Lucy Frances Moses was the daughter of Jefferson Davis and Elizabeth Halferty Moses. Her father served in the Confederacy during the Civil War and died shortly after a work accident in a saw mill in 1870. The family was living in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the time. Lucy was only 6 years old. Her mother lived until 1892, when she died in Nebraska.
Lucy grew up to marry Oliver Perry Runnels on April 20, 1880 in Atlantic, Iowa, They had 5 children: Charlie T, Edith P, Ethel E, Orville M and Lily M who died in infancy at 2 months old.
Lucy and Oliver raised live stock in Iowa and later in Nebraska.
Oliver died between 1908-1911 having lost both of his parents before the age of 2. He was taken in and raised by the Sims family in Illinois, and then later they moved to Iowa where he met Lucy.
At this time, the exact date and place of death of Lucy's husband Oliver is unknown.
Lucy grew up to marry Oliver Perry Runnels on April 20, 1880 in Atlantic, Iowa, They had 5 children: Charlie T, Edith P, Ethel E, Orville M and Lily M who died in infancy at 2 months old.
Lucy and Oliver raised live stock in Iowa and later in Nebraska.
Oliver died between 1908-1911 having lost both of his parents before the age of 2. He was taken in and raised by the Sims family in Illinois, and then later they moved to Iowa where he met Lucy.
At this time, the exact date and place of death of Lucy's husband Oliver is unknown.
Lucy Frances Moses was the daughter of Jefferson Davis and Elizabeth Halferty Moses. Her father served in the Confederacy during the Civil War and died shortly after a work accident in a saw mill in 1870. The family was living in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the time. Lucy was only 6 years old. Her mother lived until 1892, when she died in Nebraska.
Lucy grew up to marry Oliver Perry Runnels on April 20, 1880 in Atlantic, Iowa, They had 5 children: Charlie T, Edith P, Ethel E, Orville M and Lily M who died in infancy at 2 months old.
Lucy and Oliver raised live stock in Iowa and later in Nebraska.
Oliver died between 1908-1911 having lost both of his parents before the age of 2. He was taken in and raised by the Sims family in Illinois, and then later they moved to Iowa where he met Lucy.
At this time, the exact date and place of death of Lucy's husband Oliver is unknown.
Lucy grew up to marry Oliver Perry Runnels on April 20, 1880 in Atlantic, Iowa, They had 5 children: Charlie T, Edith P, Ethel E, Orville M and Lily M who died in infancy at 2 months old.
Lucy and Oliver raised live stock in Iowa and later in Nebraska.
Oliver died between 1908-1911 having lost both of his parents before the age of 2. He was taken in and raised by the Sims family in Illinois, and then later they moved to Iowa where he met Lucy.
At this time, the exact date and place of death of Lucy's husband Oliver is unknown.
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