Washington-Wilcox County GaArchives Biographies.....Moye, Thomas Ralph 1873 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   THOMAS RALPH MOYE, M. D., has been engaged in the practice of his profession
in Abbeville for about fourteen years. He is a native of Georgia, born in
Washington county on November 7, 1873, the son of Robert J. and Laura (Graybill)
Moye, both natives of Washington county. The father is deceased, but the mother
still lives. Robert Moye was a planter and merchant, and was prominent in the
public life of his county, representing Washington county in the house of
representatives in 1884-85, and in the senate in 1898-99. He was a highly
esteemed citizen of his community, and his death was a distinct loss to the
communal life.

   Thomas R. Moye was educated in Washington and Johnson counties, with regard
to fundamentals, and when he was sixteen years of age he entered the University
of Georgia, from which institution he was graduated in 1894, after which he
completed a course of study in the Physicians and Surgeons College in Atlanta,
being graduated therefrom in 1899. Between the two college courses; however, the
young man taught school in Butts and Franklin counties, as a means of furthering
his progress in an educational way. Immediately following the completion of his
studies Dr. Moye located in Abbeville where he has continued ever since, and he
has been successful in building up a fine practice in this community. He has
attained a high degree of prominence in a public way, and has been a member of
the city council for a number of terms, and in 1909 was mayor of the city.

   On December 20, 1899, Dr. Moye was united in marriage with Miss Rilla Leedy,
daughter of J. D. and Annie E. Leedy, natives of Indiana. Mrs. Moye received her
education in the schools of Bourbon, Indiana. Dr. and Mrs. Moye have one
daughter—Annie Belle, born December 15, 1900. The family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and Dr. Moye is a member of the Knights of Pythias
and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

   Dr. Moye is one of a family of eleven children, of which number seven are now
living. R. T. is a farmer in Washington county; Dr. L. G. is conducting a
practice at Adrian, Georgia; E. L. is located at Augusta; B. H. is an attorney
in Wrightville; Mattie is the wife of W. B. Daniels, a traveling salesman, and
Lula is the wife of C. C. Battle, of Sorrento, Florida, Dr. T. R. Moye making
the seventh of the number.



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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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