Genealogy and recollections . chil-dren, all of whom I knew very well in early child-hood, but since have known not at all—for which Iam sorry. Of their children, William Crozier livessomewhere in Illinois. Mary—married Davis—^whoonce lived in my family, for a time, and whose kind-ness to me I do not forget, and Sue, whose marriedname, I think, is Pruett, also live somewhere in Il-linois. Mary and Sue were my earliest playmates. My uncle, McKee OMelveny, also left descend-ants who live in Illinois, and there are descendantsof his son John, who was chief engineer of theOregon Short Line. They p
Genealogy and recollections . chil-dren, all of whom I knew very well in early child-hood, but since have known not at all—for which Iam sorry. Of their children, William Crozier livessomewhere in Illinois. Mary—married Davis—^whoonce lived in my family, for a time, and whose kind-ness to me I do not forget, and Sue, whose marriedname, I think, is Pruett, also live somewhere in Il-linois. Mary and Sue were my earliest playmates. My uncle, McKee OMelveny, also left descend-ants who live in Illinois, and there are descendantsof his son John, who was chief engineer of theOregon Short Line. They probably live in BoiseCity, Idaho. My aunt, Betsy OMelveny, and herhusband, Mr. Concannon, died in Oakland, Califor-nia. Their son William and his son now live there,prosperous and respected. My aunt, Susan OMelveny, married McKendreeMoore, son of Enoch. Enoch and my grandfather,John, were brothers and married Whiteside aunt, Susan, had four children: I. Isaac Newton, who died in Los Angeles, un-married. [78]. Our Son, A, A. Moore, June 19, 1914 GENEALOGY 2. Emily Sophronia, married L. G. Cabanis; diedat Los Angeles without issue. 3. Josephine, died in California, buried at Center-ville. 4. Henry Clay Moore, who lately died at Salem,Illinois. Henry left surviving, his widow, two daugh-ters, Adele and Nell Moore, and a son, William, wholive at Salem. I know Miss Nell very well, but theson I have not met. The name as spelled, OMelveny, is, I believe, non-existent in America save by the one family fromwhom I am descended. I have never known, read ofor heard of others. As to its origin I get what followsfrom a book, Irish Pedigree, OHart (Dublin,1878) : The OMelveneys are of a stem of the Don-nellans of Ulster, of the House of Heremon, seventhson of Milesius of Spain. It seems there was a man ofthat stock, Finactach, son of Richtaire. He had a son,Longseach. Longseach had a son Hugh. Hugh hadson Dubhsineach. The last had son Maolcraobh,who in turn, had son D
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