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Polly DeMoss Harmon (ca 1795-ca 1840)

06 Sunday Nov 2022

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A likely candidate for a sibling to William DeMoss is Polly DeMoss Harmon. Marriage records from Fleming County, Kentucky have Polly marrying Thomas Harmon in 1814. The family resided in Fleming County until the early 1830s at which time they migrated to Daviess County, Indiana. This is the same time period that William DeMoss’s family also relocated out of Kentucky. Polly is believed to have died sometime between 1839 when her daughter Fannie was born and 1843 when Thomas married Rachel Baker Gibson. A line by line search of the 1840 US Census did not find an entry for Thomas Harmon which would have provided some insight for a more exact date of death for Polly.

Old Union Church and Cemetery, Reeve Township, Daviess County, Indiana. Several members of this family are buried here.

Polly and Thomas had at least seven children during their time together. It’s possible that there were a few more as there is a large gap between William (b. 1819) and Matilda (b. 1829). According to the 1830 Census, there could be two daughters born in the 1820s that have not been accounted for. The children that have been documented are:

  • Elizabeth (1814-) m. Alexander Moren/Moran/Morin
  • Hannah (1816-1902) m. Jacob Hedrick
  • William (1819-1884) m. Indiana Alford
  • Matilda (1829-1860) m. Lewis Isham
  • Rebecca (1831-1859) m. William Edwards
  • David (1836-1870) m. Lavina Hedrick
  • Fannie (1839-1920) m. William Edwards

Thomas remarried in 1843 to Rachel Baker Gibson and added three more children to the family, Lavina, Robert and Lucinda. In 1860, Thomas is living with William’s family in St. Clair County, Missouri. The younger children are not living with them and Rachel cannot be located.

Royal Ellis Moran (1884-1966)

04 Friday Nov 2022

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With the 2022 World Series wrapping up this weekend, I thought it would be appropriate to pay homage to a distant cousin who actually played in the Major Leagues.

Royal Ellis Moran was born September 17, 1884 in Vincennes, Indiana1 to James P Moran2 and Lenora Deem. Roy, also known as “Deedle”, began his baseball career with Vincennes in the Kitty League prior to 1907. His official professional baseball career as an outfielder started at Peoria, Illinois in 1907 before moving to the Jacksonville club in Iowa. In 1908, and for a large portion of his 12 year career, he played for the Atlanta Crackers of the Class A Southern Association. He had one stint in the Major Leagues in September 1912 playing 7 games for the Washington Senators. In 22 plate appearances, he had 2 hits, 8 walks, 4 strikeouts and 3 stolen bases. He scored 1 run.1

In his private life, Roy was married twice. His first marriage was to Vera Young on September 24, 1907 in Lawrenceville, Illinois3. Vera was a young local actress and the elopement was a surprise to most everyone. The marriage was short lived, however, as Vera filed for divorce in Knox County Court the following February4 citing that she had not yet been sixteen at the time of the nuptials and that he was cruel and inhumane. The divorce was granted in April 19085.

Following the 1910 baseball season, Roy married Betty Woodward in Atlanta, Georgia on October 296. Together they had one daughter, Muriel, who was born in 19157. Roy supported his family as a salesman for a variety of businesses through the years7-10. Roy died in Atlanta on July 18, 196611. He was 81 years old.

Roy’s lineage can be traced back to Polly DeMoss and Thomas Harmon who were originally from Fleming County, Kentucky. Polly is believed to be a sibling of my 4th great-grandfather William DeMoss.

References

  1. Baseball Reference website – Roy Moran Statistics
  2. 1900 US Census, Johnson Township, Knox County, Indiana, ED 46, Sheet 2B, HH 33.
  3. Western Sun, Vincennes, Indiana, volume 104, issue 3, 27 September 1907, page 4.
  4. Vincennes Commercial, Vincennes, Indiana, volume 23, issue 264, 18 February 1908, page 4.
  5. Vincennes Commercial, Vincennes, Indiana, volume 24, issue 54, 21 April 1908, page 1.
  6. Georgia, US, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828-1978, book Q, 1909-1910, Ancestry.com.
  7. 1920 US Census, Atlanta City Ward 4, Fulton County, Georgia, ED 83, Sheet 1B, HH 10/19.
  8. 1930 US Census, Atlanta District 121, Fulton County, Georgia, ED 61-121, Sheet 8B, HH 170.
  9. 1940 US Census, Atlanta Ward 5, Fulton County, Georgia, ED 160-216, Sheet 8A, HH 176.
  10. 1950 US Census, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, ED 160-433, Sheet 9, HH 95.
  11. Georgia, US, Death Index, 1919-1998, Ancestry.