She was married in the early part of 1893, possibly April 6th, to George Damon Gould who was the son of Alfred Gould and Mary (Spencer) and was born in Indiana in about 1873. According to his obituary, he died in St. Louis after a short illiness about four months later on the 15th of August, 1893, and was laid to rest at Bellefontaine Cemetery. His widow, only twenty-one years of age, gave birth to their daughter three months later.

Sometime around 1897, Julia was then united in marriage to Robert D. Ross who was born in Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky on 31 Mar 1864, and was the son of James Ross and Lucinda (Austin). Julia, Robert, and her daughter Marie were enumerated in the 1900 census residing in the 22nd Ward of St. Louis. They continued to reside in St. Louis where their son Robert G. Ross was born, and were listed in the 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 census records.

Robert died in St. Louis on 03 May 1956, and according to Julia's obituary, she died on 10 Oct 1957. Both were laid to rest at Sunset Burial Park and Mausoleum in Affton, St. Louis Co., Missouri.

1. Marie Louise Gould - born 15 Nov 1893 in St. Louis, MO; married Joseph Francis Smith, and were the parents of Charles Edward Smith. Marie died in Richmond Heights, St. Louis Co., MO on 10 Apr 1954 and was laid to rest at Sunset Burial Park and Mausoleum - Affton, St. Louis Co., MO. According to his obituary, Joseph died 03 Jul 1937, was a member of Pomegranate Lodge No. 95, A.F. and A.M.

1. Robert G. Ross - born about 1911 in Missouri, and was residing in St. Louis in 1940.

Fearing opposition about their marriage, Tom and Rebecca did not inform her parents of the event, but secured a marriage license and made an appointment with the Reverend Cave to meet him in the parlor of the Non-Sectarian Church at 8 o'clock on the 27th of April, in the year 1895.  At the hour named, Mr. Moore and Miss Tebbetts, and a few of their intimate friends, assembled in the parlor of the church and a few minutes later the bride and groom separated via the Chicago and Alton Railroad for Chicago - the bride went home, made her confession, and received absolution. Her husband returned from his Chicago business trip a few days later.

Tom and Rebecca legally separated on October 17, 1907 and Rebecca was restored her maiden name.  At the time of their divorce, Tom was a head of the Moore Lumber Company in Chicago, Secretary of the Yellow Piner's Association, and a member of the Mercantile Club of St. Louis. From family letters and news clippings, it appears that their separation was not a hostile one, and that Rebecca remained in contact and on good terms with the Moores - often mothering his younger sisters who were motherless.  She later married the Secretary of the Brown's baseball team, Lloyd Rickart.

Tom also remarried. His second wife was Eleanor Chase who was born 26 Apr 1886 in Winnebago Co., Illinois and was the daughter of Ira R. Chase and Frances Estella (Barnes). They united in marriage in Chicago on 02 Feb 1910 and were listed in the census that year residing on 54th Street. The following year they had a son, Thomas Anthony Moore, Jr., and in 1920 they were again listed in Chicago, and in 1930 had moved a short distance away to Highland Park, Lake Co., Illinois. They removed to California where Tom died on 27 Feb 1948 in Los Angeles and his widow on 01 Jul 1950.

Newspaper clippings of the elopement, divorce and re-marriage of Rebecca to Lloyd Rickart are on file and in the care of P. Davidson-Peters.

Ancestors & Descendants of Eleanor M. Chase

PDP's Blog Post: Eleanor M. Chase of Winnebago Co., IL, Documenting a Detour from a Lane to a Chase

1. Thomas Anthony Moore, Jr. - born 29 Oct 1911 in Chicago, Illinois; moved to California where he was enumerated in the 1930 census residing in Alameda County, and in 1940 in Los Angeles County. He died in Los Angeles on 06 Apr 1983.

