Moore - page 5
Charles Edward Moore was born May 07, 1880 in Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois, and died October 05, 1929 in Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois. He was the son of Gardner Moore and Mary Elizabeth Stonum Moore. He married Iva Mae Cavitt October 27, 1911 in Johnson County, Illinois, daughter of Sylvester Cavitt (January 16, 1872 - December 11, 1952) and Endora H. "Dorra" Webb (November 6, 1874 - November 5, 1961) Iva was born October 26, 1891 in Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois, and died 1922 in Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois. Charlie Moore was baptized on May 8, 1910 in Tunnel Hill, Illinois by his brother, Loyd Coleman Moore, and became a priest in the faith.
From the RLDS Library: At a business meeting of the Tunnel Hill Branch held 1st Dec 1912, the following officers were elected: Presiding Elder - B. F. Kelley. Presiding Priest - Chas Moore. Presiding Teacher - J. H. Smith, Presiding Deacon - Wm Sutton, Clerk - B. F. Kelley, Organist - Fannie Kelley, Chorister - Ada Sutton, Librarian - P. G. McMahan. At a business meeting of the Tunnel Hill Branch held August 4, 1917 the following officers were elected: Presiding Elder - W. A. Kelley, Presiding Priest - E. W. Sutton, Presiding Teacher - Charles Edward Moore, Presiding Deacon - Wm Sutton, Branch Clerk - S. L. Smith. The children of Charles and Iva Moore were Edward Olen "E. O." Moore, Thomas Franklin Moore, Edna Moore, and Geneva Earline Moore. When Iva Cavitt Moore died, she was expecting twins.
Sylvester and Dorra Cavitt had eleven children that the Moores know of as follows: Iva Mae Cavitt (26 Oct 1891 – 1922), Earl Cavitt (born 1892), George B. Cavitt (born Sep 1894), Patricia "Tessie" Cavitt (born 17 Jul 1898), Mabel Cavitt (born 1900), Leora Cavitt (born 1903), Robert Sylvester Cavitt (24 Feb 1905 - 05 Feb 1979), Elsie Pauline Cavitt (17 Jan 1909 - 29 Sep 1940), Genevieve Cavitt (born 1911), Davis Cavitt (may have been a twin born 1918), and Telitha Doris "Gerry" Cavitt (born 1918).
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Loyd Coleman Moore was born July 15, 1885 in Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois, and died November 17, 1948 in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois. He married Cordelia "Corda" Abt. 1910 in Johnson County, Illinois. She was born Abt. 1887 in Johnson County, Illinois, and the couple divorced. There is a divorce record for Loyd Moore and his wife, Corda, dated 1940 in box #106 at the Johnson County Courthouse, but it has not yet been examined. He married Leva Hazel Barksdale 1915 in Indiana. She was born in September 2, 1899. Their children were Marvin Eldon Moore, Verle Loyd Moore, Dwight Moore, and June Cleon Moore Smithers Reukema.
Loyd Moore and his brother Charles Edward Moore were RLDS ministers, and Loyd’s descendants are adherents with some living in Utah now allied with the LDS. In "A History of Johnson County" (page 123-124), Mrs. P. T. Chapman published this contribution about the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints: "The church in Johnson County is in strict harmony with the church as reorganized, April 6, 1860, by Joseph Smith, the son of the prophet. After the death of Joseph Smith, the prophet, at Carthage, Illinois, a band of saints went to Utah under the leadership of Brigham Young, and here in the desert they founded the Church of Jesus Christ as they styled it, and introduced the plurality of wives or polygamy in this country.
The reorganized church has never been connected in any way with any of the movements or practices of the Utah church. It may be well to state that separate headquarters for each church are maintained, and that neither organization is responsible to the other for any publications or appointments made. The reorganized church has its headquarters at Independence, Missouri, and Loyd Moore was an RLDS Priest or Minister. In "A History of Johnson County" (page 123-124), Mrs. P. T. Chapman published this contribution about the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints: "The church (of Latter-Day Saints) in Johnson County is in strict harmony with the church as reorganized, April 6, 1860, by Joseph Smith, the son of the prophet. After the death of Joseph Smith, the prophet, at Carthage, Illinois, a band of saints went to Utah under the leadership of Brigham Young, and here in the desert they founded the Church of Jesus Christ as they styled it, and introduced the plurality of wives or polygamy in this country.
The initial movement of the church in Johnson County began about 1861 and 1862, when William H. Kelley, son of Richard Yancy Kelley (February 14, 1832 - June 10, 1861) came to Illinois on a mission, and while here, baptized a number of people. Later in the sixties, Benjamin H. Ballowe did ministerial work in this county and added some names to the list of members of the church. But the beginning of the work, properly speaking, began in the summer of 1874, when Joseph C. Clapp came into the county and established objectives at Tunnel Hill and what was known as the Webb school house. This movement was followed in December of the same year by George H. Hilliard and Isaac A. Morris, both of Wayne County, Illinois. A number were baptized at this time. The next year, in August, 1875, the church was organized by Hilliard and some others at the Webb school house in Tunnel Hill Township. Leander Homer Kelley (April 26, 1830 – October 19, 1903) was chosen presiding elder of the organization, Elisha Webb (February 17, 1828 – July 13, 1913), presiding priest, and Isaac M. Smith, teacher.
A movement was started to erect a church, and the building was completed in the autumn of 1879. Some of the first members of the church were: Richard Yancey Smith (October 4, 1830 - September 7, 1919) and wife, Mary Ann Bowen Smith (born May 22, 1832); Leander H. Kelley and Rhoda Webb Kelley (September 10, 1827 - September 10, 1827), his wife; Elisha Webb and Nancy Caroline Kelley Webb (September 25, 1833 - February 17, 1913), his wife; Daniel Webb, Sr. (April 21, 1839 - October 23, 1923) and Rebecca Choate Webb (January 12, 1844 - January 26, 1915), his wife; Caroline Burklow; Joseph Smith, Sr., and Samuel Harrison Simmons (August 25, 1840 - January 4, 1907) There is only one congregation of this church in the county. It has membership, local and scattered, of about two hundred persons. Among the ministers going out from this church are Elders Isaac M. Smith (born 1853), associate editor "Zion's Ensign." Independence, Missouri; Elder Peter G. McMahan (September 18, 1868 – 1947), Tunnel Hill, Illinois; Elder Lloyd C. Moore, Mt. Carmel, Illinois, and Elisha Wilburn Sutton (September 30, 1873 - April 8, 1941), Vienna, Illinois. This church functions in the different departments of church work. It maintains a Sunday School, and Zion's Religion-Literary Society for the benefit of, not only its own members, but for all who will assist in these activities. The church is also supported by a ladies' aid whose membership is representative of the leading women of its church and community." - E. W. Sutton, 1922
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is now known as the Community of Christ. The church is located on Tunnel Hill Road now, but the original church still stands at Webb Town where many from this community lie buried in Webb Cemetery.
Contributed by Lynn Dalian Moore with permission Copyright 2008, All Rights Reserved
