In my May 9,
2016 Blog “Crashed Through One of My Brick Wall” I indicated that my
Grandfather’s sister Elizabeth Agnes Moore had never married.
Thanks to my
cousin Jill, I was told that Elizabeth, or Bessie as was known, was
married. After finding that out I
researched on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org and found several documents to
confirm the information. I also
remembered Jill’s father, John Cosgrove telling me he had a cousin with the
name Lemuel. That cousin was the child
of Bessie and her husband Lemuel A. Holley.
I find
Bessie with her family, father Tristram and mother, Jennie in the 1900 census.
Then in the 1910 census she is with just her mother, brother, John and sister
Annie. I have not found her marriage certificate
but her son, Lemuel Jr. is born June 17, 1915 and the Savannah city directory
of 1916 has her living with her husband Lemuel at Price St.
In the 1920
census they are living in Atlanta, Georgia with their 4-year-old son Lemuel
Jr. It indicates Bessie’s husband Lemuel
is a commercial traveler (I think that means salesman) for a cigar company. In
the 1930 census they have moved again to Shreveport, Louisiana, probably
because of his continued employment with the Cigar company. I cannot find
either Bessie or her husband in the 1940 census. My cousin also thought she met Bessie Moore
Holley and that would have to be late 1940’s or early 1950’s. I will keep searching for their death
certificates.
