MARY LOUISA MOORE
MARY LOUISE MOORE (b. 1871- d. 1891) Aged 20 Years. Died from Ether administered for the pain of a Dental Operation.
MARY LOUISA MOORE- (born 23 March 1871- died April 26, 1891) Aged 20 years.
“A precious one of us is gone, A Voice we loved is stilled: A place is vacant in our hearts, Which never can be filled.”
Walker Lake Bulletin, 4/29/1891:
Miss Mary Louise Moore died in Bodie last week from the effects of ether administered to allay the pain caused by a dental operation. (Note: This news items originally stated, the deceased was Julia Moore, who may have been Julia Ray, from Mary Moore’s first marriage. This was in error as it is clear from Mary Louisa Moore’s gravestone that she died at the time the News Articles appeared.)
Bridgeport (CA) Chronicle-Union, 5/2/1891:
Deceased. – Bodie mourns the death of one of her most “lovely young women,” Miss Louisa Moore, who died on Sunday last, aged 20 years. She was the daughter of Fred Moore, of Bodie, and had long been a resident of Mono County, and was a great favorite, and her sudden departure from this life, has saddened the Community.
Bridgeport (CA) Chronicle-Union, 5/2/1891:
DEATHS. MOORE. – In Bodie, April 26th, Louisa, daughter of Frederick Moore, a native of California, aged 20 years, 1 month and 3 days.
Louisa Moore was one of the best known, and most highly respected young ladies of Bodie. The Funeral Services were held in Odd Fellows’ Hall, on the afternoon of the 28th, under the auspices of the Order of Chosen Friends, of which Society she was a member. She was a good and loving daughter, the only child remaining at home with her aged parents.
Much Sympathy is felt and expressed for them in their sad bereavement. The Funeral was largely attended. The people of Bodie, among whom she had grown from Childhood to Womanhood, showed by their grief and tears, the love and affection in which she was held.
That God in His mercy will help her loving parents “to bear this bitter affliction, is the wish and Prayer of their many friends.”