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 1814 - 1898 (84 years)
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| Name |
Elizabeth Moore |
| Born |
31 Jan 1814 |
Fermanagh, Ireland  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
10 Jun 1898 |
Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| Buried |
11 Jun 1898 |
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A. Section 2, Lot 128, marker |
- "Information Located from Crown Hill Cemetery Records, Indianapolis, Marion, IN: Elizabeth Roe interred 11 Jun 1898, Section 2, Lot 128, Grave #5; b. Ireland d. 10 Jun 1898 age 83, Indiana, cause Paralysis; Flanner & Buchanan Funeral Home"
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| Notes |
- After landing in Philadelphia in August 1824, the family of ten traveled some 300 miles west on the "Old Wagon Road," the National Road then still under construction, towards Ohio.
In September 1824, Catherine Guthrie, Thomas Moore's wife and mother of eight children, died in Washington County, PA. We have not found any information about this particular Moore family on the genealogical web sites for Washington County, PA.
The family of nine continued on to Zanesville, OH, an important town on the National Road, and lived in the Zanesville area for 5-6 years. In 1831 Thomas Moore moved to Marion County, IN, also on the National Road, where he bought 160 acres, and added more land later.
The following information was excerpted by Roy Richard Thomas (December 2007) from:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/fone/natlroad.htm
"The National Road, today called U.S. Route 40, was the first highway built entirely with federal funds. The road was authorized by Congress in 1806 during the Jefferson Administration. Construction began in Cumberland, Maryland in 1811. The route closely paralleled the military road opened by George Washington and General Braddock in 1754-55.
By 1818 the road had been completed to the Ohio River at Wheeling, which was then in Virginia. Eventually the road was pushed through central Ohio and Indiana reaching Vandalia, Illinois in the 1830's where construction ceased due to a lack of funds. The National Road opened the Ohio River Valley and the Midwest for settlement and commerce.
The opening of the road saw thousands of travelers heading west over the Allegheny Mountains to settle the rich land of the Ohio River Valley. Small towns along the National Road's path began to grow and prosper with the increase in population. Towns such as Cumberland, Uniontown, Brownsville, Washington and Wheeling evolved into commercial centers of business and industry. Uniontown was the headquarters for three major stagecoach lines which carried passengers over the National Road. Brownsville, on the Monongahela River, was a center for steamboat building and river freight hauling. Many small towns and villages along the road contained taverns, blacksmith shops, and livery stables.
Taverns were probably the most important and numerous business found on the National Road. It is estimated there was about one tavern every mile on the National Road. There were two different classes of taverns on the road. The stagecoach tavern was one type. It was the more expensive accommodation, designed for the affluent traveler. Mount Washington Tavern was a stagecoach tavern. The other class of tavern was the wagon stand, which would have been more affordable for most travelers. A wagon stand would have been similar to a modern "truck stop." All taverns regardless of class offered three basic things; food, drink, and lodging.
During the heyday of the National Road, traffic was heavy throughout the day and into the early evening. Almost every kind of vehicle could be seen on the road. The two most common vehicles were the stagecoach and the Conestoga wagon. Stagecoach travel was designed with speed in mind. Stages would average 60 to 70 miles in one day.
The Conestoga wagon was the "tractor-trailer" of the 19th Century. Conestogas were designed to carry heavy freight both east and west over the Allegheny Mountains. These wagons were brightly painted with red running gears, Prussian blue bodies and white canvas coverings. A Conestoga wagon, pulled by a team of six draft horses, averaged 15 miles a day."
- Census 1850 Center, Marion, IN: Robt Roe, age 36, b. Indiana [sic], farmer, real estate owned $6000; wife Elizabeth age 36, b. Indiana [sic]; 1860 Robert Roe, age 45, b. Ireland [sic], farmer, real estate owned, $20,500; wife Elizabeth, age 46, b. Ireland [sic]; 1880 Washington, Marion, IN Robert Roe, age 65 b. Ireland [sic], farmer, both parents b. England [sic]; wife Elizabeth, age 65 b. Ireland, both parents b. England [sic].
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| Person ID |
I15072 |
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| Last Modified |
12 Jul 2011 |
| Father |
Thomas Moore, b. Abt. 1775, Donegal, Ireland , d. 8 Jan 1838, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA (Age ~ 63 years) |
| Mother |
Catherine Guthrie, b. Abt. 1785, Fermanagh, Ireland , d. Sep 1824, Washington County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (Age ~ 39 years) |
| Married |
Abt. 1805 |
Fermanagh, Ireland |
| Documents |
 | Manifest, 21 Aug 1824, for the ship "James M" which sailed from Londonderry, Ireland to Philadelphia.
Many of this family's names and birth dates were derived from the Manifest, dated 21 Aug 1824, of the ship "James M," which sailed from Londonderry, Ireland to Philadelphia. According to the ages listed for some of the children, the parents claimed (To obtain lower fares?) they were younger than indicated by the exact birth dates found in later sources.
Roy Richard Thomas December 2007 |
| Family ID |
F6484 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Robert Roe, b. 14 Jul 1814, Fermanagh, Ireland , d. 20 Aug 1895, Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 81 years) |
| Married |
2 Apr 1839 |
Marion Co., IN |
| Children |
| | 1. Child Roe |
| | 2. Thomas L. Roe |
| | 3. Margaret Ellen Roe, b. 22 Jan 1841, Marion, IN |
| | 4. Catherine Jane Roe, b. 02 Jan 1842, Indiana, USA , d. Jun 1905 (Age 63 years) |
| | 5. Jesse Roe, b. 22 Jan 1845, Indiana, USA , d. Oct 1899 (Age 54 years) |
| | 6. Mary N. Roe, b. 17 May 1848, Indiana, USA |
| | 7. Martha Elizabeth Roe, b. 2 Feb 1852, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA |
| | 8. Robert Nelson Roe, b. 25 Apr 1855, Indiana, USA , d. Aug 1869, Prob. Marion, IN (Age 14 years) |
| | 9. John Flanes Roe, b. 8 Apr 1858, Indiana, USA |
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| Family ID |
F6465 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 31 Jan 1814 - Fermanagh, Ireland |
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 | Married - 2 Apr 1839 - Marion Co., IN |
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 | Died - 10 Jun 1898 - Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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