Clarissa Jane Drollinger Moore

12 September 1824 — 10 January 1905

1 Born at Springfield, Butler County, Ohio; daughter of Rachel Cook and Samuel Drollinger. 2 Baptized in Clay County, Missouri, 1835. 3 Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, 1840. 4 Married John Harvey Moore, 1841; ten children. 5 Joined the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo at its tenth meeting, May 27, 1842. 6 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1852. 7 Settled at Payson, Utah County, Utah Territory. 8 Worked as a midwife in the Payson area. 9 Served as a counselor in the Payson Relief Society presidency. 10 Died at Payson. 11 (See Document 4.7)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Nov. 2014); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 21/600 (1905), Clarissa J. Moore.

  2. [2] Utah death certificate, file no. 21/600. Patriarchal Blessing Index, 1833–2011, vol. 84, no. 1925, Clarissa Jane Drollinger (Feb. 5, 1899), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, CHL.

  3. [3] Clarissa Jane Drollinger Moore to her children and grandchildren, Mar. 18, 1881, in “Family Histories of Cleon Huish Moore and Vida Hill and Their Ancestors,” ed. David W. Moore, privately printed, n.d., pp. 104–105, (http://dwmoore.com/pdf/Cleon_Vida%20History.pdf, accessed Dec. 2014).

  4. [4] Ibid.

  5. [5] “Illinois, County Marriages, 1810–1934,” index, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 2014), Henry J. Moore and Clarissa J. Drollinger, Oct. 3, 1841; citing Hancock, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 229486. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 2014), Clarissa Jane Drollinger KWJ8-5KK .

  6. [6] Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book, 1841–1846, CHL, entry for May 27, 1842.

  7. [7] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Nov. 2014), Clarissa Jane Drollinger Moore.

  8. [8] 1860 U.S. census, Payson, Utah Co., Utah Territory, p. 877, Clarissa Moore; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Dec. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 13314.

  9. [9] Madoline Cloward Dixon, Peteetneet Town: A History of Payson, Utah (Provo, UT: Press Publishing Co., 1974), 153. Clarissa Jane Drollinger Moore to her children and grandchildren, Mar. 18, 1881.

  10. [10] Clarissa Jane Drollinger Moore to her children and grandchildren, Mar. 18, 1881.

  11. [11] Utah death certificate, file no. 21/600.