Cleller Mooney

Brief Life History of Cleller

When Cleller Mooney was born on 18 March 1892, in Shannon, Missouri, United States, his father, John Benton Mooney, was 34 and his mother, Sarah M Allred, was 32. He married Lilley Melvina Hancock on 11 April 1917. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Texas Township, Dent, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Spring Creek Township, Dent, Missouri, United States in 1950. He died on 18 October 1967, in Salem, Dent, Missouri, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Jadwin Cemetery, Jadwin, Dent, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Cleller Mooney
1892–1967
Lillie Mae Shepherd
1907–1988
Marriage: 3 July 1926
Lloyd John Mooney
1927–1987
Floyd Leo Mooney
1929–1984
Mary Lou Mooney
1932–1940
Shirley June Mooney
1936–2017
Celler Mooney Jr
1939–1939

Sources (21)

  • Cleller Mooney, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Cleller Mooney, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Cleller Mooney, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maonaigh, ‘descendant of Maonach’, a personal name derived from maoineach ‘wealthy, precious’. Meaney is a variant development of the same name.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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