Autograph album presented to Herb by Cora on December 25, 1880. "Herb" may have been Walter Herbert Moore and Cora his future wife Cora E. Mills, whom he married on December 24, 1881 in Oakland County, Michigan.
Cora E. Mills inscribed a page at Oxford, Michigan, on January 2, 1881.
The album measures approximately 5-1/2" by 3-1/2" and contains the sentiments of over 60 of Herb's relatives, friends and schoolmates. An alphabetical surname list and an alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appear at the end of this post.
From brief online research, hopefully correct and hopefully with the correct identity of album owner "Herb" as Walter Herbert Moore - corrections, additions and alternate theories of Herb's identity requested:
Walter Herbert Moore was born about October 1859, the son of James Moore and ?. If you have information on this Herb's mother, please leave a comment or contact me directly. Other inscribers who expressed kinship:
- Aunt Mary, who inscribed her page to C. & H.
- Cousin Nettie
- Cousin May, age 9
- Cousin William H. Underwood, who inscribed his page at Pontiac, Michigan, on February 17, 1885
On December 24, 1881 at Pontiac, Michigan, Walter Herbert Moore married Cora E. Mills, daughter, according to her Michigan Death Record, of Platt Rogers Mills and Hannah L. (Babcock) Mills.
Walter Herbert Moore and Cora raised their family of at least two children in Oakland County, Michigan. Cora died in 1922 and Herb in 1931. They're buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Pontiac, Michigan.
If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, or an alternate theory of the identity of the Herb who owned this autograph album, please leave a comment or contact me directly.
Surnames in the Album
Inscribers in the Album
- Herb, presumably of Pontiac, Michigan, area; presented the album by Cora on December 25, 1880. He may have been Walter Herbert Moore, and Cora may have been his future wife Cora E. Mills.
- Cora; presented the album to Herb on December 25, 1880. Possibly the Cora E. Mills who inscribed a page at Oxford, Michigan, on January 2, 1881, and who became the wife of Walter Herbert Moore in 1881.
- Aunt Mary; inscribed to "C. & H.", presumably Cora E. Mills and Walter Herbert Moore
- Lulu; inscribed on April 16, 1882 at Pontiac, Michigan. Herb's sister
- Friend Kitty; inscribed on Sunday, June 25th, no year written. "B.L.E., K. A. L.". Herb's later note: "Married M. Molampy"
- E. J. H.; inscribed at Oxford, Michigan; on December 30, no year written
- Kim; inscribed on January 1, 1881
- ?; inscribed at South Bend, Indiana, on February 21, no year written
- Nettie; inscribed on October 20, 1885. Herb's cousin
- C. A. E.; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan
- May, age 9; Herb's cousin
- Susie; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on April 10, 1881. Herb's later note: "Married to M. J. Sharp 1883" or "Married to Mr. J. Sharp 1883" Possibly the Jacob M. Sharp, the next inscriber in the album, whom Herb noted married Susie Strickland in 1883.
- Mike
- Lizzie; inscribed at Detroit, Michigan, in January 1881. Herb's sister
- Emma D. Baker; inscribed at Oxford, Michigan on January 8, 188 [though very faint]. Her surname is also too faint to read but Herb's later note: "Married Dec 7, 1881. to Clark Dibble, Oxford; Died January 2, 1887" made her identity possible: Emma D. Baker.
- Isabelle Baker of Oxford, Michigan; inscribed on January 8, 1880. Very faint
- A. D. Baldwin; inscribed at Oxford, Michigan, on December 30, 1880. Herb's later note: "Married Aug 14, 1884 to Miss Libbie Beebe". Libbie Beebe, who also inscribed a page in the album, married Arthur D. Baldwin.
- Ina Baldwin of Oxford, Michigan; inscribed on December 28, 1880
- Frank Baldy of White Pigeon, Michigan
- "Mother Beebe" of Oxford, Michigan; inscribed on January 8, 1881.
- Libbie Beebe; inscribed at Oxford, Michigan on January 7, 1881. "Call on me in 1891"; perhaps this inscription was written in 1881. Herb's later note: "Married Aug. 14. 1884 to A. D. Baldwin" - Arthur D. Baldwin, who also inscribed a page in the album.
- L. A. Brokenshaw; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on June 13, 1881. Herb's later note: "Married to Chas. Hunt". I found a record for a Laura A. Brokenshaw who married Charles Hunt.
