<2) Jessie Stokes
(2) Agatha Shook (1939)
(6) John Leonard Moore (20 November 1833-1872) does not appear to have been married. He was a Lieutenant in the Union Army, and lost a leg in the Civil War. He was cared for by his brother, Marin, who lived in Richmond, Virginia during the war. After the war, John Leonard settled in Clay County, Illinois, where his sister, Maria, (Mrs. McCauley) lived and where he remained until shortly before his death. He died in Lenoir, North Carolina in 1872, at the age of 39.
(7) Eliza Barbara Moore (7 September 1835-5 June 1911) married Richard Hamilton "Ham" Donnelly (23 September 1830-28 June 1898) on 23 December 1852 in Johnson County, Tennessee. Ham was the son of Richard Donnelly and grandson of Robert Donnelly, who was born in Ireland in 1760. Eliza and Ham lived on a sizeable farm north of Mountain City, Tennessee.
Nine of the ten children of Eliza and Ham are listed below, with the year of birth/death, name of spouse(s), year of marriage, and the number and names of children, if known:
| Gustavus M. Donnelly | (1853-1862) | |
| Roderick Nelson Donnelly | (1855-1936) | Jane Rebecca Keyes (1881)(3 ch) |
| William Alexander Donnelly | (1882-1930) | Ora Payne (1906)(2 ch) |
| Edgar W. "Cy" Donnelly | (1884-1945) | |
| Hamilton Keyes Donnelly | (1886-1954) | Virginia Wechter (2 ch) |
| George Stanley Donnelly | (1888- ?) | |
| William R. Donnelly | (c. 1857-1881) | |
| Mariah Frances Donnelly | (1861-1910) | Jerry Miller Wilson (1883)(8 ch) |
| Nellie Lee Wilson | (1885-1920) | |
| Edgar Theadore Wilson | (1886-1896) | |
| Julia Blanche Wilson | (1887-1968) | |
| Hamilton Donnelly Wilson | (1890-1935) | Myrtle Warden (1920(2 ch) |
| Elizabeth Emaline Wilson | (1892-1966) | Russell Henry Wagner (1910)(8 ch) |
| Anna Rachel Wilson | (1894-1980) | George Preston Graybeal (1920)(3ch) |
| John Hobart Wilson | (1896-1960) | Iva Mae Gentry (1926) |
| Lucie Jennigns Wilson | (1899-1988) | John Edgar Adams (1922)(2 ch) |
| Mary Emeline Donnelly | (1865-1943) | Thomas Albert Wills (1884)(1 ch) |
| Eliza May Wills | (1885-1921) | James K. Walsh (1904)(9 ch) |
| Rachel Alice Donnelly | (1868-1951) | Newton I. Curt (1905)(2 ch) |
| Donnelly M. Curt | (1906-1939) | Mary Harris (0 ch) |
| Edward L. Curt | (1909-1935) | |
| Margaret Loretta Donnelly | (1871-1959) | Charles Harrison Hawkins (1892)(8ch) |
| Thomas H. Hawkins | (1893- ?) | |
| Susan R. Hawkins | (1895- ?) | William Boyd |
| Samuel Scott Hawkins | (1897-1928) | |
| Frank F. Hawkins | (1900-1968) | |
| Roderick D. Hawkins | (1902-1965) | |
| Clarence C. Hawkins | (1905-1954) | |
| Harry Welch Hawkins | (1909-1979) | |
| Lelia "Ruth" Hawkins | (1912-1968) | Edward "Walter" Taylor (1942)(2 ch) |
| Edward Leonidas Donnelly | (1874-1954) | |
| Charles Harrison Donnelly | (1877-1967) | Ella Baretta Burkett (1898)(5 ch) |
| Dora Rachel Donnelly | (1901- ?) | Oron Lee Thomas (1921)(4 ch) |
| George Martin Donnelly | (1903-1969) | Jewell Brown (1836)(2 ch) |
| Ruth Nell Donnelly | (1907- ?) | Jode Ellis Allen (1934)(2 ch) |
| Edward Clinton Donnelly | (1912-1912) |
(8) Martin Van Buren Moore (12 April 1837- ?) was married twice, first to Sallie E. Council (d 22 February 1888) in 1864 at Camden, South Carolina. He was born at Lenoir, North Carolina. He lived in Richmond, Virginia for some time. He then moved to a small town in western North Carolina, Valkle Crucis, near Boone, and became a merchant. It was here that he met and married Sallie. To this union were born eleven children. Martin served as a Captain in the Confederate Army.
