| Mary Lavada Gore daughter of Phelps Lee Gore |
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| Mary Lavada Gore was born, December, 1869 in Missouri. The youngest child born of Phelps Lee and Susan Robinson in Missouri by 1870, according to the Missouri Census. Mary Lavada Gore had three older sibblings in 1870. They were Issac Jack Gore, her eldest brother, and two sisters named Martha A. Gore, and Sarah S. Gore, all born in Tennessee before her parents relocated to Missouri. Several more sibbling's were born after 1870, younger brother's and sister's of Mary Lavada Gore were; Samuel Gore, 1873 Ida Gore, 1875 Leona Gore, 1878 Joseph H. 1880 _________________________________________________________________________ |
| Mary Lavada Gore brief History |
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| Mary Lavada Gore had ties with earlier family members of the Smith county areas of Tennessee. Her father Phelps Lee Gore, and his brother Charles Claiborne Gore both married sisters. Phelps Lee Gore married Susan Robinson, and Charles C. Gore married Elizabeth Robinson. Mary Lavada Gore married William Jefferson Driver of the Smith and Macon county area's of Tennessee. Her and William J. Driver had three sons. Edward, Earnest, and Everett. Mary Lavada Gore stood 4ft. 6" tall. Two daughters were born before her marriage to William J. Driver. The daughters were Clara and Della. One son was born after a second marriage. Mary Lavada Gore and R. L. Morris married in 1912, and a son named Ray Morris, who died as a young child was born unto her and R.L. Morris. Mary Lavada Gore died as Mary L. Morris on August 5th, 1951 at San Antonio, Texas. Her burial was in the Rockport, cemetery, at Rockport, Texas, county of Aransas. |
| Copyright, 2001, Leathers Collection, Janice Leathers |