Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NamePatrick Henry MOYERS
Birth Date16 Oct 1864
Birth PlaceTennessee
Death Date10 Oct 1918 Age: 53
Death PlaceNashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Burial PlaceNashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, Mount Olivet Cemetery
MotherMartha Jane CAMPBELL (1834-1925)
Spouses
Birth Date20 Jun 1868
Birth PlaceAlabama
Death Date3 Oct 1944 Age: 76
Death PlaceNashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Burial PlaceNashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, Mount Olivet Cemetery
Family ID2707
Marr Date8 Aug 1886
Notes for Patrick Henry MOYERS
Patrick Henry Moyers was born on October 16, 1864 in Tennessee, the son of Patrick Dillard "P D" Moyers (1831-1910) and his wife Martha Jane (Campbell) Moyers (1834-1925).

He was married on August 8, 1886 to Margaret Eleanora "Ella" Lasley (1868-1944), the daughter of William Henry Lasley (1844–1903) and {his 1st wife?} Margaret Anna (Boyd) Lasley (1848–1870).

A blacksmith living at 306 Joyner Avenue, Nashville, he was 54 years old and married when he died at home of a combination of flu and pneumonia on October 10, 1918. Burial was two days later in Mount Olivet Cemetery.


Most of the above is from his Death Certificate, with Mrs C E Anders as the informant.


Known children of Patrick and Ella:
~ Patrick Dillard Moyers (1889–1889) twin
~ (child) Moyers (1889-1889) twin
~ Minnie May Moyers (1890–1970) m Charles E Anders
~ Josephine Ophelia Moyers (ca 1892– ) m Grover White
~ (child) Moyers d by 1900
~ Martha Anna "Annie" Moyers (1895–1951)
~ James Henry Moyers (1898–1902)
~ Nellie Gertrude Moyers (1900–1998) m Thomas C Morton
~ Gracye Cora Bell Moyers (1902–1903)
~ John Bunyan Moyers (5 Apr 1904– )
~ Ruth Torrey Moyers (11 Nov 1906– )
~ William H Moyers (ca 1910– )
[1900 census for Ella = 8 ch; 5 living]
[1910 census for Ella = 12 ch; 7 living]

On Find A Grave.

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Notes for Margaret Eleanora “Ella” (Spouse 1)
Margaret Eleanora "Ella" (Lasley) Moyers was born on June 20, 1868 in Alabama, the daughter of William Henry Lasley (1844–1903) and {his 1st wife?} Margaret Anna (Boyd) Lasley (1848–1870).

She was married on August 8, 1886 to Patrick Henry Moyers (1864–1918), the son of Patrick Dillard "P D" Moyers (1831-1910) and his wife Martha Jane (Campbell) Moyers (1834-1925).

Living at 305 Harrison Street in Nashville, Tennessee, she was 76 years old and a widow when she passed away at home on October 3, 1944. Burial was the next day in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville.


Much of the above is from her Death Certificate, with Mrs G C White of 305 Harrison Street as the informant.


Known children of Ella and Patrick:
~ Patrick Dillard Moyers (1889–1889) twin
~ (child) Moyers (1889-1889) twin
~ Minnie May Moyers (1890–1970) m Charles E Anders
~ Josephine Ophelia Moyers (ca 1892– ) m Grover White
~ (child) Moyers d by 1900
~ Martha Anna "Annie" Moyers (1895–1951)
~ James Henry Moyers (1898–1902)
~ Nellie Gertrude Moyers (1900–1998) m Thomas C Morton
~ Gracye Cora Bell Moyers (1902–1903)
~ John Bunyan Moyers (5 Apr 1904– )
~ Ruth Torrey Moyers (11 Nov 1906– )
~ William H Moyers (ca 1910– )
[1900 census for Ella = 8 ch; 5 living]
[1910 census for Ella = 12 ch; 7 living]

On Find A Grave.

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