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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1895 - 1940 (45 years)
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| Name |
Moorefield, Leona [1, 2] |
| Birth |
16 Mar 1895 |
Person County, North Carolina  [2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Reference Number |
341 |
| Death |
27 Oct 1940 |
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina [2] |
| Burial |
Locust Hill United Methodist Church, Caswell County, North Carolina [2] |
| Person ID |
I339 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Father |
Moorefield, Elijah Johnson, b. 17 Oct 1868, Bedford County, Virginia d. 16 Dec 1937, Danville, Virginia (Age 69 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
James, Ada Belle, b. 20 Dec 1870, Orange County, North Carolina d. 18 Sep 1955, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 84 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
18 Feb 1891 |
Person County, North Carolina [3] |
| Reference Number |
2200 |
| Family ID |
F49 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Clayton, George Lee, b. 12 Mar 1891, Person County, North Carolina d. 12 Jan 1956, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage |
14 Feb 1914 |
Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Reference Number |
11366 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Clayton, Ida Ercell, b. 21 Jan 1915 d. 28 Jan 2003, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. Clayton, Elwood Harvey, b. 5 Apr 1916, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 13 Sep 2001, Ruffin, Rockingham County, North Carolina (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. Clayton, Julius Lee, b. 20 Jan 1918, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 2 Dec 2015, North Carolina (Age 97 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 4. Clayton, Geneva Moorefield, b. 26 Oct 1919, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 28 Mar 2017 (Age 97 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 5. Clayton, Ada Helen, b. 20 Jan 1922, Caswell County, North Carolina [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 6. Clayton, Leona Eleanor, b. 20 May 1925, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 20 Jun 2001, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F275 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Sep 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Leona Moorefield (1895-1940)
(for larger image, click on photograph)
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Second Photograph: the Elijah Johnson Moorefield Family at Purley, Caswell County, North Carolina (c.1940). Left-to-Right:
Back Row: Alice Velma Moorefield, Lula May Moorefield, Elijah Johnson Moorefield (father), Ada Belle James Moorefield (mother), Minnie B. Moorefield, Leona Moorefield, Verna Brent Moorefield.
Front Row: Violet Bye Moorefield, Arthur William Moorefield, Virginia Inez Moorefield, Naomi Ethel Moorefield, Esther True Moorefield.
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Third Photograph: Elijah Johnson Moorefield Family (c.1910)
Location and exact date unknown. Only the parents and the younger male are identified: Elijah Johnson Moorefield (1868-1937) (father); Ada Belle James Moorefield (1870-1955) (mother); and son Arthur William Moorefield (1893-1976).
The older-appearing daughter (to Arthur William Moorefield's right) may be Minnie B. Moorefield (1891-1987). Other daughters may include: Leona; Lula; Virginia; Violet; Esther; and Verna. The younger daughters probably not born are: Alice; and Naomi.
As Verna was born in 1908 and Alice in 1911, these years may bracket the date of the photo.
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Seven Daughters Probably in Family Group Photograph
Minnie B. Moorefield
Leona Moorefield
Lula May Moorefield
Virginia Inez Moorefield
Violet Bye Moorefield
Esther True Moorefield
Verna Brent Moorefield
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My grandma Clayton had a hard life. She had rheumatic heart disease when eleven and was always weak. By the time she was in her 30's she had a double mastectomy in Danville. Can you imagine back then how crude that surgery would have been? But she did not die of cancer. She got strep throat and they took her to Duke You can see on the death certificate it shows infection in her heart. My Mama was young when grandma Clayton died so if course I never knew her. Source: June Somers Pape Facebook Message 5 January 2014.
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One of the daughters of G. L. Clayton and Leona Moorefield married O. L. Satterfield. That daughter had a daughter who married H. T. Hovatter. They had a daughter named Barbara James Hovatter. See the picture linked below of five generations, with Mrs. E. J. Moorefield being shown as the great great grandmother of the infant Barbara James Hovatter. The Mrs. E. J. Moorefield was Ada Belle James.
Photograph (Courtesy The Caswell Messenger).
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Find A Grave Memorial
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Note that Lex Sally applied along with George Lee Clayton for a marriage license (to Leona Moorefield) and was a witness at the marriage event.
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Greensboro News & Record (NC) - March 18, 1997
Mrs. Alice Moorefield Showfety, 86, of Greensboro, died Sunday, March 16, 1997, at Britthaven Nursing Center in Chapel Hill. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Mrs. Showfety at 12 noon on Wednesday, in Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Showfety was born Feb. 7, 1911, in Caswell County, to the late Elijah Johnson and Ada Moorefield. She was a graduate of Bartlett-Yancey High School, where she played on the basketball team. After graduation, Mrs. Showfety attended UNC-Greensboro, formerly Women's College. She was a member of the Y Matrons, a charter member of the Flora Garden Club, and a member of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church.
Mrs. Showfety is survived by three daughters, Barbara Cox and her husband, Jim of Greensboro, Freda Chesson and her husband, Chip, and Linda Devenny, all of Durham; and a son-in-law, David Kersey of Moore, S.C.; 14 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Esther Lea of Purley, and Naomi Prewitt of Lexington, Ky. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Kalil Showfety, and a daughter, Nancy S. Kersey.
A Rosary Service will be held at Forbis and Dick North Elm Chapel at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The family will receive friends following the Rosary, and other times at the residence of Jim and Barbara Cox. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Triangle Hospice, 1804 Martin Luther King Drive, Suite 112, Durham, N.C. 27707. Forbis and Dick Funeral Service, 1118 N. Elm Street, is in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Showfety.
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1900 US Census
Name: Leona Mofield
Home in 1900: Flat River, Person, North Carolina
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1896
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter
1910 US Census
Name: Leoner Moorefield
Age in 1910: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1895
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Olive Hill, Person, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
Eliza J Moorefield 43
Ada B Moorefield 40
Minnie B Moorefield 18
Arther W Moorefield 16
Leoner Moorefield 15
Lula M Moorefield 12
Jennie L Moorefield 8
Violet B Moorefield 6
Ester L Moorefield 4
Sadie Moorefield 2
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Leona Clayton
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1896
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1920: Leasburg, Caswell, North Carolina
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: George Clayton
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: None
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members Age Relationship
George Clayton 29 Head
Leona Clayton 24 Wife
Ercell Clayton 5 Daughter
Elward Clayton 3 Son
Julius Clayton 1 Son
Geneva Clayton 0 Daughter
Jule Clayton 42 Brother
John Gravit 22 Nephew
Hattie Gravit 16 Niece
North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
Name: Leona N Clayton
[Leona N Moorefield]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 45
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1895
Birth Place: Person, North Carolina, United States
Death Date: 27 Oct 1940
Death Location: Durham, Durham (Duke Hospital)
Spouse's Name: G L Clayton
Father's Name: Elijah John Moorefield
Mother's Name: Ada James
Residence: Ruffin, Caswell, North Carolina
Note that the above death certificate suggests that her middle maiden name began with the letter "N." This has not been confirmed.
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| Sources |
- Details: North Carolina Death Certificate of George Lee Clayton (1891-1956).
- Details: North Carolina Death Certificate of Leona Moorefield Clayton (1895-1940).
- [S40] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
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