- Helen Chatterson of Wainfleet, Ontario; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on June 12, 1881. Herb's later note: "Married Feb 28, 1883 to Thomas McGill...Died Jan 27 1885"
- A. B. Clark; inscribed at E.M.A. at Pontiac, Michigan, on February 25, 1885
- D. Adelbert Clark; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on May 15, 1881
- John Conroy; inscribed at Detroit, Michigan, on September 3, 1881. Herb's later note: "Married to Mary Mathews"
- Myra Covert; inscribed at Wing Lake on May 2, 1881
- A. L. Curtis; inscribed at Rochester, presumably Michigan, on February 2, 1882. Herb's later note: "Married about the 1st Nov 1882 to Laura Hayes"
- A. Ella Drake of Birmingham, Michigan; inscribed at Franklin on May 2, 1881
- S. D. Draper of Allegan, Michigan; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan on February 28, 1885
- Charles C. Dresser; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on November 28, 1881
- J. Ferrier of Islington, Ontario; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on December 11, 1881
- Nellie Fletcher of Franklin, Michigan; inscribed at Bloomfield on May 2, 1881
- Emma M. Fuller of Naples, New York; inscribed on April 14, 1881. Herb's later note: "Married March 6, 1884 to Mr. Lee Maring"
- Albert Furnald of Seward, Nebraska; inscribed at Oxford, Michigan, on December 31, 1880
- William F. Harrison of Rochester, Michigan; inscribed on October 21, 1881
- Estelle C. Harter of Cortland, New York; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on August 11, 1881
- C. G. Holcomb of Oxford, Michigan; inscribed on January 8, 1881. If I've interpreted the initials correctly, he might have been Charles G. Holcomb
- Emma C. Jarrard; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on August 18, 1881
- Fred Kelly of Oxford, Michigan; inscribed there on January 9. 1881
- M. Ney Lawson; inscribed at Rochester, Michigan, on June 5, 1881
- Jonathan A. Mark; inscribed at Oxford, Michigan, on October 15, 1881; "baggageman D & BCRR"
- Grace Mattison; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on February 6, 1884
- Laura F. Mattison of Pontiac, Michigan, inscribed on February 2, 1884; age 9 years. "Herb who learnt me to walk"
- Charles S. May of Oxford, Michigan; inscribed there in January 1881. Herb's later note: "Married March 7 1882 to Martha Wilcox".
- John May; inscribed at Oxford, Michigan, on March 16, 1882
- Neil McLarty; inscribed at Claebon [?], Ontario; inscribed on February 26, 1885
- Cora E. Mills; inscribed at Oxford, Michigan, on January 2, 1881. Herb's later note: "Married Dec 24, 1881 to Herbert W. Moore". Walter Herbert Moore, album owner, may have been Cora's future husband.
- Nora Mills; inscribed at Oxford, Michigan, on January 2, 1881
- Nellie Moore; inscribed on January 11, 1881. Herb's later note: "Married to David Little of Detroit Oct 30 1881"
- Bessie Newton; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on May 29, 1881. Herb's later note: "Married Dec 4 1884 to Walter H. Judd"
- ? Nichols, possibly J. F. Nichols; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on April 6, 1881. Herb's later note: "Married August 10, 1882"
- A. L. Palsgrove of Waterford, Pennsylvania; inscribed at South Bend, Indiana, on February 26, 1881. Could instead be A. S. Palsgrove. "Your partner in the Barn...One of the Boys"
- Lafayette J. Pettengill; inscribed at E.M.A. at Pontiac, Michigan, on February 23, 1885
- Edward O. Phillips; inscribed at Kalamazoo, Michigan, on January 21, 1881
- Thomas C. Severance of West Bloomfield, Michigan; inscribed on May 8, 1881
- Allie L. Sharp; inscribed on June 13, 1881. Herb's later note: "Married Nov 17, 1882 to William Draper"
- Jacob M. Sharp; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on April 10, 1881. Herb's later note: "Married to Susie Strickland 1883". Susie Strickland may have been the previous inscriber in the album, whom Herb noted married an M. J. Sharp or Mr. J. Sharp.
- Eli Simpkins, E. M. A., Pontiac, Michigan, inscribed on February 23, 1885.
- Charles M. Thomas; inscribed at Oxford, Michigan, on December 29, 1880
- William H. Underwood; inscribed at Pontiac, Michigan, on February 17, 1885; Herb's cousin
- Fred Ven Hoven; inscribed on May 14, 1881 at "City", possibly Oxford, Michigan, or Pontiac, Michigan
- Lincoln Wallace of Oxford, Michigan; inscribed on Sunday night, January 9, 1881
- Lulu A. Wills of Ypsilanti, Michigan; inscribed on August 11, 1881. "Remember me as one of the old maid book agents that troubled you so".
- Frank Yates; inscribed at Detroit, Michigan
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