John was employed with Philibert and Johanning in St. Louis and in 1900 was listed as a car accountant living in St. Louis on Evans Avenue.  In 1910 John was listed as a janitor working for an Express Office. He and Clarissa Amanda were the parents of and James Albert Fenton and Cynthia Lillian as well as Emerson who was born in July 1899, and Ralph - both appear to have died young. (Photo)

1. James Albert Fenton - born 22 Mar 1892 in Missouri; married Addie May Suggs of Tennessee, daughter of James Larkin Suggs and Susan Frances Lawler. He died 18 May 1966.
2. Cynthia Lillian Fenton - born 12 Aug 1894 in St. Louis, Missouri; married in about 1913, Clarence Seymore Suggs, son of James Larkin Suggs and Susan Frances (Lawler) who was born in Tennessee in 1888; Cynthia died in St. Louis on 19 Dec 1927 and was laid to rest at Lake St. Charles Cemetery in Overland, Missouri.
3. Emerson Fenton - born about July 1899 in St. Louis, Missouri and died as an infant sometime after June of 1900.
4. Ralph Fenton - died as a child.

After the death of James, Lydia married Albin or Augustus H. Johnson who was born 17 May 1891 in St. Louis and died on 01 Aug 1953. Lydia died on 18 Apr 1947 and she and James were both buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Misouri. (Photos)

She was the first to donate her Papa's Civil War letters, the Kennerly Journal, and the Barton letters to the Missouri Historical Society; and was in close contact with them for many years while these articles were being transcribed and reviewed by some of St. Louis' noted authors for their historical content.  She died on 25 April 1963 and was buried beside Samuel in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.

1. Elliot VanBergen Jones - born about 1903; married Rugeina Jeanette Belousa of Polant in 1927, and enumerated together in 1940 but later divorced. Elliot lived in the Webster Groves family home until his death at an advanced age.
2. Mabel Grace "Denise" Jones - born 06 Nov 1909 in Glendale, Missouri; married Eugene Malcolm Armstead; died 05 Jun 1983 in Omaha, Nebraska

She had fallen in love with a man her father had deemed unworthy of her attentions and while dating him, helped him study his law books.  Although she did not marry him, she followed his career, saving news clippings of his accomplishments; and despite her father's opinion of him, the man became a very successful lawyer.  At the time of his death, she held the obituary of him in her hand, looked at her granddaughter with tear-filled eyes and said, "Jeanne, this is the man I loved."

The year after the death of her dear Papa, she married Clarence Lane who had been born in Vincennes, Indiana. Having been married prior and father of one son, he and Mamie (as she was known) also had one son whom she named Clarence Moore Lane.  Her husband, however, did not support or provide for her and she was left to care for her son on her own.

In order to support her son, she worked.  One of the jobs she had was in an ammunitions factory in St. Louis, and later she worked at Bellevue City Sanitarium and later on in life, cleaned houses to support herself.  A story of how uninvolved her husband was in their lives, can be summed up in a story retold to her grand- daughter about the time Granny and Clarence were walking down the city sidewalk and she noticed Clarence, Sr. sitting on a bar stool inside a pub.  She pointed him out to her four year old son, and asked if he wouldn't like to go in and introduce himself, which the young boy did.  His father shook his hand, handed him a quarter, and Clarence never saw him again.

Granny Mae Lane was a kind and loving lady who sacrificed, provided for, and looked after not only her son, but her only grandchild, Jeanne.  She showered her with love and rocked her, even when she was too big to be rocked, and re-told to her all the stories of her Mama and Papa that she could think to tell.  She took Jeanne to the opera, the zoo, the ballet, and scrimped and saved to buy Jeanne's graduation dress when she graduated from 8th grade. She gave all of heart, and instilled in her granddaughter the love of our family history that it might be passed down.  She died in St. Louis on the 6th of July in 1965, and though Jeanne had moved away, she of all, grieved the most, the lost of this gentle, loving woman who had given her so much of herself and her past. (Photo)

