Matilda J. Moore

b. circa 1825
  • Matilda J. Moore was born circa 1825 in Georgia.
  • She married Willis S. Breazeal, son of Henry Willis Breazeal and Nancy Wood, on 10 June 1847 in Bibb County, Georgia.
  • The following appeared on 16 June 1847 in the Macon Messenger: [Married . . . 9 June] by Rev. William Crumley, Willis S. Breazeal esq. of Burke Co. to Miss Matilda J. Moore.
  • Willis S. Breazeal and Matilda J. Moore appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Burke County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Josephine V. Breazeal.
  • Willis S. Breazeal and Matilda J. Moore appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Laurens County, Georgia, living a few households from his half-brother Byrd Allen.. Other members of the household included Leila W. Breazeal and Cleone W. Breazeal.
  • The following appeared on 9 November 1866 in The Daily News and Herald: Arrivals at the Hotels, Pulaski House -- Mrs. M. J. Breazeal, 2 children & svt, Ga.
  • Willis S. Breazeal and Matilda J. Moore appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Leila W. Breazeal and Cleone W. Breazeal.
  • Matilda J. Moore became a widow at the April 1871 death of her husband Willis S. Breazeal.
  • The following appeared on 2 January 1877 in the Georgia Weekly Telegraph: (Laurens County) Matilda J. Breazeal has applied for exemption of personalty, and setting apart and valuation of homestead, and I will pass upon the same at 12 o'clock N, on Friday, the 22d day of December, 1876, at my office. This the 1st day of December, 1876. J. B. Wolfe, Ordinary. dec7.
  • Matilda J. Moore appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Baileys, Laurens County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Cleone W. Breazeal.
  • Henry Warren Sauls and Cleone W. Breazeal appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Harvard, Laurens County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Matilda J. Moore, Errol Neva Sauls, Willis Sauls, Walton Sauls, Lola Sauls, Nina Sauls and Randolph Sauls.
  • Last Edited: 21 Oct 2012

Family: Willis S. Breazeal b. circa 1808, d. April 1871