After the war, Martin was a merchant in Lenoir, North Carolina, and later he became a Post Office Inspector, travelling through the southern states and as far west as the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountains.
Upon the death of Sallie, Martin married a second time to Elizabeth Plowman. He lived at Auburn, Alabama, overseeing a farm. It was there that he died.
The children of Martin and Sallie are listed below, with the year of birth/death, name of spouse(s), year of marriage, and the number and names of children, if known:
| George Edgar Moore | (1865- ?) | |
| Eugene Dick Moore | (1867- ?) | |
| John Kennedy Moore | (1869- ?) | |
| Mary Emma Moore | (1871- ?) | |
| Maria Louise Moore | (1873- ?) | |
| Lauriston Greene Moore | (1875- ?) | |
| Julia Hill Moore | (1877- ?) | |
| Isaac Lenoir Moore | (1879- ?) | |
| Margaret Ballard Moore | (1881- ?) | |
| Martin Van Buren Moore | (c. 1890- ?) | |
| Maurice Moore |
(9) Mariah L. Moore (1840- ?) married J.I. "Zed" McCauley in 1856. This family moved to Clay County, Illinois. There were seven children born to this union, which are listed below, with the year of birth/death, names of spouse(s), year of marriage, and the number and names of children, if known:
| Arthur H. McCauley | (c. 1857- ?) | Nannie J. Ragereel (1878)(3 ch) |
| Bernard McCauley | (c. 1879- ?) | |
| Maria Ann McCauley | (c. 1881- ?) | |
| Mary Florence McCauley | (c. 1884- ?) | |
| Sarah L. McCauley | (c. 1859- ?) | John L. Baird (1878)(1 ch) |
| John McCauley Baird | (c. 1880- ?) | |
| Martha Mina McCauley | c. 1861- ?) | |
| Maria Julia "Peach" McCauley | (c. 1864- ?) | |
| John Greene McCauley | (c. 1866- ?) | |
| Maria Eliza McCauley | (c. 1867- ?) | |
| Louis Watson McCauley | (c. 1869- ?) |
(10) Columbia Moore (1842-1858). No further information is available.
(11) Rachel "Alice" Moore (9 April 1844-1903) was married twice, first to John Lewis Kiser (1833-1863) on 10 October 1858. To this marriage were born two children, but only one lived to maturity.
Upon the passing of John in 1863, Alice remarried William Kendrick Donnelly (14 January 1827-1921) on 31 August 1865 in Johnson County, Tennessee. William K. descended from Robert Donnelly who was born in Ireland in 1760. William was a school teacher, a farmer, had a sawmill, and at one time operated the Central Hotel in Mountain City, Tennessee. He also served as a State Representative.
