Carrie Bell (Harris) Moseley (1900 - 1996)

Born 3 Nov 1900 in Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of George Hamilton Swain — married 22 May 1918 (to about 1919) in Tattnall County, Georgia, USA

Wife of Marion Washington Moseley Sr. — married 25 Sep 1921 in Emanuel County, Georgia, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Oct 1996 at age 95 in Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Carrie Bell Harris was born 3 November 1900 in Georgia, the daughter of Dock Holland Harris and Emma Lee Murphy^[1].

She appears on the 1910^[2] census in the household of her grandfather, Jeter (also spelled Geter and Getter on census documents and his headstone. Shows originally as Jeter, so that's how I will call him. DKM) Harris, along with her father, Dock Holland Harris, and her brother Walter.

She married George Swain 22 May 1918 in Tattnall County, Georgia^[3]. She was named as next of kin on his World War I draft registration^[4].

When she was only nineteen, her father was shot and killed by her estranged husband, George, and his brother Nick. Their case went to the Georgia Supreme Court, where they were found guilty of murder and sentenced to prison. (see her father Dock's profile for more information.)

To support herself after George went to prison, she took employment living with a family to help take care of the infirm^[5]. In 1920 she lived in Collins, Tattnall County, Georgia with Perry Moseley and his family^[6].

She married Marion Moseley Sr. 25 September 1921 in Emanuel County, Georgia.

Marion Moseley & Carrie Harris marriage license

Marion and Carrie Moseley

They had six children, Marion Jr. (who died of colitis at about eighteen months of age), Eilene, Imogene (called Jeanne), Willene, Pete, and Billy.

In 1930^[7], Marion and Carrie lived in Stillmore, Emanuel County, Georgia with Eilene and Willene. Still living in Stillmore in 1940, their children with them were Eilene, Willene, Imogene, Earl Dean, and Billy^[8]. They lived in Emanuel County in 1950, with Willene, Jeanne, and Pete (Earl Dean) living at home. (Where was Dad/Billy?)^[9]

Carrie died 27 October 1994 in Statesboro, Georgia^[10][11] and was buried in Cool Spring Cemetery, Candler County, GA.

Carrie Harris Moseley obit

headstone reads:

"Carrie H. Mosley

Nov. 3, 1900

Oct. 28, 1996^[1].

She was mentioned in her son Earl Dean "Pete" Mosley's obituary^[12].

UPDATE: 9/1/2016 My first cousin lived with Carrie and her oldest daughter Eilene as a child and remembers hearing Granny say that she 'sat with the infirmed' to support herself after George Swain went to prison. This could be her, helping Perry Moseley and his daughters.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #75728102
2. ↑ United States Census, 1910
3. ↑ Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
4. ↑ Carrie Swain, mentioned in the record of George H Swain
5. ↑ Online conversation with Joanie Woodcock, 9/1/2016
6. ↑ Carrie Swain, United States Census, 1920
7. ↑ United States Census, 1930
8. ↑ Carrie Moseley, United States Census, 1940
9. ↑ Carrie Moseley, United States 1950 Census
10. ↑ Carrie H Mosely, United States Social Security Death Index
11. ↑ Carrie Mosley, Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998
12. ↑ Carrie Harris Mosley, mentioned in the record of Earl Dean Or Pete Mosley

Bibliography

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 September 2020), memorial page for Carrie Bell Harris Mosley (3 Nov 1900–28 Oct 1996), Find a Grave Memorial no. 75728102, citing Cool Spring Cemetery, Candler County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Michael Taylor (contributor 47219913).
• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLK2-ZG9 : 29 October 2015), Carry Harris in household of Geter H Harris, Militia District 53, Emanuel, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 96, sheet 12A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,199.
• Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJJ-4N7 : accessed 26 March 2016), G. H. Swain and Carrei Harris, 22 May 1918; citing Marriage, Tattnall, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 206,425.
• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7HCR-YYW2 : 29 December 2021), Carrie Swain in entry for George H Swain, 1917-1918.
• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3MXG-H6Z : accessed 23 March 2017), Carrie B Mosely in household of Marion Mosely, Stillmore, Emanuel, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 3A, line 22, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 355; FHL microfilm 2,340,090.
• United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7LP-PTV : 15 March 2018), Carrie Moseley in household of Marion Moseley, Stillmore, Militia District 58, Emanuel, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-10, sheet 6B, line 56, family 162, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 669.
• Carrie Moseley, United States 1950 Census
• United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPV7-1JH : 8 January 2021), Carrie H Mosely, 28 Oct 1996; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP5-L2GD : accessed 6 December 2019), Carrie Harris Mosley in entry for Earl Dean Or Pete Mosley, Georgia, United States, 08 Mar 2012; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Effingham Now, born-digital text.
• Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4S8-RFJ : 24 December 2014), Carrie Mosley, 28 Oct 1996; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Bulloch, Georgia, certificate number 047960, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.

See also:

• Cool Spring Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery