Today, while doing genealogy I discovered some interesting newspaper pieces. For years I wondered how John and Mary could have gone to Reedsburg leaving Peggy behind in St. Louis. I also wondered why Agnes would travel to St. Louis on hiatus from Muskingum. Now I know why.
For years the progression of John Moorehead's churches included Hamilton, Ohio and St. Louis as well as Reedsburg and Dayton. It's not quite as clean cut as all that though. Yes John Moorehead was the pastor of a church in each one of these cities but what isn't commonly known is that Moorehead and his family went back to St Louis after Reedsburg, Wisconsin. I came across several articles that talked about his services at Carondelet in 1925. Another article that talks about the history of Carondelet stating that John H. Moorehead was pastor of the church from 1924 to 1928. That means that Peggy moved with her parents from St Louis to Dayton Ohio in the fall of 1928 and would go on to commit suicide approximately 9 months later.
I found another interesting article that talks about Dr. Moorehead preaching the Thanksgiving service on November 21, 1926 at Lindenwood College. I made me wonder if perhaps Peggy may have attended Lindenwood. That's research for another time though.
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I read about this. I've had a theory for a while that Peggy was in a committed relationship with someone back in St. Louis and perhaps thought they would marry. It's only a theory but it seems that there was turmoil about it even when Agnes visited home, so I feel like Peggy was in a relationship prior to the move to Dayton to cause tempers to flare and such.
Hi again... Ok, so was Peggy Ms. Moorehead's sister? I have read various articles and have come across three different names that each could have been the sister Ms. Moorehead had lost. Sophie, Margaret, and Peggy. Are these all the same person?
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