Rebecca Cook was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio in 1817 and was the daughter of Martin Cook & Elizabeth (Firebaugh). She married James U. Moore on 07 Sep 1836 in Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio and in 1847 they removed with their children to Collinsville, Illinois where James worked with his brother Joseph manufacturing cowbells.

Sometime before 1860 James and Rebecca parted ways although she is listed as a widow in the 1881 St. Louis City directory. She appears to have lived with her son Joseph and was residing with him at Mound Street in St. Louis at the time of her death on 18 Nov 1891. She was buried on 22 Nov in public lot #24-1193, the tulips above marking her unmarked grave.

Burial permit indicates Rebecca was 73 years old, born in Ohio and had died at 811 Mound Street. Cause of death listed as "Disability - (Senile)."

Joseph E. Moore was born in Illinois, most probably Collinsville on 03 Aug 1853 and was the youngest child of James and Rebecca. He was residing in his sister Amanda Henze's household in 1880 along with his mother and was at that time listed as a stewart on a boat.

According to hand-written notes of T.A. Moore Joseph died 12 Mar 1886 at 3:30 p.m. @ 811 Mound Street, St. Louis and was buried in Bellefontaine on Wednesday the 17th, St. Patrick's Day -Grave 811, Lot 24. Services were held from the residence of his sister, Mrs. Henry Henze. (Death Notice)

Joseph's burial certificate indicates he died at 811 Mound Street. At the time of his death he was a Riverman (watchman), married, age 32 years, 7 months, and 7 days. He had been born in Illinois and a resident of St. Louis since 1856. Cause of death "Consumption."

Prior to the "War of the Rebellion" Tom, his younger brother Joseph and his mother were residing in St. Louis where Tom worked selling ice to help support his mother who had apparently separated from his father who went south to Texas. Tom enlisted in the 33rd MO Infantry and on the 4th of July 1863 was shot in the head and left for dead at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas. He eventually returned to his beloved Clarissa whom he had married in 1862 and they raised a large family in St. Louis. Tom passed away quietly, in Glendale, Missouri finally relieved of the life-long pain he endured from his wound and was reuinted with his beloved Clarissa who had preceded him to the other side. (Obituary)

Bellefontaine burial information indicates he was born in Ohio, and died in Glendale, Missouri at the age of 76 years, 7 months and 17 days. He was buried in PL#28-797, in the same general area as his daughter Mabel (Moore) Jones.

Bellefontaine burial information notes that Clarissa was buried on Thrusday, the 10th of April at 2 O'clock in PL#22-1744.

Emily Ellen, the first child of Tom and Clara was buried on the 20 Sep 1864 and was listed as 12 days old. At the time of her death the family was residing on 10th Street & North Market in St. Louis. Cause of death is listed as "Congestion of the Brain."

Minnie, who also died in infancy was Tom and Clara's second child. Her cemetery certificate indicates she died on 29 Aug 1866 and that she was two years and eight months old. At the time of her death, the family was living at St. Charles Rock Road. Cause of death is listed as "Erysippicles." (Receipts of their burial are on file)

Their grave is unmarked and in the lower left of the photo. Family notes and certificates of burial from Bellefontaine indicate the girls were both buried on the grave of William Brunaugh who was buried in P.L. #14-46. William had been born in Kentucky and was living on Montgomery Street in St. Louis when he died on 14 Mar 1860 at the age of 26. His relation to the Moore family is not known.

Mabel was born in St. Louis, Missouri on 19 Jun 1877 and was thirteen years old at the time her mother passed away. She attended secretarial school and at one time worked for the Aetna Life Insurance Company as a stenographer. She married Samuel E. Jones in St. Louis on 19 Dec 1901 and spent a week at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York. She and Samuel were the parents of "Denise" and Elliott Jones and lived first in Kirkwood and then Webster Groves. Mabel is to be credited with preserving the family history and donating many items to the Missouri Historical Society including the Kennerly Diary pertaining to the early fur trade.

Mabel died 25 Apr 1963. She was a member of Fortnightly club of Kirkwood, Group 9, Webster Groves Garden Club and Women's Society for Christian Services; and the First Methodist Church of Webster Groves. (Obituary)

Burial receipt for Mabel indicates she was 85 years, 10 months, and 6 days. She died in Kirkwood and was buried in PL #28-511 in block No. 179.

Buried in public lot #28-559, age 75 years, 0 months, 22 days.

"Mamie" as she was known to her family and friends, was born on 07 Sep 1880 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was ten years old when her mother passed away and as the years passed, stayed home to take care of her Papa. Although in love with a young man who would become a well-known attorney, Mamie did not marry until her father passed away in 1915. Without a higher education of any kind as her other sisters had had, Mamie was unable to provide for herself and too old to receive her father's pension.

She married Clarence Lane in 1916 and they had a son Clarence Moore Lane in 1918, but the marriage did not last and Mamie would spend the rest of her life working to support herself and her son. Her only grandchild, Mary Jeanette "Jeanne" Lane was her namesake and greatest joy. She spent many hours with Jeanne her telling her the stories of her Mama and Papa and had a great influence over the woman she would become. In 1965, after Jeanne had moved to Phoenix and become a mother of two, Granny Mae passed away in St. Louis on the 6th of July. She remained in Jeanne's heart and thoughts always and will forever be remembered for the gentle soul she was.

In about 1938, Beulah - who was then widowed, went to go live with her sister Mabel who had been widowed in 1934. The two women resided in Webster Groves outside of St. Louis where they spent the remaining days of their lives and where their sister Mae Lane would often visit with her granddaughter, Jeanne.

Beulah died at the age of sixty-two years, ten months and twenty-three days and was laid to rest in Public Lot #30-grave 213 under the name of Mary Cecelia Vosburgh. It is yet unknown why she changed her name from Beulah, but her death notice includes both names.

Note: For more on the two names of Beulah/Cecelia, see "The Vosburgh Investigation: Beulah Abrams (Moore) Vosburgh, Known in Death as Mary Cecelia Vosburgh" a blog by P. Davidson-Peters