Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameClara Elizabeth Moats
Birth25 Jul 1872, Knox Co, OH
Census1940, Red Oak, Montgomery Co, IA
Death13 Jul 1957, Red Oak, Montgomery Co, IA
MemoLaurel Manor
Burial15 Jul 1957, Center Ridge Cem, Montgomery Co, IA
MemoLot 64
FatherJohn H. Moats (1847-1933)
MotherMary Melissa Vanarsdale (1849-1923)
Misc. Notes
She went by Elizabeth, and Lizzie M. most of her adult life.
She and her parents are listed in Lincoln, Montgomery Co, IA in 1885.
First married to Lee Martin Woods (17 Aug 1865-3 Sep 1908) with whom she had a daughter Lila (1893) and son Vernon (1897).
Then married George Cooper (1847-1922) and listed in Red Oak, IA in 1930 as Elizabeth Cooper, a widow (57, OH) with her son Vernon L. (33, IA). Still there in 1940.
[Obituary]
Elizabeth married Lee Martin Woods on February 26, 1891. She was from Emerson, Iowa. They had two children: Leila and Vernon. They were members of Center Ridge Presbyterian Church, next to the cemetery, though later Elizabeth was a member of First Congregational Church. She was also a member of Eastern Star.
After Lee's death, Elizabeth married George T. Cooper on November 24, 1910, after which she was Elizabeth Cooper-Woods. George died in 1922.
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