My grandmother, Ida, was born to James Noah and Emma Mary Vieregge Young. Her father died March 23, 1903 in Killeen when she was six months old. Her mother then married Ida's father's brother, Ealon Young, in 1904, and they moved to Travis, Henderson and McLennan counties during the 6 years before her mother died when Ida was 8 years old. Her stepfather remarried about a year later, and her family again lived in Bell County where she attended the Iduma community school near Maxdale. When she was 11, she and her older sister, Lona, went to live with Tom, Thomas J. McBryde, and Fannie, Mary Francis Grey, McBryde (whom they called Uncle Tom and Aunt Fannie) in Maxdale. She lived with them until she and Ross Moore eloped Aug 10, 1919. They were married at the Rock Creek Baptist Church at the Lampasas River near Youngsport.
They first lived in Florence, Williamson County, Texas, down the highway from Maxdale. Their first two children were born there - Dorothy Lee Moore in 1920, and Ross Moore, Jr. in 1922. Ross worked as a postman, delivering mail there.
By 1924 when their third child, Gordon, was born they were living at Wills Point in Van Zandt county where Ida's grandparents lived before their deaths in 1912. By 1928, they moved back to Killeen, Texas where their youngest child, Dixie, was born. Ross became a carpenter and later a building contractor, and they lived in Tyler, Smith Co., Texas when their children were in elementary through high school. Dorothy, Ross Jr. and Gordon graduated from Tyler High School. Ross Jr. and Gordon joined the Army Air Corps and were both killed in WW II.
Ida and Ross also raised two of their grandchildren and gave them marvelous childhood memories. They moved to a farm at Belton, Bell Co., Texas in 1955, and Ross died from cancer there in 1957.
Ida was a member of the First Baptist Church in Belton, the Dog Ridge Home Demonstration Club and a member of the American Legion Gold Star Mothers. She loved sewing, crocheting, visiting with her friends, but especially being with her family.
She died at age 91 after suffering from Alzheimers for several years. She was loving, kind and tender and I cherish her memory.
They first lived in Florence, Williamson County, Texas, down the highway from Maxdale. Their first two children were born there - Dorothy Lee Moore in 1920, and Ross Moore, Jr. in 1922. Ross worked as a postman, delivering mail there.
By 1924 when their third child, Gordon, was born they were living at Wills Point in Van Zandt county where Ida's grandparents lived before their deaths in 1912. By 1928, they moved back to Killeen, Texas where their youngest child, Dixie, was born. Ross became a carpenter and later a building contractor, and they lived in Tyler, Smith Co., Texas when their children were in elementary through high school. Dorothy, Ross Jr. and Gordon graduated from Tyler High School. Ross Jr. and Gordon joined the Army Air Corps and were both killed in WW II.
Ida and Ross also raised two of their grandchildren and gave them marvelous childhood memories. They moved to a farm at Belton, Bell Co., Texas in 1955, and Ross died from cancer there in 1957.
Ida was a member of the First Baptist Church in Belton, the Dog Ridge Home Demonstration Club and a member of the American Legion Gold Star Mothers. She loved sewing, crocheting, visiting with her friends, but especially being with her family.
She died at age 91 after suffering from Alzheimers for several years. She was loving, kind and tender and I cherish her memory.
My grandmother, Ida, was born to James Noah and Emma Mary Vieregge Young. Her father died March 23, 1903 in Killeen when she was six months old. Her mother then married Ida's father's brother, Ealon Young, in 1904, and they moved to Travis, Henderson and McLennan counties during the 6 years before her mother died when Ida was 8 years old. Her stepfather remarried about a year later, and her family again lived in Bell County where she attended the Iduma community school near Maxdale. When she was 11, she and her older sister, Lona, went to live with Tom, Thomas J. McBryde, and Fannie, Mary Francis Grey, McBryde (whom they called Uncle Tom and Aunt Fannie) in Maxdale. She lived with them until she and Ross Moore eloped Aug 10, 1919. They were married at the Rock Creek Baptist Church at the Lampasas River near Youngsport.
They first lived in Florence, Williamson County, Texas, down the highway from Maxdale. Their first two children were born there - Dorothy Lee Moore in 1920, and Ross Moore, Jr. in 1922. Ross worked as a postman, delivering mail there.
By 1924 when their third child, Gordon, was born they were living at Wills Point in Van Zandt county where Ida's grandparents lived before their deaths in 1912. By 1928, they moved back to Killeen, Texas where their youngest child, Dixie, was born. Ross became a carpenter and later a building contractor, and they lived in Tyler, Smith Co., Texas when their children were in elementary through high school. Dorothy, Ross Jr. and Gordon graduated from Tyler High School. Ross Jr. and Gordon joined the Army Air Corps and were both killed in WW II.
Ida and Ross also raised two of their grandchildren and gave them marvelous childhood memories. They moved to a farm at Belton, Bell Co., Texas in 1955, and Ross died from cancer there in 1957.
Ida was a member of the First Baptist Church in Belton, the Dog Ridge Home Demonstration Club and a member of the American Legion Gold Star Mothers. She loved sewing, crocheting, visiting with her friends, but especially being with her family.
She died at age 91 after suffering from Alzheimers for several years. She was loving, kind and tender and I cherish her memory.
They first lived in Florence, Williamson County, Texas, down the highway from Maxdale. Their first two children were born there - Dorothy Lee Moore in 1920, and Ross Moore, Jr. in 1922. Ross worked as a postman, delivering mail there.
By 1924 when their third child, Gordon, was born they were living at Wills Point in Van Zandt county where Ida's grandparents lived before their deaths in 1912. By 1928, they moved back to Killeen, Texas where their youngest child, Dixie, was born. Ross became a carpenter and later a building contractor, and they lived in Tyler, Smith Co., Texas when their children were in elementary through high school. Dorothy, Ross Jr. and Gordon graduated from Tyler High School. Ross Jr. and Gordon joined the Army Air Corps and were both killed in WW II.
Ida and Ross also raised two of their grandchildren and gave them marvelous childhood memories. They moved to a farm at Belton, Bell Co., Texas in 1955, and Ross died from cancer there in 1957.
Ida was a member of the First Baptist Church in Belton, the Dog Ridge Home Demonstration Club and a member of the American Legion Gold Star Mothers. She loved sewing, crocheting, visiting with her friends, but especially being with her family.
She died at age 91 after suffering from Alzheimers for several years. She was loving, kind and tender and I cherish her memory.
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