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Family: Joseph DeMossie Moore / Margaret Emma Dotson (F6961)

m. 1904


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  • Joseph DeMossie MooreFather | Male
    Joseph DeMossie Moore

    Born  3 Oct 1882  Colt, St. Francis County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Aug 1963  Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  1904  [1, 2]   
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    Margaret Emma DotsonMother | Female
    Margaret Emma Dotson

    Born  21 Oct 1882  Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 Jul 1976  Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Thomas Lorendo Dotson | F6843 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah Ann Tennessee Caldwell | F6843 Group Sheet 

    Hugh Mathis MooreChild 1 | Male
    Hugh Mathis Moore

    Born  26 May 1919  Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  2 Dec 1942  Papua, New Guinea Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

  • Sources 
    1. [S964] Caldwell, Sarah Ann Tennessee, ltr #96-366.
      Sandy is the great granddaughter of Sarah Ann Tennessee Caldwell.

    2. [S2927] Find a Grave, 1 October 2014; Joseph DeMossie Moore.
      Joseph DeMossie Moore
      Birth: Oct. 3, 1882
      Colt
      St. Francis County
      Arkansas, USA
      Death: Aug. 9, 1963
      Lawton
      Comanche County
      Oklahoma, USA
      He was known to his family as "Daddy Joe". His father died when he was 6 and his mother died when he was 11. He ran away from his step father a few months later. No family would take him in so he worked as a water boy and farm hand on a lumber plantation owned by the Lanier Family. The cook, a former slave, taught him to read by using the Bible. He worked as a farm hand until 1905. In '04 he married the county sweetheart, Maggie Emma Dotson. In Oaklahoma he was able to help build a small town known as Frederick. He was able to purchase his own farm after a few years and leased many others. He became King of Cotton in 1917. The same year he drilled for Oil in Burkbernet then opened a grociery store. in 1919 he opened The Consumer Oil Company. in '20 he opened the first two gas stations and a hardware. He purchased a 5 bedroom home with a servant quarters in 1919. He even owned a new '27 Lincoln Limo. In 1924 he opened the Bank of Commerce in Fredrick and Lawton. Then the crash of '29 took it all. He lost everything and had to mortgage his hime. He returned to farming, an occupation he remained in until his death in 1963. His wife died in 1976. Together they had 12 children. Three of them died under the age of two and one son, Mathis Moore was killed in the battle of Buna in the Phillipiens in 1942. He was a dedicated church of Christ member until his death. His life was right out of a Holliwood movie of rags to riches. He died on the opperating table while in surgery. He had prostrate cancer. 
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       Spouse:
        Maggie E Dotson Moore (1882 - 1976)*
       Children:
        Hugh Mathis Moore (1919 - 1942)*
      Burial:
      Frederick Memorial Cemetery
      Frederick
      Tillman County
      Oklahoma, USA
      Created by: Joseph Edgar Parris
      Record added: Feb 14, 2004
      Find A Grave Memorial# 8386766