John M. Owens (1843-1908)

Sarah Sayres Foster (1846-1934)

Nellie Laura Owens (1884-1969)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Burton James "Burt" Moyers Nellie Laura Owens 2 3 Born: August 25, 1884, Louisa County, Iowa 3 4 5 6 Marriage: Burton James "Burt" Moyers on February 10, 1904 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa 1 Died: April 3, 1969, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa at age 84 3 4 5 Buried: Wapello Cemetery, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa 7   Noted events in her life were: • Alt. Spelling/AKA. Laura is perhaps "Lura" - though this is more likely a misspelling in her obituary. • Census, 1910, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. 8 Yellow Spring Township: Nellie Moyers, wife, female, white, age 26, married 5 years, 0 children born, 0 still living, born in Iowa, father born in Ohio, mother born in New Jersey, spoke English, could read and write English. • Census, 1930, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa. 9 Line Number: 19; Name: Nellie Moyers; Relation: Wife-H; Sex: Female; Color or Race: White; Age at Last Birthday: 45; Marital Condition: Married; Age at First Marriage: 19; School or College Since September 1, 1929: No; Could Read and Write: Yes; Where Born: Iowa; Where Father Was Born: Ohio; Where Mother Was Born: New Jersey; State or M. T. Code: 65; Whether Able to Speak English: Yes; Trade, Profession: None • Obituary, April 1969. 6 Nellie Lura [sic: apparently Laura] Moyers (abridged obituary) Nellie was born August 25, 1884, in Louisa county, the daughter of John and Sarah Foster Owens. She married B. J. Moyers February 10, 1904. Died in 1969. Survived by one brother, Clyde Owens, of Clearfield. • Social Security Administration Information. 5 Nellie Moyers; born: 25 August 1884; died: April 1969; last residence: 52653 (Wapello, Louisa, Iowa); state where issued: Iowa Nellie married Burton James "Burt" Moyers, son of George Washington Earl Moyers and Rebecca Ellen Pence, on February 10, 1904 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa.1 (Burton James "Burt" Moyers was born on February 4, 1883 in Peabody, Marion County, Kansas,1 died on August 6, 1961 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa 1 and was buried in the Wapello Cemetery, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa 10.) The cause of his death was a heart attack.   Noted events in their marriage were: • Officiant: Reverend Cooper. 11 • Residence, 1912, Des Moines County, Iowa. 12 • Residence, March 1926, Elrick Junction, Louisa County, Iowa. 13 • Residence, October 1948, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. 14 • Residence, July 24, 1956, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. 15 • Residence, January 1958, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. 16

1 James Burton Moyers' obituary (originally published in a Louisa County, Iowa, newspaper circa August 7/ 8, 1961). Courtesy of Marjorie Kimble.

2 Email, snail mail, scanned photographs, telephone interviews and conversations, etc., with Marjorie Naomi (Walker) Kimble, a descendant of Charles and Eleanor Walker of Ireland/Pennsylvania.

3 Information from a web page or gedcom file in the World Connect Project at Rootsweb.com. (File: cbeck17, The Family of William Owens, Born in County Cork, Ireland; Connie Knox Beck, Lenox, Iowa, Connie Knox Beck) URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=cbeck17. See: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/

4 Louisa County, Iowa, cemetery records at Rootsweb. entire county records for all cemeteries inclusive through the year 1997; URL: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/IA/Louisa/

5 Information from the Social Security death index online.

6 Nellie Laura (Owens) Moyers' obituary (originally published in an unknown Southeast Iowa newspaper, April 1959). Courtesy of Marjorie Kimble.

7 Louisa County, Iowa, cemetery records at Rootsweb. Name: Nellie L. Moyers; Sex: F; Born: 1884; Died or Buried: 1969; Age: 85; Buried: Wapello (township = Wapello); County/State: Louisa, IA; Military Service: none; Book: LCC ©1990 - page W-78 ; Notes: 1884-1969; wife of Bert J. Moyers.

8 The 1910 United States federal census. Des Moines County, Iowa; Yellow Spring Township, taken 4/25/1910, Sutro Library, San Francisco, California, microfilm roll #400. The thirteenth enumeration of the U.S. government

9 The 1930 United States federal census. Louisa County, Iowa; Morning Sun Town, Morning Sun Township; Sutro Library Microfilm #2128, Roll 666; Enumeration Date: April 3, 1930 (Hazel Griffin); Supervisor's District Number: 15; Enumeration District Number: 58-15; Sheet Number: 6A; Page Number: 77 3951. The fifteenth enumeration of the U.S. government

10 Louisa County, Iowa, cemetery records at Rootsweb. Name: Bert J. Moyers; Sex: M; Born: 1883; Died or Buried: 1961; Age: 78; Buried: Wapello (township = Wapello); County/State: Louisa, IA; Military Service: none; Book: LCC ©1990 - page W-78 ; Notes: 1883-1961; husband of Nellie L.

11 The wedding anniversary "program" printed for Samuel Nelson and Lucinda Hopkins (Deen) Moyers 60th wedding anniversary (originally printed in 1906 for the anniversary). Courtesy of Kathy (Poggemiller) Begey.

12 Arthur Springer, Louisa County History - Louisa County, Iowa (published in 1912 by S. J. Clark Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois), page 110. The biography of Samuel Nathaniel Walker. Biographies condensed from the book, many provided online at URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eialcgs/lbios.htm; Additionally this book is on microfilm at the Sutro Library, San Francisco, California.

13 George Washington Earl Moyers' obituary (originally published in a Southeast Iowa newspaper, March, 1926). Courtesy of Marjorie Kimble.

14 Cora Ellen (Moyers) Hamilton's obituary (originally published in a Southeast Iowa newspaper, October 1948; probably The Morning Sun News-Herald or The Wapello Republican; either/both papers are in Louisa County, Iowa). Courtesy of Marjorie Kimble.

15 The newspaper account of Samuel Nathaniel Walker's 87th (and last) birthday party in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa (originally published in The Morning Sun News-Herald, July 24, 1956; Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa). Courtesy of Marjorie (Walker) Kimble.

16 Mary Lucinda (Moyers) Dotson's obituary (originally published in an unknown Southeast Iowa newspaper, January, 1958, probably The Morning Sun News-Herald; Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa, or else The Wapello Republican, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa). Courtesy of Marjorie Kimble.