Elias Moody was born on July 30, 1897 in Greene, Georgia, United States to John Henry Moody Jr and Hattie V Shelton. He married Willie Ogletree on September 24, 1919 in Greene County, Georgia. They had at least two children together:
Vivian Elizabeth Moody
Gilbert King Moody
Fact: Residence (1900) Militia District 146, Branch, Greene, Georgia, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Branch, Greene, Georgia, United States
Fact: Residence (1920) Union Point, Greene, Georgia, United States
Fact: Residence (1930) Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States
Fact: Residence (1935) Ward 2, Opelika, Election Precinct 2, Lee, Alabama, United States
Fact: Residence (1940) Ward 2, Opelika, Election Precinct 2, Lee, Alabama, United States
He died on September 14, 1962 in Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States
Fact: Burial (1962) Auburn Memorial Park Cemetery, Auburn, Lee, Alabama, United States
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3JM-H4F : accessed 10 March 2019), Elias Moody in household of John Moody, Militia District 146, Branch, Greene, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet 2B, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,201.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML2Q-GFP : accessed 10 March 2019), Lias Moody in household of J H Moody, Branch, Greene, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 7A, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 193; FHL microfilm 1,374,206.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ6M-Q5Y : accessed 10 March 2019), Elis K Moody, Union Point, Greene, Georgia, United States; citing ED 54, sheet 4B, line 58, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 259; FHL microfilm 1,820,259.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3L6D-D2M : accessed 10 March 2019), Elias K Moody, Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 10A, line 22, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 34; FHL microfilm 2,339,769.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1P9-JDT : 14 March 2018), Elias K Moody, Ward 2, Opelika, Election Precinct 2, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-3, sheet 2B, line 51, family 29, 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 52.
"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D7-157T : 28 November 2018), Elias K Moody in entry for Gilbert Moody and Barbara Ann Weatherwax, 15 Dec 1948; citing Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,892,632.
"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-ZBT5 : 6 November 2017), E J Moody in entry for Fred H Riley and Vivian Moody Efird, 01 Mar 1949; citing Montgomery, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,888,239.
"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DW-M2S7 : 28 November 2018), E K Moody in entry for Fred H Riley and Vivian Moody Efird, 01 Mar 1949; citing Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,892,635.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V34T-PZZ : 20 May 2014), Elias Moody, Sep 1962; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFW1-B5K : 15 February 2018), Elias King Moody, 14 Sep 1962; citing reference 21089, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,976.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148864107 : accessed 10 March 2019), memorial page for Elias King Moody (30 Jul 1897–14 Sep 1962), Find A Grave Memorial no. 148864107, citing Auburn Memorial Park Cemetery, Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by JC (contributor 46615432).
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