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Benjamin C. Moore

Benjamin C. Moore was the last child of Abraham and Mary Moore. He was born in 1827 and died about 1890. He served as a private in Captain Steele's army regiment during the Civil War. He was married twice. His first wife was named Mary Agnes Evans. Benjamin and Mary had 7 children, listed as follows:

1. Mary E.V. Moore --born 1848--married John J. Gray--born 1843
2. Evander B. Moore--born 1849
3. Susannah Moore-- born 1850
4. Ester Moore--born 1852
5. Ella Moore--born 1855
6. Matilda Moore--born 1857
7. William J. Moore--born 1859

Sometime between the 1860 census and the 1870 census, Mary Agnes and all of the children she had with Benjamin had disappeared and Benjamin was listed in the 1870 census as having been remarried to a woman named Hannah Sophronia Gray. Known as Sophronia by the family she was born in 1848 and was a daughter of Alexander Gray and Perline Huckiby. Alexander was an immigrant from Ireland. Benjamin and Sophronia had 8 children, listed as follows:

1. Aginorah V. Moore--born 1866
2. Robert A. E. Moore--born 1868
3. John H. Milton Moore--born 1870
4. Benjamin A. Moore--born 1873
5. Alice Caroline Moore--born 1875
6. Ansa J. Moore--born 1877
7. John P. R. Moore--born 1879
8. Ellias Theodore Moore--born May 1889--died August 23, 1963--married Johnnie Mae Cubbage

Benjamin had inherited the home tract of the family plantation from his father Abraham. As recorded in the Kingstree courthouse on May 12, 1877 Benjamin and Sophronia sold the home tract to Benjamin's nephew W. Watson Moore for $75. After the death of Benjamin, Sophronia married a man named Joseph B. Jeffords. She died in Clarendon County, South Carolina on August 2, 1924. Joseph and Sophronia are listed in the 1900 census for South Carolina as living in Anderson Township in Williamsburg County. Benjamin and Sophronia's last child, Ellias, is listed as a "boarder" with them.

Ellias T. Moore was the last child of Benjamin Moore and Sophronia Gray. He worked as an ice deliveryman in Manning, South Carolina. He was married to Johnnie Mae Cubbage and they had 2 children as listed:

1. Benjamin Alfred Moore--born January 5, 1910--died July 23, 1962--married Katie Irene Braxton
2. Ernest D. Moore--born 1913--died April 23, 1942

Ellias Moore died in Manning, SC on August 23, 1963. His wife, Johnnie Mae was born in 1890 and died December 23, 1952. Both are buried in Manning Cemetery. Benjamin's wife Katie Braxton died on August 23, 1980. All these members are buried in Manning Cemetery!

*Note how the number 23 seems to be very unlucky for this generation!

Benjamin Alfred Moore married Katie Irene Braxton. They had the following children as listed

1. John Alfred Moore--born 1939--married Joyce Hyde
2. Ada Mae Moore-- born 1942--married William C. Parker, Sr (died 1993)--married Larry Green (1994)
3. David Eugene Moore--born 1944--died 1998--married Nancy Aull
4. Daniel Lloyd Moore--born 1946--married Annie Knotts
5. Sara Elizabeth Moore--born 1948--married (1st) Jimmy Hall--married (2)Jimmy King
6. Carrie Agnes Moore--born 1953--married(1)Garris Clifton Varner (2)Michael Domagalski (3)Doug Pugh
7. Elias Tom Moore--born 1954--married Deborah Hardee (divorced)
8. Halloween Moore--born 1955--married James Harry Cales
9. Katie Jean Moore--born 1958

Ada Mae Moore is the great-great granddaughter of Abraham and Mary Moore. She was born on September 21, 1942. She first married William C. Parker , Sr and they had the following children:

1. Betty Ann Parker--born 1960--died at birth
2. William C. Parker, Jr--born November 4, 1962
3. Charlie Mack Parker--born September 2, 1965-married Karen Janette Byrd
4. Benjamin Cleve Parker--born September 27, 1966--married Vanessa Maxine Cook
5. Connie Marie Parker--born November 12, 1969--married Christopher Malone Francis

William, Sr was born March 31, 1933 and died in June 1993 and Ada married Larry M. Green. Ben and Vanessa have 2 children named Ben, Jr and Daphne. William Parker, Jr has been researching the Moore Family history for a good 15 years.