They hung hams in the hollow tree and dug a cellar for the food. They sprinkled dirt over the trap door and when the chickens walked on it no one knew where the entrance was. Once when the "Yanks" came they ate what they wanted and ruined the rest - that is only what they could see that day.Stories from the War of Northern Aggression (also called the War Between the States)
Another time the Moores had a champion horse that they had hidden under the spreading limbs of a big oak tree way down in the woods. However he had been down there for a long time and they were beginning to feel sorry for the horse and went to get him. That very day the "Yanks" came and took the horse. However he hadn't been ridden and was feeling so frisky that he bucked the rider off. The rider was so disgusted that he gave up and said, "Mr. Moore, come get your damn horse!'
There is a story regarding the loss of a limb in the Civil War which may have been mistakenly attributed to Henry Flavious Moore by some. One way it is told is that Ann Whitfield's father, John Wesley Whitfield, had lost a leg and had returned home. He was sitting in the living room the day "the Yanks" came and Ann Whitfield was just a toddler. A soldier's sword scabbard knocked her over and her father flew out of his chair in defense. There couldn't have been much of a scramble. The problem with this story is that Ann Whitfield was born in 1809 and could not have been a toddler. In fact she had grown children by the 1860's. Perhaps they were living someplace during the War of 1812 where the British invaded and it was British rather Yankee soldiers that did the deed.
To shed perhaps a little light on the reason Henry Flavious Moore had only one hand: According to family legend at the age of 15 he was working in a mill (grinding grain) and the belt that ran the grinders would sometimes pop off the pulleys. He had seen the men get in rhythm and grab the belt and pop it back on. He tried it and the belt mangled his arm. Of course it withered and he held it up against his body. However it is told that he could tie a bale of hay, etc as good as any man with two good arms. As a matter of fact he built the house he lived in with that one arm.
Stories about Henry Flavious Moore (1847 - 1924) and his children.
George Irby Moore (1897 - 1998) A remarkable man. He had his leg almost severed by a thresher pulled by a mule. He was three when it happened but due to his father's one good hand that held on the leg, Irby went on to walk on it for 97 years. He always said that it bothered him when the weather was to change.
Emma Louise Moore - One of the interesting things re: Emma is that she was the 9th child of a 9th child, born on the 9th day of the 9th month in the year 1900. She lived to be 90 and, by coincidence was buried on the 9th day of the following month.
Adelaide Hester Moore - Comment from niece of Adelaide Hester Moore (1889 - 1947), "I remember Aunt Addie very well and thought she was the most beautiful lady I ever saw." And about her cousin (Addie's daughter) Fannie Foy Carden, "I knew Fannie when she was at Watts Hospital in Durham, NC. She was in her nursing career at the time."
The children of Henry Flavious Moore as adults laughed at reunions at Stem about several old stories from their childhood. One was about a rabbit going under the church and one of the twins, Marvin Flavious Moore (1887 - 1956) or Melvin Henry Moore (1887 - 1974), sticking his head through a foundation hole and the other firing off his gun scaring the wits out of him. Was it the twins that set off explosives that caved in Stoney house?
From Jim Moore [moore_jc@nns.com] --
"My dad [George Irby Moore] spoke of going with his dad [Henry
Flavious Moore] to Durham, to take the tobacco to market. They would
take it on a mule drawn wagon. In those days, the tobacco warehouse owners
had stables, where their customers would keep their team during the day's
auction, and overnight if necessary. The tobacco was auctioned, and if
the farmer didn't like the price bid for it, he could refuse by turning
the paper sales slip stuck on the tobacco over (upside down), which would
hold it over for the next day's auction. Some would refuse in hopes of
a better price the next day, but it could also be lower. This would mean
of course that he would have to get a room for the night. Dad said he doesn't
remember his dad ever refusing the bid price. He figured that the next
day could bring a similar price, and would also incur stayover expense
and lost time." May 2, 2001
George Irby Moore, born March 13, 1898 in NC; died 1998 in Virginia.
He was the son of Henry Flavious Moore and Louetta Adelaide 'Etta' Clark.
December 31, 1927 he married Carita Wade.
From Ruby Hester Moore Aiken (Marvin's daughter.)
The only way she could tell them (her father and his twin) apart when
she was growing up was to look at their
hands, one of them lost part of a finger in their shop. She said as
a child in school she told people she had two daddies. She said she remembers
that if someone said anything about him loosing a finger, he would reply
that he
didn't lose it, he knew exactly where it is.
From Carteret County Herald, Morehead City, N. C., Vol. 29, No. 1 Thursday, Jan 5, 1928, Page four
Moore - Wade
The ceremony was performed at the bride's home which was attractively decorated in the nuptial colors of green and white, in the presence of a number of relatives and friends. Rev. A. P. Stephens, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated, using the beautiful impressive ring ceremony.
Prior to the ceremony Shubert's Serenade was sung by Miss Madie Wade, sister of the bride. She was becomingly gowned in pencil blue crape and wore a lovely corsage of roses. To the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march the bridal party entered the room. Miss Eudora Wade, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and entered the room first. She was dressed in rose crape and carried a huge arm bouquet of roses. The bride entered on the arm of her brother, Mr. Winfield Wade, of Winston-Salem, who gave her in marriage and was met at the alter by the groom and his best man, Mr. John T. Wade, of this city.
The bride was especially lovely in her wedding costume of navy blue crape with tan accessories to match and carried an arm bouquet of brides roses and valley lilies.
Mrs. Moore is the eldest daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Jacob Wade. She received her education at North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro, and Meredith College, Raleigh, and for the past few years has held the responsible position of stenographer and chemists for the State Fisheries Commission with headquarters in this city. She is very prominent in church work and has scores of friends who regret that she will make her future home elsewhere.
Mr. Moore is the son of Mrs. H. F. Moore of Stem, N. C. and was educated at State College, Raleigh. At present he holds a position with State Theatre in Raleigh.
The young couple left immediately after the ceremony for Raleigh where they will make their home.
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From Carteret County Herald, Morehead City, N. C., Vol. 29, No. 1 Thursday, Jan 5, 1928, Page four
Society
EDITED By GERTRUDE J. CAUSEY - Phone 125-J
Misses Eudora Wade and Rosabelle Piner returned to Louisburg College Wednesday.
Miss Madie Wade student at Chowan College, returned Monday after spending the holidays here with her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Jacob Wade.
Mr. And Mrs. James Harker, Mr. And Mrs Ernest Whorton, Miss Madge Harker and Mr. Carlyle Harker of New Bern motored here Saturday to attend the Moore-Wade wedding.
Mrs. Loyd Coffman, of Fayetteville, arrived here Saturday to attend the Moore-Wade wedding.
Mr. Winfield Wade of Winston-Salem, left Monday after attending the Moore-Wade wedding on Saturday.
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From Carteret County Herald, Morehead City, N. C., Vol. 29, No. 1 Thursday, Jan 5, 1928, Page 1
Bride-Elect Louses Trousseau On Eve of Her Wedding
A most peculiar puzzle happened at the home of Mr. Jacob Wade, on Fisher street, last Thursday night, when the trousseau of Miss Carita Wade, who was to be married on Saturday, was lost or hidden. At first some said it was a joke (a very raw one indeed), but the officers termed it as a robbery and proceeded to make several arrests. They searched all day Friday and Friday night together with the family, but no trace of the articles could be found. A pair of hose and a dress was found in the barn in the rear of the Wade home, but not until about noon Saturday was the other part of the trousseau found. This was found crammed in a traveling bag in the home of Miss Wade.
An overcoat belonging to a negro, who, it is said, was found tied to a post in an alley, and who had been robbed of $5, was found in the barn also. It was also stated that the negro was tied with a rope coming from Mr. Wade's barn.
This is quiet a mystery and it is thought that the same parties are responsible for both the tieing of the negro and also the stealing of Miss Wade's trousseau.
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