Suggested edit: Rebecca R. Moore was born at Orange Court House, Virginia, near Richmond, March 21, 1821 , a daughter of William and Susan (Day) Moore, her parents having married June 2, 1803. Concerning the death of Mrs. Rebecca R. Achey, a Chattanooga, (Tennessee) paper had the following:
"FUNERAL OF A REMARKABLE WOMAN." "Rebecca R. Achey (ne'e Moore), was born in 1821, February 15, at Orange Court House, near Richmond, Virginia. Mrs. Achey was a direct descendant of President Madison, cousin of President Taylor and a relative of Jefferson Davis' first wife. Her parents removed to Nashville, Tennessee, when she was quite young. The 14th day of May, 1846, she married P. H. Achey, the private secretary of Governor Andrew Johnson. She was the mother of five children. One son, the eldest, lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is an engineer on the Lookout Mountain Broad-Gauge Railroad. She had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for fifty years. Her death occurred at the home of her son, in St. Elmo, Thursday, June 6, and she was buried in Forest Hill cemetery Friday, June 7, 1889. Rev. J. Wesley Smith preached the funeral sermon." Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895);
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Tennessee, City Death Records
Name: R R Achey
Gender: Female
Birth Date: abt 1821
Birth Place: Virginia
Age: 68
Death Date: 6 Jun 1889
Death Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton
Tennessee State Marriages
Name: Peter H Achey
Spouse: Rebecca R Moore
Marriage Date: 12 May 1846
Marriage County: Davidson
"FUNERAL OF A REMARKABLE WOMAN." "Rebecca R. Achey (ne'e Moore), was born in 1821, February 15, at Orange Court House, near Richmond, Virginia. Mrs. Achey was a direct descendant of President Madison, cousin of President Taylor and a relative of Jefferson Davis' first wife. Her parents removed to Nashville, Tennessee, when she was quite young. The 14th day of May, 1846, she married P. H. Achey, the private secretary of Governor Andrew Johnson. She was the mother of five children. One son, the eldest, lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is an engineer on the Lookout Mountain Broad-Gauge Railroad. She had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for fifty years. Her death occurred at the home of her son, in St. Elmo, Thursday, June 6, and she was buried in Forest Hill cemetery Friday, June 7, 1889. Rev. J. Wesley Smith preached the funeral sermon." Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895);
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Tennessee, City Death Records
Name: R R Achey
Gender: Female
Birth Date: abt 1821
Birth Place: Virginia
Age: 68
Death Date: 6 Jun 1889
Death Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton
Tennessee State Marriages
Name: Peter H Achey
Spouse: Rebecca R Moore
Marriage Date: 12 May 1846
Marriage County: Davidson
Suggested edit: Rebecca R. Moore was born at Orange Court House, Virginia, near Richmond, March 21, 1821 , a daughter of William and Susan (Day) Moore, her parents having married June 2, 1803. Concerning the death of Mrs. Rebecca R. Achey, a Chattanooga, (Tennessee) paper had the following:
"FUNERAL OF A REMARKABLE WOMAN." "Rebecca R. Achey (ne'e Moore), was born in 1821, February 15, at Orange Court House, near Richmond, Virginia. Mrs. Achey was a direct descendant of President Madison, cousin of President Taylor and a relative of Jefferson Davis' first wife. Her parents removed to Nashville, Tennessee, when she was quite young. The 14th day of May, 1846, she married P. H. Achey, the private secretary of Governor Andrew Johnson. She was the mother of five children. One son, the eldest, lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is an engineer on the Lookout Mountain Broad-Gauge Railroad. She had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for fifty years. Her death occurred at the home of her son, in St. Elmo, Thursday, June 6, and she was buried in Forest Hill cemetery Friday, June 7, 1889. Rev. J. Wesley Smith preached the funeral sermon." Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895);
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Tennessee, City Death Records
Name: R R Achey
Gender: Female
Birth Date: abt 1821
Birth Place: Virginia
Age: 68
Death Date: 6 Jun 1889
Death Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton
Tennessee State Marriages
Name: Peter H Achey
Spouse: Rebecca R Moore
Marriage Date: 12 May 1846
Marriage County: Davidson
"FUNERAL OF A REMARKABLE WOMAN." "Rebecca R. Achey (ne'e Moore), was born in 1821, February 15, at Orange Court House, near Richmond, Virginia. Mrs. Achey was a direct descendant of President Madison, cousin of President Taylor and a relative of Jefferson Davis' first wife. Her parents removed to Nashville, Tennessee, when she was quite young. The 14th day of May, 1846, she married P. H. Achey, the private secretary of Governor Andrew Johnson. She was the mother of five children. One son, the eldest, lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is an engineer on the Lookout Mountain Broad-Gauge Railroad. She had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for fifty years. Her death occurred at the home of her son, in St. Elmo, Thursday, June 6, and she was buried in Forest Hill cemetery Friday, June 7, 1889. Rev. J. Wesley Smith preached the funeral sermon." Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895);
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Tennessee, City Death Records
Name: R R Achey
Gender: Female
Birth Date: abt 1821
Birth Place: Virginia
Age: 68
Death Date: 6 Jun 1889
Death Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton
Tennessee State Marriages
Name: Peter H Achey
Spouse: Rebecca R Moore
Marriage Date: 12 May 1846
Marriage County: Davidson
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