1. Clarence Moore Lane - born 03 Jun 1918 in St. Louis, Missouri; married Teresina (Laratta) and were the parents of one child, Mary "Jeanette" Lane. Clarence died on 30 Apr 1966 in St. Louis. (Photo)

In 1910 Roy, Beulah, and their son Sheldon are residing with his parents - the census indicating they had been married in about 1907. Roy is listed as a designer in a factory. Family notes indicate he may have gone blind some time before 1920 when his wife is listed as employed and living at the Almshouse Hospital in Lancaster, his daughter Althea in the household of his Aunt Louise Sieber, and his son with his parents. His date of death is not known.

In 1930 both Beulah (again listed as Mary C.) and her daughter Althea were residing with Roy's aunt, Louise Sieber in Port Royal, Juniata Co., PA. Beulah later lived with her sister Mabel in Webster Groves, Missouri. She was known to her niece Jeanne as "Aunt Beu" and as she was bed-ridden Jeanne would play cards with her and loved to braid her waist length hair.

Beulah and Roy were the parents of Sheldon, Winston, and Althea Vosburg, wife of married William Foschetti. According to her obituary, Beulah passed away in on 05 Feb 1950 at the home of her sister in Webster Groves and was laid to rest at Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Note: Beulah's death certificate lists her name as Mary Cecelia indicating she may have legally changed her name; and her death notice on file with Bellefontaine Cemetery lists both names. Her obituary, however, lists her as Beulah.

The Vosburgh Headstone Investigation - A Blog post by P. Davidson-Peters

1. Sheldon Moore Vosburgh - born about 1908 in Pennsylvania; resided in Juniata Co. Pennsylvania where he was listed in the 1910 and 1920 census residing with his grandparents. He later lived in Minnesota, Tyler Texas, and California and is believed to have died in Sherman Oaks in 1878. (Photo)
2. Winston Whitmer Vosburgh - born 23 May 1910 in Pennsylvania and was enumerated in 1920 residing with his grandparents and brother, and in 1930 residing with his widowed grandmother. He was the father of Sandra Vosburgh; resided in Illinois and later Cleveland, Ohio where he died in July of 1985.
3. Althea Claire Vosburgh - born 23 Aug 1913; married William Foschetti and passed away at the age of thirty-six years, eleven months and eight days on 31 Jul 1950. She and William were the parents of one daughter and one son. She was laid to rest at Hershey Cemetery in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

1. John E. Farris - born Oct 1887 in Kansas, he married Marjorie E. (---) in Spokane, Washington in 1922, but had no children. John passed away on 9 November 1960 in Spokane, Washington.
2. Georgia C. Farris - born 23 Aug 1891 in Moscow, Idaho. She married (1) Herbert Neill in 1919 in Spokane, Washington, but they later diivorced in about 1935 or 1936. She married (2) Ralph Green who passed away on 8 March 1965.   She had no children by either marriage and passed away on the 4th of April, 1981 in Spokane, Washington

1. Clyde Smith - born in 1897 and married to Millie Jobes, he passed away in Ashland, Oregon in 1981.  His children are: Charles who was born in Spirit Lake, Idaho and married Roberta Moorehead and are the parents of daughter Kathryn Suzanne who had married Edgar Groves and is the mother of Dale Edward and Russell Todd Groves; and daughter Karen Louise Smith. - Clyde and Millie's son James was born 4 Aug 1925 in Spirit Lake, Idaho and married to Betty Robertson.  They are the parents of Anthony Eugene who married Janet Gallo who are the parents of Taneesha, Tara, and Tian Smith; and Terry Dawn Smith who married Melvin Richard Carner and are the parents of Darin Michael, James Richard, and David Matthew Carner.  James, father of Anthony and Terry, passed away on 28 Oct 1985 in Reno, Nevada. 

