Joseph Fletcher Moreland (1854 - 1938)

Born 10 Jan 1854 in Homer, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Geneva Cornelia (Cripps) Moreland — married 16 Apr 1874 in Homer, Claiborne, Louisiana, USA

Husband of Mary C. (Bradshaw) Moreland — married 1909 in Texas, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1938 at age 84 in Lee, Texas, United States

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Biography

Joseph Fletcher Moreland, Sr. was born January 10, 1854, in Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, a son of James Wesley Moreland and Elizabeth Ann Witherspoon. He is found at the age of 16 years, as "Fletcher Moreland" on the United States Census of 1870, living with his parents in Ward Seven, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. ^[1]

On April 16, 1874, in Claiborne Parish, Joseph married (Geneva Cornelia Cripps) "G.C. Gripps ^[2] Geneva, who was born in April, 1857, in Claiborne Parish, a daughter of Margaret Alexander and David Cripps became the parents of at least six children, before she died October 21, 1906, at the age of 49 years, in Hasse, Comanche county, Texas. ^[3]

Around 1808, in Texas, Joseph married his second wife, May C. Bradshaw. May was born June 26, 1876, in Goldthwaite, Mills county, Texas. Joseph and May became the parents of six additional children. Joseph and May are found on the Unites States Census of 1910, living in Justice Precinct 7, Lee county, Texas. Two of Joseph's sons from his first marriage, Earnest and Charles D, both born in Louisiana are living in the household, as is newborn Joseph Fletcher, Jr. the first child of his second marriage, born in Texas. ^[4]

Joseph died June 1, 1938, at the age of 84 years, in Lee county, Texas and is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, in Comanche. There is a photograph of his headstone on his Find A Grave memorial. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QB-Q67 : 29 May 2021), Fletcher Moreland in entry for J W Moreland, 1870
2. ↑ "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1Y-65FP : 4 April 2020), J F Moreland and G C Cripps, 16 Apr 1874; citing Claiborne, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 265,991
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #61626560 Geneva Cornelia Cripps Moreland
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2SF-4CC : accessed 6 September 2022), J F Moreland, Justice Precinct 7, Lee, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 54, sheet 11A, family 192, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1572; FHL microfilm 1,375,585
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61626578/joseph-fletcher-moreland

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Moreland-277 created through the import of JosephFletcherMoreland.ged on Apr 24, 2012 by Curtis Baldwin