Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthSep 29, 1885, Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois [28862]
DeathDec 7, 1942, Holcomb, Dunklin County, Missouri [28862]
BurialPine City Cemetery, State Hwy 25, Holcomb, Dunklin, Missouri [28862]
FatherJames Albert MOYER (1857-1930)
MotherFranky Adeline INGLE (1854-1912)
Spouses
ChildrenOren (Died as Infant) (1911-1911)
Marvin Doyle (1912-1973)
Virgil Willard (1915-2002)
Lois Hazel (1916-1983)
Marriage1919, Holcomb, Dunklin County, Missouri [28864]
Obituary Online notes for “Ab” Albert Wilson MOYER
Missouri death certificate # 2131 with his oldest son Marvin Doyle Moyer of Campbell, Dunklin County, Missouri, as informant. Researchers note: Marvin lived in Holcomb but the mail route was Campbell so when you are searching for records from his early years, look to Holcomb instead of Campbell.
Albert Wilson Moyer married two times, first to Viola Belle Arendell on Dec 20, 1910 in Holcomb, Dunklin, MO. Albert and Viola had four children, Oren Moyer, Marvin Doyle Moyer, Virgil Willard Moyer, and Lois Hazel Moyer.
After Viola died, Albert married Nellie Lee Smith, widow of Columbus Johnson Owens.
Albert was son of James Albert Moyer and Adeline Ingle. He was my grandfather. As a young child of six years, he traveled from Greenup,Cumberland County, Illinois with his parents, first to Charleston, Mississippi, MO for about a year. Then after 1892, the family settled in Holcomb, Dunklin, MO.
Family researchers note that on Albert Wilson Moyer's death certificate, his mother was recorded as Adeline Ingle. On Adeline's death certificate, she was recorded as Adeline Vincent. Surname of Vincent is incorrect as her surname was Ingle. Her father and mother were Ingle first cousins.
In the top photo, Albert Wilson Moyer is standing beside the pea harvester that he owned and operated throughout Dunklin County, Missouri during the 1930s. During the years following the Great Depression, peas became a major source of food all across America. During the 1930s, a process for freezing peas became popular. Daddy said so many farmers in Dunklin County raised peas that he, Virgil, and their dad Albert could have operated the pea harvester all day and all night, seven days a week, and still wouldn't have been able to get all the fields harvested. They worked most days from sunup to sundown harvesting the peas.
I'm pretty sure the little boy standing on the pea harvester is Albert and Nellie's son Denzil Moyer.
Photo: Sons of Albert Wilson Moyer: left to right, Marvin Doyle Moyer, Virgil Willard Moyer, Warden Wilson Moyer, Yewell Moyer, Denzil Moyer, Floyd Leon Moyer. Photo about 1955 at Grandma Nellie Lee Smith Owens Moyer's home in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri. [28862]
Albert Wilson Moyer married two times, first to Viola Belle Arendell on Dec 20, 1910 in Holcomb, Dunklin, MO. Albert and Viola had four children, Oren Moyer, Marvin Doyle Moyer, Virgil Willard Moyer, and Lois Hazel Moyer.
After Viola died, Albert married Nellie Lee Smith, widow of Columbus Johnson Owens.
Albert was son of James Albert Moyer and Adeline Ingle. He was my grandfather. As a young child of six years, he traveled from Greenup,Cumberland County, Illinois with his parents, first to Charleston, Mississippi, MO for about a year. Then after 1892, the family settled in Holcomb, Dunklin, MO.
Family researchers note that on Albert Wilson Moyer's death certificate, his mother was recorded as Adeline Ingle. On Adeline's death certificate, she was recorded as Adeline Vincent. Surname of Vincent is incorrect as her surname was Ingle. Her father and mother were Ingle first cousins.
In the top photo, Albert Wilson Moyer is standing beside the pea harvester that he owned and operated throughout Dunklin County, Missouri during the 1930s. During the years following the Great Depression, peas became a major source of food all across America. During the 1930s, a process for freezing peas became popular. Daddy said so many farmers in Dunklin County raised peas that he, Virgil, and their dad Albert could have operated the pea harvester all day and all night, seven days a week, and still wouldn't have been able to get all the fields harvested. They worked most days from sunup to sundown harvesting the peas.
I'm pretty sure the little boy standing on the pea harvester is Albert and Nellie's son Denzil Moyer.
Photo: Sons of Albert Wilson Moyer: left to right, Marvin Doyle Moyer, Virgil Willard Moyer, Warden Wilson Moyer, Yewell Moyer, Denzil Moyer, Floyd Leon Moyer. Photo about 1955 at Grandma Nellie Lee Smith Owens Moyer's home in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri. [28862]
Obituary Online notes for Viola Belle (Spouse 1)
Viola Belle Arendell married Albert Wilson Moyer Dec 20, 1910 in Holcomb, Dunklin, MO.
In March 1919, she and Albert moved to Heber Spring, AR where he had found work. After only nine days, Viola passed away from pneumonia.
Albert moved his young family back to Holcomb, MO.
Viola is buried beside Albert in Pine City Cemetery.
Viola was daughter of Meredith Arendell and Sophie Dorie Emma Brandt.
She was granddaughter of George Arendell, Mary Frances Miller, Charles Edward Brandt, and Hannah Elizabeth Bush/Busch.
She was my grandmother. [28865]
In March 1919, she and Albert moved to Heber Spring, AR where he had found work. After only nine days, Viola passed away from pneumonia.
Albert moved his young family back to Holcomb, MO.
Viola is buried beside Albert in Pine City Cemetery.
Viola was daughter of Meredith Arendell and Sophie Dorie Emma Brandt.
She was granddaughter of George Arendell, Mary Frances Miller, Charles Edward Brandt, and Hannah Elizabeth Bush/Busch.
She was my grandmother. [28865]
Obituary Online notes for Nellie Lee (Spouse 2)
Nellie Lee Smith married 17 October 1912 in Kennett, Dunklin, MO to Columbus Johnson Owens of Holcomb, Dunklin, MO.
They had three children, Robert Johnson Owens b 1910 in Holcomb, MO; Columbus A. Owens born 20 Feb 1914 and died 28 July 1914 from pneumonia and buried beside Nellie; and a little girl who didn't live long enough to be named born 24 April 1915 and died 25 April 1915 due to premature birth.
After Columbus died, Nellie married Albert Wilson Moyer in 1919 in Holcomb, MO.
Nellie was dau of Ebb Berry Smith and Mary Jane Moore of Holcomb, Dunklin, MO. She was only nine days old when Mary Jane died.
Ebb married secondly. Nellie is buried in Lloyd Cemetery beside her first husband Columbus Johnson Owens and her first two Owens children.
She was my step-grandmother, the only grandmother I ever knew, and the sweetest woman I ever met. [28864]
They had three children, Robert Johnson Owens b 1910 in Holcomb, MO; Columbus A. Owens born 20 Feb 1914 and died 28 July 1914 from pneumonia and buried beside Nellie; and a little girl who didn't live long enough to be named born 24 April 1915 and died 25 April 1915 due to premature birth.
After Columbus died, Nellie married Albert Wilson Moyer in 1919 in Holcomb, MO.
Nellie was dau of Ebb Berry Smith and Mary Jane Moore of Holcomb, Dunklin, MO. She was only nine days old when Mary Jane died.
Ebb married secondly. Nellie is buried in Lloyd Cemetery beside her first husband Columbus Johnson Owens and her first two Owens children.
She was my step-grandmother, the only grandmother I ever knew, and the sweetest woman I ever met. [28864]