Ira Lee Moody

Brief Life History of Ira Lee

When Ira Lee Moody was born on 17 February 1893, in Personville, Limestone, Texas, United States, her father, Charles Wesley Moody, was 23 and her mother, Fannie Lee Rogers, was 18. She married Walter T Walker on 17 December 1911, in McLennan, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Limestone, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 7 October 1978, in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas, at the age of 85, and was buried in Mart Cemetery, Mart, McLennan, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter T Walker
1887–1956
Ira Lee Moody
1893–1978
Marriage: 17 December 1911
Rayford D. Walker
1913–1990
Lanyce Dean Walker
1915–1980
Lyston M Walker
1917–2010
Charles Lee Walker
1919–2001
Jack Walker
1920–
Billy Allen Walker
1922–2014
Walker
1931–1931

Sources (25)

  • Ira Lee Walker, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Ira Moody, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Ira Lee Walker, "Texas Deaths, 1977-1986"

World Events (8)

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English and Irish: nickname from Middle English mody ‘proud, haughty, angry, fierce, bold, brave, or rash’ (Old English mōdig). Compare Muddiman . This English name has been established in Ireland since the late 13th century.

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

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