CA58

DRT Application of Francis Catherine Mooring
(C. Avis Catalog entry #58)

Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Application for Membership

Mrs. Francis Catherine Mooring
Wife of Charles Gray Mooring

Applicant examined and approved
April 30th, 1907
Maggie G. Milby,State Secretary

Accepted by the Executive Committee
May second, 1907
Marie Bennet Uriaz (?), Chairman Executive Committee

DATES
Fees paid April 30th, 1907
Duplicate received by State Secretary April 30th, 1907
Certificate of Membership issued by State Secretary May 31st, 1907
Badge issued by State Secretary April 30th, 1907

Application for Membership

Issued by Society of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Temple, April 18, 1907
To the Executive Committee of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas:
    I, Francis Catherine Mooring being of the age of fourteen years and upwards, May 21, 1847, hereby apply for membership in the Society by right of lineal descent in the following line from Alexander Hodge who was born in Penn on the ___ day of ___ 1762 lived in the Republic of Tex. and who served the cause of Texas Independence (or who served the Republic of Texas).
    I was born in the __ of __ County of Ft. Bend, State of Texas.
    I am the daughter of Ely Franklin Ross and Mary Hodge his wife and grand-daughter of William Hodge and Margaret Welch his wife and great-grand-daughter of Alexander Hodge and Ruth Hodge his wife and he, the said Alexander Hodge is the ancestor who assisted in establishing Texas Independence, or who served the Republic of Texas, while acting in the capacity of citizen & one of the Old Three Hundred of the Austin Colonists.

Signature of Applicant
   Mrs. Francis C. R. Mooring
Residence
    Temple, Tex.

    Nominated and recommended by the undersigned, a member of the society.
Mrs. J. J. Birker
Mrs. M. E. Gooch

I also approve the above  and recommend the applicant W. P. Guber Member Tex. Vet. Assn.

ANCESTOR'S SERVICE
    My ancestor's services, or my husband's services, in assisting in establishing Texas Independence, and in maintaining the independence of the Republic of Texas, were as follows:

Alexander and William Hodge both came to Texas in 1825, among the first Three Hundred of Austin's Colonists.  Alexander Hodge was too old to perform an service and William Hodge was killed by the fall of a tree in 1826 before there as any trouble with the Mexicans or Indians.  The both resided in Brazoria Co.

I am a son of William Hodge and was born in Brazoria Co. Jany 6th 1827 and write this for the applicant.
    William Hodge, jr

For further family record see application of Sarah Ross Mooring Hall

Please return this paper, when filled out, to 
    Mrs. C. H. Milby, State Secretary of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
    Mrs. Anson Jones, President of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

By order of Marie Bennet Uriaz(?), Chairman of the Executive Committee