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Kittie Elmes <I>Young</I> Moore Edwards

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Kittie Elmes Young Moore Edwards

Birth
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
18 May 1937 (aged 82)
Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Stonewood, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.2453461, Longitude: -80.3052597
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Kittie, also known as Kitty and Kate, married Husband Richard Avery Moore, January 21, 1873, at Medina, Ohio, and they divorced February 22, 1911, in Clinton County Michigan. The couple in the late 1890s to the time of the divorce had run the Merle Beach Resort near Truman Lake in Michigan.
Kittie married Thomas Coleman Edwards May 24, 1928, at Clarksburg, West Virginia.
Kittie was for many years associated with the Ladies of the Modern Maccabees, serving as the State Deputy for Michigan and later for West Virginia, where she moved even before her divorce.
Kittie and Richard had two children: Bertelle Raymond Moore (1873-1927) and Myrtelle May Moore Canavan (1879-1953, who was a well-known medical pathologist. Canavan was Curator of the Warner Anatomical Museum at Harvard for many years and taught at the Boston University School of Medicine in addition to various pathologist positions. Canavan Disease, a rare neurological disorder, was named after her.
Kittie, also known as Kitty and Kate, married Husband Richard Avery Moore, January 21, 1873, at Medina, Ohio, and they divorced February 22, 1911, in Clinton County Michigan. The couple in the late 1890s to the time of the divorce had run the Merle Beach Resort near Truman Lake in Michigan.
Kittie married Thomas Coleman Edwards May 24, 1928, at Clarksburg, West Virginia.
Kittie was for many years associated with the Ladies of the Modern Maccabees, serving as the State Deputy for Michigan and later for West Virginia, where she moved even before her divorce.
Kittie and Richard had two children: Bertelle Raymond Moore (1873-1927) and Myrtelle May Moore Canavan (1879-1953, who was a well-known medical pathologist. Canavan was Curator of the Warner Anatomical Museum at Harvard for many years and taught at the Boston University School of Medicine in addition to various pathologist positions. Canavan Disease, a rare neurological disorder, was named after her.

Gravesite Details

Name was in a 1989 tombstone reading record in which they added records from the burial record book for the cemetery. Not sure if there was a tombstone there then, but now missing or an unknown



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