To her second marriage Alice and William had six sons and four girls, who are listed below, along with the children of her first marriage to John Lewis Kiser. They are listed with the year of birth/death, name of spouse(s), year of marriage, and the number and names of children, if known:
| Charles W. Kiser | (1859-1869) | |
| Mary Valeria "Leila" Kiser | (1862-1940) | Samuel Dixon G. Butler (1881)(8 ch) |
| Georgeanna Butler | (1883- 1944) | Henry Necessary (1915)(1 ch) |
| Robert Gwynn Butler | (1884-1958) | Gertrude Ann Hawkins (1909)(3 ch) |
| Elsie Butler | (1887-1970) | Elbert Ralph Murphy (1907)(4 ch) |
| James R. Butler, MD | (1888-1946) | Ann Pearl McChesney (1920)(3 ch) |
| John Eugene Butler | (1891- ?) | Bessie Viola Butler |
| Keyes S. Butler | (1892- 1939) | |
| Julia Alice Butler | (1895- ?) | Lynn Toney (1 ch) |
| Walter D. "Boad" Butler | (1896-1956) | Freddie McQueen (2 ch) |
| Sallie Donnelly | (1866- ?) | William M. Matney (1883)(2 ch) |
| Argus Matney | (1884- ?) | |
| Annie Matney | (1886- ?) | Reed Norris |
| Richard Eugene Donnelly | (1868-1929) | Caroline "Carrie" Wagner (1898)(2 ch) |
| Janice Donnelly | (1899- ?) | Robert Cox |
| Pauline Donnelly | (1900-1955) | Roy F. Machamer (1920)(2 ch) |
| Elizabeth Martin Donnelly | (1870- ?) | The family historian before her death |
| John K. Donnelly, MD | (1872-1897) | |
| Hugh A. Donnelly | (1875-1944) | Rebeckah E. Viall (2 ch) |
| Lois Donnelly | (c. 1904- ?) | Harry Goodman (1 ch) |
| Alice Moore Donnelly | (c. 1906- ?) | (1) Stuart McPherson (2) Dr. Edwin Hughes Mock |
| Julia R.S. Donnelly | (1877- ?) | James H. Murphy (2 ch) |
| Nellie Murphy | (c. 1896- ?) | Elwyn B. Bass (1914)(1 ch) |
| Mary Elizabeth Murphy | (c. 1899- ?) | James W. McCanless (1925)(1 ch) |
| William D. Donnelly | (1879-1927) | Georgia Long (1899)(6 ch) |
| Robert Donnelly | (c. 1900- ?) | Died young |
| Juanita "Nita" Donnelly | (1902-1970) | W. Edward Butler (1920)(0 ch) |
| Wallace Donnelly | (c. 1902- ?) | Died young |
| Kathleen Donnelly | (c. 1904- ?) | John Theodore Exum (3 ch) |
| William Kendrick Donnelly | (c. 1906- ?) | |
| Evelyn Donnelly | (c. 1910- ?) | Ernest Long |
| Virginia Donnelly | (1882- ?) | J. Shaler Gilley (1908)(2 ch) |
| Ruth Gilley | (c. 1910- ?) | Dr. Fritz Smith |
| Carol Gilley | (c. 1912- ?) | Charles Thompson (2 ch) |
| Doran H. Donnelly | (1885-1956) | Della Atkins (1915)(1 ch) |
| Richard Carter Donnelly | (1916- L) | Frances Martin (1936)(3 ch) |
| Clarence C. Donnelly | (1887-1952) | Nancy Ross Jackson (1917)(1 ch) |
| Nancy R. Donnelly | (1921- L) | Robert E. Coon (1943) |
(12) Pleasant G. Moore (6 November 1847- ?) was married twice, first to Mary Elizabeth Forney, and second, to Myra McDowell. We have no information on the dates or places of these marriages, although we understand that the first marriage ended in divorce. Pleasant was a Lieutenant in the Confederate Army.
There was one child born to his first marriage and seven children born to his second marriage, which are listed below, with the estimated year of birth. We have no further information on these children, although we do know that most of them resided in North Carolina:
| Anne Moore | (c. 1883- ?) | |
| Walter Moore | (c. 1885- ?) | |
| Donald Moore | (c. 1887- ?) | |
| Gordan Moore | (c. 1889- ?) | |
| Brian Moore, MD | (c. 1890- ?) | |
| Bessie Moore | ||
| Johnsie Moore | ||
| Nell Moore |
(13) Sarah Luckey Moore (1850- ?) died young.
(14) Mary S. Moore (1852-c. 1950) married W.H. "Nathan" Gwynne in Lenoir, North Carolina. Nathan was a farmer, operated cotton and woolen mills, and became a merchant in Lenoir. Mary was one of four grandchildren of Leonard and Barbara Shoun who were living in the 1930's.
To this union were born six children, but three of them died unnamed. The three are listed below:
| Rufus M. Gwynne | (1878- ?) | |
| Mary Louie Gwynne | (1888- ?) | |
| Hunt Gwynne | (1890- ?) |
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