Lake County Obituaries

Martha R. Moore

Submitted by Anita Crabtree

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(November 17, 1926)

MARTHA R. MOORE EARLY RESISDENT CALLED BY DEATH
Mrs. Martha R. Moore, who was critically sick for several weeks, passed away at 
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Crawford, in Lakeport Wednesday evening, at 
the age of 77 years, one month and fourteen days. 
Mrs. Moore, whose maiden name was Reese, was born in DeWitt county, Texas, 
October 3, 1849. The family, consisting of the parents, four boys and three 
girls, crossed the plains from Texas to California in 1861. One brother, George, 
was born at Tucson, Arizona, during the trip. 
The Reese family first settled in Watsonville, where the mother and two boys 
died in 1862. The remaining members moved to Sacramento, where they lived two 
years, and came to Lake county in 1864, making their home on what is now known 
as the Gibson ranch near Upper Lake. In 1869, Mrs. Moore�s brother, T. B. Reese 
was principal of the Upper Lake school. 
Martha Reese was married to William F. Moore in October, 1869, and four children 
were born to their union. Mr. Moore and three of the children have passed away, 
Mrs. Crawford being the only survivor of the family. Mrs. Moore leaves one 
brother, T. B. Reese, at Sacramento and one sister, Mrs. W. P. Burke, of Sonoma 
county. She was a faithful and loyal member of the Christian Church from an 
early age. 
Mrs. Crawford has the sympathy of many friends in the passing of a devoted 
mother. The funeral services were held in the Christian Church Saturday by 
Pastor W. O. S. Cliff, and were largely attended. Interment was made in Hartley 
Cemetery.