1. Joan Moore - born in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, is the wife of Timothy Edward Meng, the son of Lester Lloyd Meng and Cecilia Elizabeth Wiedmer.  Joan and Timothy are the parents of Mark Timothy who was born in Independence, Jackson, MO and is married to Kathleen Eubanks.  Joan and Timothy are also the parents of Michael John, also born in Independence, Jackson, Missouri.  The Meng families currently reside in Jackson Co., Missouri.
2. Virginia Louise Moore - who was born in Rich Hill, Bates, Missouri. 

1. John Fenton Suggs. 
2. Francis Larkin Suggs - born 6 Sep 1917 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; died 26 Sep 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri.
3. Clarissa Bernice Suggs - married George W. Benton and are the parents of Patsy, Janet Howard, Shirley, and Beth Marie Benton.
4. Edith May Suggs - married Paul Dean Holmes, the son of Elmer James Holmes and Daisy Belle Murier.  Edith and Paul are the parents of Paul Dean, Janice Sue, David Willis, and Beth Holmes who married James R. Vanderby and are the parents of Matthew James, Johnathan Paul, Christopher Scott, and Nicholas Allen Vanderby.
5. Thelma Eileen Suggs - married Roman J. Tylka and are the parents of Cynthia, Claudia, Martin, Roman, Lawrence, and Mary Frances Tylka.

Like Clarence, Theresa was fatherless.  Her own father had died when she was only thirteen, and she was living with her mother and helping to support her.  Clarence and Theresa were the parents of one child, Mary Jeanette, whom they named after Clarence's mother.

Although Clarence adored his daughter, whom he named after his mother, and was deeply in love with his wife, he was not much of a family man.  Perhaps having no role model himself, he knew no other way than that which he had grown up in, and would come and go out of the lives of his wife and daughter throughout the eight years they were married.

Intelligent, handsome, and a lover of literature, he passed the love of the poets on to his daughter and showered his wife with poetic phrases, which after a hard day waiting tables to support her daughter, seemed less than romantic.  It is said Theresa once took a book of poetry he was reading to her, and with aching legs and arms from working, yanked it from his lap while he was seated casually, legs propped and relaxed, and tore it to pieces.

Despite his inability to be much of a family man, my mother never grew up without knowing her father's love. He sometimes took her to the fine restaurants of St. Louis where he worked as a chef, or to the elegant homes of his employers; and taught her etiquette and poise, and provided for her an insight into a world she would not have seen otherwise.

Clarence passed away in St. Louis on 30 April 1966.  He had never married again, and at the time of his death, still carried a picture of Theresa in his wallet. (Photo)

Althea and William were married about twelve years and considering adoption when they had their first child, Marsie, now the wife of C. Craig Heister and mother of Kristin, Andrew, and Aaron Heister.  They also had son William Foschetti who resides in Pennsylvania and is unmarried.  

At the age of fourteen she came with her family to Arizona after her step-father answered an ad for AiResearch. They set up house in the city of Phoenix, that lacked "culture of any kind."  It had no museums, operas or ballets, and at that time, did not have so much as a zoo.  It did, however, have some interesting aspects like real cowboys and Indians - Navajo, Hopi, and Pima Indians could be seen selling their wares spread out on the city sidewalks, and despite the extreme heat, were dressed in long velvet gowns, jeans and boots, and most always adorned with their silver buckles and beautiful turquoise squash blossom necklaces and bracelets.

She met and married my father two years later and had three children. My younger sister Darlene, passed away the same day she was born. My mother joined her in 1999 and both are laid to rest in Glendale, Arizona at Resthaven Park Cemetery.

At the time of her passing, my brother, our father and I were with her. In that instant my heart knew an emptiness I'd never felt before - a hollow place where once the love she had bestowed upon me, had once been filled full.  Though the days, months, and years have passed, my heart misses her still - this wonderful woman who was my mother, my editor, the keeper of our family history - and my dearest friend.  May peace and tranquility be forever hers. (Photo)

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