Name/Title
Portraits of Mary Margaret Riely and John Strother MooreEntry/Object ID
IMG2784Description
Two portraits (framed in shadowbox-style wooden frame) of Mary Margaret Riely and John Strother Moore. Mary Margaret Riely, born 6 June 1833 in Clarke County, Virginia, died 22 July 1905, married John Strother Moore on 8 November 1853, they had 9 children.
Verso reads: by Eleanor Davis Appell Adams "They had 9 children - the second child, a son, my grandfather Gerard Davis Moore was born (died 26 Oct, 1923) on 30 April, 1857, married my grandmother Elizabeth Ruth Taylor from Baltimore Co., Maryland on 3 Aug. 1899 (died 1937). They had 5 children. My mother, their second child was Martha Newton Moore Appell (born 14 Feb. 1907) (died 27 July 1985). They had been married 61 years 24 June,1924. I was their only child, (6 June, 1925). I have 2 sons, Charles Robert Creamer, III (17 Dec. 1953) married Lisa Gearing April . Mitchell Moore Creamer (4 Mar 1951) married Stephanie Nelson 3 Mar 1984 - 2 children Jessica Nelson Creamer 21 May, 1985; Ja Michael Robert Creamer 6 June, 1987; I married Richard L. Adams, 17 Oct, 1975; Mitchell and Stephanie divorced June 1992."Acquisition
Accession
253Source or Donor
Adams, RichardAcquisition Method
Gift