Mattie Moore and Annie Lee Goodall
Mattie ( she might have been born a Martha, but I've never seen her named
anything else) Moore was the daughter of John C. Moore and Frances Ellen
Goodall Moore. F.E. Goodall Moore was a daughter of Harrison Aiken Goodall
of Tucker's Crossroads in Wilson County, and a younger sister to George Van
Buren Goodall, Annie Lee Goodall's (on the right) father. John Moore was one
of Capt. George C. Moore's three brothers, born and raised in Smith County.
Mattie Moore married W. S. Marks and their only daughter, Frances Marks Stanley, was my
father's double second cousin being a great niece of both his paternal Moore and maternal
Goodall grandparents. Annie Lee Goodall married Gordon Clark Moore, only son of Capt.
George C. Moore, on October 9, 1909. (See picture below) Frances grew up with my father
and his siblings and as an only child and near neighbor, she was more like a sister than cousin.
John C. Moore [21 Dec 1837 -- 20 Jun 1908], his wife Frances Ellen Goodall Moore
[23 Jun 1851 -- 19 Jan 1923], their daughter Mattie Moore Marks [1879 --1944], her
husband W. S. Marks [2 Jul 1844 --1 Sep 1910] (See photo of him below he was older
than Mattie's mother!), and their only child, Frances Marks Stanley [1908 - 1971] are all
buried with my Moore relations in the Neal Moore Cemetery east of New Middleton.
Frances' husband Charles Stanley passed away only this last year. (2002)
Note: I've often thought about my grandmother, born 1883 in Mt. Juliet, TN. She grew up
with the horse and buggy (She said that when my grandfather came calling he always had
the best horse and carriage - kinda like the guy with the hottest car) and she raised her
children without electricity. Yet by the time she died at age 96 she had lived to see four
wars, radios, television and movies invented and come into common used, planes
transformed to jets, and men walking on the moon. Here she is - Annie Lee Goodall -
on the right about 1900, with her first cousin, Mattie Moore of Smith County.
She ended up marrying Mattie's first cousin - Gordon Moore of Smith County. (Karen)
W.S. Marks and Unknown Bobo
W.S. Marks is on the left. The gentleman on the right is a Bobo.. This is all I know about
this photo. I've searched without luck to find W. S. Mark's family. I you know any information
about the W. S Marks family or can ID the Unknown Bobo please contact me at the address above!
Gordon and Annie Lee Goodall Moore Family
These are the five children of Gordon and Annie Lee Goodall Moore. Flanking their parents on the front
row are the twins, Mary Kathryn Moore Holt and Fred Gordon Moore - though he was always called 'Ted'.
They were born in 1915 in Louisville where the Moores lived briefly before returning to Smith County.
Back row left is my dad, Dr. James Lee Moore, b. 1925. Nancy Shan Moore Turner was the eldest, b. 1910.
Next to Nancy on the right is Robert Goodall Moore, b. 1912.
This photo was taken at Gordon and Annie Lee Moore's Golden Anniversary Celebration in 1959.
They lived to celebrate 60 years together. He passed in 1969, she in 1979. As of Oct 2003 only
two members of this family are still living My father Dr. James Lee Moore retired to Florida from
many years of practicing medicine in McMinnville, Tn. and Mary Kathryn Moore Holt who is now 88
and still playing bridge in Lynchburg, her home for more than 60 years. Until just two years ago she
fed 30-40 relatives at her home each Thanksgiving. We finally got her to hang up her apron.
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