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Anna was the fourth child and third daughter of C. W. and Catherine Moore. Born in Boise City on August 9, 1874, she went east to Oberlin College where she became a member of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. On November 11, 1958, she was given a fifty year membership certificate. Anna married Frank Parsons on September 28, 1910, in Boise, probably at the Moore home at 1109 Warm Springs Avenue. Frank Parsons was born on February 5, 1865, and was in the cattle business. They had no children. They built a lovely Tudor style home on a part of the Moore property at 1127 Warm Springs Avenue. Anna and her sister Laura exhibited some forms of rivalry throughout life, with Laura apparently being a stronger person and more dominant socially. Anna was interested in family history and kept notes on family births and deaths. Frank Parsons died September 25, 1942. Anna Moore Parsons suffered some symptoms of depression during the fifties and sixties. She became a member of the First Methodist Church. Being close to her niece, Margaret Moore Howell, she left a sizeable amount of her property after her death on April 7, 1967, to her and her brother Clinton. Anna was 93 when she died. --by Carol L. MacGregor (1990) Sources Bettis, Laurence Moore. Tape-recorded interviews with the author. Conversations with family members. Moore family Bible in possession of the family. The Papers Items in these papers include a letter she wrote to her sister Laura (1890), a letter she received from her nephew Clinton (1949), and tax returns (1970) for her estate. Box 13, Folder 17 Miscellaneous Box 13, Folder 18 Estate: 1967-1970 Return to Moore-Cunningham-Bettis collection main page Return to Special Collections home page For questions or comments about this page, contact Special Collections Department This page last changed: 10 September 2004
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