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Elizabeth E Moyers Preston

Birth: 30 Oct 1854
Death: 6 Oct 1899 (aged 44)
Burial: Wallace Cemetery

Limestone County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 23837473 View Source

Elizabeth E. Moyers was the daughter of Wyley and Sarah Jane "Sallie" Jones Moyers. She was born in Tennessee and came to Limestone County with her parents sometime after the 1870 census where she was found living in the household of her parents in Rhea County, Tennessee.
She married William H. Preston on June 21, 1876 in Limestone County, Alabama and they had 3 children, Mary, Sallie A. and William Lee Jessie Preston. Before her death in 1897, Elizabeth's mother Sallie Moyers, a widow of 25 years lived w/ Elizabeth and her family. Along with Elizabeth, Wallace Cemetery is the resting place for her sister, Sallie Pauline Moyers Rector and her husband Jessie Rector and sister, Nancy K "Nannie K" Moyers Baker. Nancy's husband, Henry H. Baker is buried next to his first wife Martha C Moon Baker in Ripley Cemetery. Also buried in Ripley Cemetery is William Preston, Elizabeth's husband and his second wife Rosie Webb Preston.

Elizabeth E. Moyers was the daughter of Wyley and Sarah Jane "Sallie" Jones Moyers. She was born in Tennessee and came to Limestone County with her parents sometime after the 1870 census where she was found living in the household of her parents in Rhea County, Tennessee.
She married William H. Preston on June 21, 1876 in Limestone County, Alabama and they had 3 children, Mary, Sallie A. and William Lee Jessie Preston. Before her death in 1897, Elizabeth's mother Sallie Moyers, a widow of 25 years lived w/ Elizabeth and her family. Along with Elizabeth, Wallace Cemetery is the resting place for her sister, Sallie Pauline Moyers Rector and her husband Jessie Rector and sister, Nancy K "Nannie K" Moyers Baker. Nancy's husband, Henry H. Baker is buried next to his first wife Martha C Moon Baker in Ripley Cemetery. Also buried in Ripley Cemetery is William Preston, Elizabeth's husband and his second wife Rosie Webb Preston.

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w/o W.H. Our darling hath gone before to greet us on that blissful shore

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Maintained by: William Ewing
Originally Created by: Diana Brooks McBay 46807288
Added: Jan 7, 2008
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23837473/elizabeth_e-preston: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth E Moyers Preston (30 Oct 1854–6 Oct 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23837473, citing Wallace Cemetery, Limestone County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by William Ewing (contributor 47503092).

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