Mourning Ella Leak was born on the "Tippah Home" Plantation near the town of Salem in Tippah County (though that part later became Benton County) Mississippi to plantation owner Francis Terry Leak and his third wife Martha Jane Malone (Nov. 5, 1815 - Dec. 12, 1875). Her father Francis kept an extensive and detailed diary of his daily life and plantation activities. This diary is known to have been a source for—and inspired many works of—Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner. It is now in the the library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her mother Martha Jane was the daughter of Rev. Booth Malone and Margaret Norsworthy Malone.
In 1868 she married Rev. Warner Moore—a preacher and Confederate veteran—on what remained of the family plantation. She moved with her husband on his preaching circuit, which included many towns across western Tennessee, western Kentucky, and northern Mississippi.
By all accounts she was a fine Southern Lady, sharing her husband's love of all kinfolk, no matter how close or distant. She was also a member of the Women's Missionary Society and held a degree from the State Female College in Memphis.
After Warner's death, she lived with her daughter Nell Wilson in Paris, Tennessee, where she eventually passed away in 1916.
In 1868 she married Rev. Warner Moore—a preacher and Confederate veteran—on what remained of the family plantation. She moved with her husband on his preaching circuit, which included many towns across western Tennessee, western Kentucky, and northern Mississippi.
By all accounts she was a fine Southern Lady, sharing her husband's love of all kinfolk, no matter how close or distant. She was also a member of the Women's Missionary Society and held a degree from the State Female College in Memphis.
After Warner's death, she lived with her daughter Nell Wilson in Paris, Tennessee, where she eventually passed away in 1916.
Mourning Ella Leak was born on the "Tippah Home" Plantation near the town of Salem in Tippah County (though that part later became Benton County) Mississippi to plantation owner Francis Terry Leak and his third wife Martha Jane Malone (Nov. 5, 1815 - Dec. 12, 1875). Her father Francis kept an extensive and detailed diary of his daily life and plantation activities. This diary is known to have been a source for—and inspired many works of—Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner. It is now in the the library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her mother Martha Jane was the daughter of Rev. Booth Malone and Margaret Norsworthy Malone.
In 1868 she married Rev. Warner Moore—a preacher and Confederate veteran—on what remained of the family plantation. She moved with her husband on his preaching circuit, which included many towns across western Tennessee, western Kentucky, and northern Mississippi.
By all accounts she was a fine Southern Lady, sharing her husband's love of all kinfolk, no matter how close or distant. She was also a member of the Women's Missionary Society and held a degree from the State Female College in Memphis.
After Warner's death, she lived with her daughter Nell Wilson in Paris, Tennessee, where she eventually passed away in 1916.
In 1868 she married Rev. Warner Moore—a preacher and Confederate veteran—on what remained of the family plantation. She moved with her husband on his preaching circuit, which included many towns across western Tennessee, western Kentucky, and northern Mississippi.
By all accounts she was a fine Southern Lady, sharing her husband's love of all kinfolk, no matter how close or distant. She was also a member of the Women's Missionary Society and held a degree from the State Female College in Memphis.
After Warner's death, she lived with her daughter Nell Wilson in Paris, Tennessee, where she eventually passed away in 1916.
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