinity.) This marriage was destined to end tragically.
The Vanceburg Sun, of Sept. 23, 1915, gives the following startling story:
“Raymond Hilterbrand Shot and Fatally Wounded near Irwin Station.
“A horrible affair occurred at the home of young Raymond Hilterbrand, who lives on the hill just above
Irwin Station, Friday evening. About dusk, John Irwin, who had been to Maysville, came to Hilterbrand’s
house with a bottle of whiskey and a short time later Pace Kennedy, Hilterbrand’s father-in-law, joined
them, and they all imbibed of the bottle and got to quarreling. Mrs. Hilterbrand started several times to
go after Harve Hilterbrand, her husband’s father, but each time was restrained by different members of
the party. It seems they had all gone to bed and the quarrel was renewed and Hilterbrand ordered
Kennedy and Irwin away from his house, and finally struck Kennedy and knocked him out the door. Mrs.
Hilterbrand then ran out the back way after her father-in-law and while she was in the back yard heard a
shot and she says Kennedy came around the house to here and she asked him if her father had killed
her husband and Irwin answered, “No, he only shot to scare him.” She then went around the house and
saw her father in the road and asked him the same question and he answered, “Yes, I have killed him
and I am going to kill myself.” He then left and has not been seen since. When she found her husband,
he was lying in the yard and was unconscious. His jaw was broke, his skull crushed as though he had
been beaten with a club, and he had been shot just under the eye, the ball ranging upward. At last report
he had never regained consciousness and there was no hope for him.
“Irwin was arrested and landed in Jail here [Vanceburg]. His examining trial will be held today, Thursday.
“Old John Barleycorn, who was the direct cause of the shooting, is still at large looking for fresh victims.”
Soon thereafter the young Hilterbrand (about 27 years old) died from the effects of his wounds, and was
buried in Cedar Leaf Cemetery.
On November 18, 1915, the Vanceburg Sun carried the following notice paid for by Harvey Hilterbrand: “A
reward is offered for the arrest of Pace Kennedy, who is charged with the murder of Raymond D.
Hilterbrant. Kennedy is about 40; short, heavy build; weighs about 140-150 lbs.; carried his right shoulder
higher than the left shoulder; heavy walker and carried the right side a little forward as he walks;
wrinkled face with deep heavy jaws, and generally wears a heavy frown. (By Harve Hilterbrand, Alburn,
Ky.)”
In September 1915, John Irwin who had been charged with complicity in the murder of Raymond
Hilterbrand, was discharged.
Less than a year later, the widow, young Vira Lorena Hilterbrand, age 19, married Taylor Penrod, age 23,
in May 1916. Both gave their address as Alburn, Ky.
Carl Hiltibrand killed in France
In 1918, editor Bill Grote published a weekly page of letters from soldiers serving in World War I. One of
the letters was from Archie Hiltibrand, son of Elder Dan and Mrs. Hiltibrand, formerly of this county, but
late of Springfield, Ohio from Somewhere in France on Sept. 24, 1918. The letter reports that Carl
Hiltibrand was killed July 27, 1918, near Chateau Theirry in France.
Among the tombstones of Cedar Leaf Graveyard, near Dunbar Hill, are these stones: Perry Hilterbrand
(1860-1904) and his wife, Ada, 1866-1938. Near them is the stone of his brother, Raymond Hilterbrand, son
of H. and M. E. Hilterbrand, 1887-1915.
This Hilterbrand family is connected to the McCann family through the marriage of Arthur Clive
Hilterbrand and Lena Pearl McCann (daughter of John Hampton McCann and Flora Alice Marshall).
Civil War Vet, Ephraim Moore
Again we are favored by Fannie and Don May, of Cincinnati, for an extensive summary of the Ephraim
Moore family. Ephraim Moore died in Lewis County in 1930 at the age of 85, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Martha Staggs, with whom he had made his home for several years. His obituary describes him as
one of Lewis County’s most respected citizens. He was a member of the Christian Church, serving as an
elder and a minister for many years and was known by all as “Uncle Eph”.
