Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Riley MORENE 269,470,404,404
BirthJun 30, 1855, Alamance County, North Carolina470
DeathJun 19, 1923, Alamance County, North Carolina470
BurialBethlehem Christian Church, 3003 Altamahaw Race Track Road, Altamahaw, Alamance County, North Carolina470
FatherBenjamin F. MORENE (1804-1876)
MotherBarbara BARNHART (1811-1876)
Spouses
BirthMar 9, 1858, Alamance County, North Carolina269,470
DeathAug 29, 1898470
BurialBethlehem Christian Church, 3003 Altamahaw Race Track Road, Altamahaw, Alamance County, North Carolina470
FatherAndrew GERRINGER (1829-1901)
MarriageJul 22, 1876, Alamance County, North Carolina470
ChildrenAbner Benjamin (1882-1967)
 Fletcher Lenora (1877-1956)
Obituary Online notes for William Riley MORENE
Son of Benjamin & Barbara Barnhart Morene / Mayreane; widower of Mary Ann Gerringer Morene, to whom he was married on July 22, 1876, in Alamance County, NC, at the home of Henry Dickey by Mr. Norton, Justice of the Peace, and witnessed by James M. Kernodle, and J.H. & Margaret Dickey.

NCDC Alamance County 1923 #258
Bethlehem Church, 20 June 1923
W. Levi Burke, Undertaker
Burlington, NC

Age on death certificate given as 67 years, 11 months, and 20 days and June 1855 as birth month and year. Exact date of June 30 is inferred from birth date calculator.

Name spelled Mayreane on death certificate; also seen as Morine, Marine, Morean, and Moreen on various census records. Morene is used here as it matches what is on his wife's grave marker.
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