Lucy Francis Moses 1 2
- Born: 26 June 1864, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States 2
- Marriage (1): Oliver Perry Runnels on 20 April 1880 in Atlantic, Cass, Iowa, United States
- Died: 11 September 1909, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States at age 45 2
- Buried: After 11 September 1909, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States 2
 General Notes:
Lucy Frances Moses was the daughter of Jefferson Davis and Elizabeth Halferty Moses. Her father served in the Confederacy during the Civil War and died shortly after a work accident in a saw mill in 1870. The family was living in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the time. Lucy was only 6 years old. Her mother lived until 1892, when she died in Nebraska.
Lucy grew up to marry Oliver Perry Runnels on April 20, 1880 in Atlantic, Iowa, They had 5 children: Charlie T, Edith P, Ethel E, Orville M and Lily M who died in infancy at 2 months old.
Lucy and Oliver raised live stock in Iowa and later in Nebraska.
Oliver died between 1908-1911 having lost both of his parents before the age of 2. He was taken in and raised by the Sims family in Illinois, and then later they moved to Iowa where he met Lucy.
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Noted events in her life were:
1. 1885 Iowa State Census, 1 January 1885, Manning, Carroll, Iowa, United States. 1 1885 Iowa State Census
Page 30, Dwelling 215, Family 221
Manning, Carroll County, Iowa
May Street
Lucy F. Runnels..19..WV..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 2 children.)
NOTE - If her birth date was 26 Jun 1864, then her age should have been 20 instead of 19.
2. Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery, After 11 September 1909, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. 2 Find A Grave Memorial 25871386
Lucy married Oliver Perry Runnels, son of John Runnels and Caroline Kelly, on 20 April 1880 in Atlantic, Cass, Iowa, United States. (Oliver Perry Runnels was born in 1850 in Virginia, United States 1 and died on 4 January 1911 in Antelope, Nebraska, United States.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
1. 1885 Iowa State Census, 1 January 1885, Manning, Carroll, Iowa, United States. 1 1885 Iowa State Census
Page 30, Dwelling 215, Family 221
Manning, Carroll County, Iowa
May Street
Oliver P. Runnels..34..WV..Herder
Lucy F. Runnels..19..WV..Keeping House
Charles T. Runnels..2..Carroll County, IA
Edith P. Runnels..0..Carroll County, IA
Americus M. Sims..29..IL
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