His date of birth was May 3, 1845 and he joined the Civil War on the Union side with Co. C, 54th Mounted
Infantry, and was discharged in 1865 at Louisville. Elder C. A. VanWinkle of the Christian Church was in
charge of his funeral. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery at Vanceburg. His brother, Thomas Moore,
served in the same unit with him.
Miss Ruth May has copied the family records from the old family Bible, now in the possession of Wade
May. The relevant records are:
Ephraim Wilson Moore, born May 3, 1844, Lewis Co.
Lucinda Harris Moore, wife of Ephraim Moore, born March 11, 1844 in Johnson Co., Ky.
Their children were (all born in Lewis Co.):
1. David Kelson Moore, born July 5, 1867
2. Sarah Margaret Moore, born January 22, 1869
3. Nancy Elen Moore, born January 20, 1872
4. Neva Francis Moore, born August 16, 1874
5. Squire Harry Moore, born August 29, 1877
6. Ruben Wood Moore, born August 24, 1879
7. Marthy Jane Moore, born June 11, 1882
8. Erretta Isaiah Moore, born July 12, 1886
Deaths in the Moore family:
1. Ruben Wood Moore was killed by a saw log Dec. 26, 1901
2. Lucinda Moore, wife of E. W. Moore, was born in Johnson County, Ky., Mar. 11, 1844 and died June 27,
1919
3. David Moore died May 2, 1926
4. Ephraim Wilson Moore died July 23, 1930
5. Harry Moore died Nov. 10th, 1930
6. Ella Brooks died Feb. 4, 1933
7. Neva Cadwallader died March 9, 1950
8. Sarah Margaret Brooking died Jan. 11, 1955
9. Martha Staggs died Sept. 20, 1977
10. Eretta Isaiah Fetters died 1966.
Marriages of the Moore family:
1. David Kelson Moore married Laura Swearingen
2. Nancy Elen (Ella) Moore married Jerry Brooks
3. Neva Frances Moore married George William Cadwallader
4. Sarah Margaret (Maggie) Moore married Mr. Brooking
5. Marthy Jane Moore married Cecil Staggs.
6. Erretta Isaiah Moore married George “Tinker” Fetters
The children of George William Cadwallader and Neva Frances Moore Cadwallader were:
1. Bruce Thomas Cadwallader married Annie Fetters, had 2 children.
2. Ella Ines Cadwallader never married
3. Daisy Lee Cadwallader married Ross Caleb May, had 8 children
4. Clarence Orbin Cadwallader married Ethel Osborne, had 2 children.
5. Omar Harry Cadwallader married Nellie Mefford, divorced, no children.
6. Gladys Ann Cadwallader, died of typhoid fever while a young teenager.
7. Marie Cadwallader, died while a baby.
Bruce and Annie had two children, Joe and Juanita; Daisy and Ross had eight children: Leta Myrlee,
Louis Wade, Don William who married Fannie Conley, Doris Wanda, Ruth Elaine, Roscoe Dale, Lena
Louise, and Julius Ray; Clarence and Ethel had two children, Troy Adrain and Albert Calvin.
Young Reuben Moore crushed by log
In December 1901, the Vanceburg Sun carried the following sad story:
“In memoriam: On Dec. 26, 1901, Reuben W. Moore, son of Eld. E. W. and Lucinda Moore, residents of
Fink’s Branch of Salt Lick, died suddenly. Mr. Moore had contracted to haul some saw logs for his
brother, from a steep hillside on the right hand of the fork of the branch above John Swearingen’s
residence. In company with Roey Horsley he had taken a team of cattle to where the logs lay and began
to drive down the hill with a large oak log attached to the team; he thought he saw danger to one of his
cattle by it being caught between the descending log and a tree. He immediately ran up the hill to hurry
the ox out of the way, and slipping on a pole, fell between the log and the tree himself and was crushed
to death. He left a young wife, the daughter of Mr. Harry Fetters, whom he had married on Mar. 10, 1901.
He was born Aug. 26, 1879 and was 22 years and 4 months old. He joined the Christian Church about ten
years ago, but the congregation having disbanded he contemplated moving his membership to Quick’s
Run.”