Timeline Molly and John

  Timeline John and Molly

• 1895 7 August John returns home for a visit with family from his studies in  Xenia

• 1895 4 September Pittsburgh Presbytery says John Moorehead will take his post in Scottdale in December

• 1896 31 December John goes to Xenia to visit his uncle Dr. Moorehead and has been given charge of the Presbyterian Church near Pittsburgh. John had recently recovered from a severe typhoid fever

• 1899, on 28 April, Reverend John H Moorehead was installed as pastor at First Presbyterian Church. He does not marry Molly for four more months.

• 1900 20 August John visits Zanesville with Molly for the first time.

• 1901 15 November Sunday School Association meeting. John was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church and president of the district organizations

• 1902 12 June John speaks at the 7th annual graduation exercises for Clinton Hospital training school for nurses

• 1904 11 January John Moorehead turns over the pulpit to a former minister celebrating his 87th birthday in Clinton, Massachusetts

• 1904 24 January, Dr. Moorehead joined the Boston Encampment and was assigned to camp 19.

• 1904 February 5 John is still at Camp 19

• 1904 February 10 John speaks eloquently appealing to fathers who have sons to have them become identified with the “Sons of Veterans.” The organization was founded to allow the sons of Civil War veterans to continue the work of their fathers and grandfathers.

• 1904 29 August John Moorehead preaches his last sermon, having tendered his resignation

• 1905 27 July John is identified as pastor of a local church in Piqua, Ohio

• 1906 4 April John and Molly attend a fete at a local house on Sunday evening.

• 1906 17 April John and Molly entertain church members at their home ( Molly gave birth three days earlier to Margaret)

• 1907 13 June Molly and John leave Rix Mills after visiting family

• 1907 17 October John is elected to the United Presbyterian Synod

• 1907 26 November John preaches at a gathering for Thanksgiving

• 1910 21 December John’s church holds an exceptional Christmas Service

• 1911 1 December John reads a Thanksgiving proclamation.

• 1912 18 May John is assigned a pastorate in St. Louis at First United Presbyterian Church

• 1913 11 April John attends a Bible School Supper

• 1913 3 August Molly is visiting friends in Hamilton with Agnes and Margaret. They are now in St. Louis

• 1913 2 October John teaches a bible study class

• 1914 19 May John attends a banquet given for himself and another new minister

• 1914 9 June John attends a meeting where a church merger is discussed

• 1914 25 September John officiates installing a new pastor at a different church.

• 1914 11 November Molly attends a Missionary Union meeting and provides entertainment.

• 1915 19 January John presents a paper on Premillennialism, saying things are bad and will worsen.

• 1915 5 June Molly performs at a “New Music” event

• 1915 15 September John speaks at a memorial service.

• 1915 16 October John delivers a speech at a cornerstone laying for a new church

• 1915 16 October John attends a memorial for a pastor and speaks

• 1915 3 December John gives the invocation at the 75th Anniversary of the United Presbyterian Church

• 1915 12 December Molly gives a piano recital for the Rubenstein Club

• 1916 3 May John performs a wedding

• 1916 25 November John is a delegate at the “Missouri Dry's Campaign.”

• 1916 18 December John speaks at the dedication of the New Westminster Church

• 1917 26 September John attends a gathering of ministers of inner city churches regarding a new crime report.

• 1918 21 February Molly performs at a New Music gathering

• 1918 1 March Molly participates in a performance for “The Morning Choral Club”

• 1918 1 May Molly serves for “The Morning Choral Club” dressed as a clown

• 1918 3 September John leaves for YMCA camp for a month

• 1919 25 December Agnes, Molly, and Margaret arrive to live in Reedsburg

• 1920 21 January, a reception will be held for John and his family

• 1920 22 January John is instilled

• 1920 29 January John attends a program of activities for Presbyterians

• 1920 30 January John performs a funeral

• 1920 3 February John attends the same program again

• 1920 6 February John has hosted Thomas Rankin of Chicago

• 1920 9 February A church institute is held at a local church, and John gives an address

• 1920 12 February Church Institute

• 1920 12 February John and Molly attend a two-day conference

• 1920 1 April Peggy and Molly go to Baraboo

• 1920 18 June Molly and Margaret meet Agnes in Chicago

• 1920 7 September John is away from Reedsburg on vacation

• 1921 20 July John performs the funeral of a parishioner

• 1921 21 December John addressed a congregation in another town at the installation of a new minister

• 1922 3 February Molly entertains at the high school

• 1922 11 May Molly entertains at the high school for a second time.

• 1922 9 June Molly sings during a band competition. Margaret’s boyfriend is in the band.

• 1922 16 June Margaret and Molly perform for a Cadet Band Benefit as Mesdames Moorehead, according to the paper.

• 1922 16 June It is announced Margaret and Molly will be going to Chicago

• 1923 Fall John returns to St Louis and is installed in Carondelet Presbyterian.

• 1923 7 December Rev. J.H. Moorehead accompanies his daughter Margaret to her Aurora, Illinois school on Tuesday morning.

• 1924 4 January Masonic Lodge Officers Installed John as Chaplin

• 1924 10 January John performs a wedding

• 1924 7 February Molly sees guest off.

• 1924 13 February John attends the Old Settlers event

• 1924 14 February John conducts a funeral service

• 1924 28 February John and Molly are visiting friends in Chicago

• 1924 13 March Molly goes to Chicago for two weeks

• 1924 21 March Molly and a friend go to Baraboo

• 1924 26 March John goes to Baraboo

• 1924 3 April Molly and John go to Madison

• 1924 10 April John helps open a DeMolay Chapter 

• 1924 10 April John attends the spring Presbytery meeting

• 1924 5 June John delivers the benediction at graduation

• 1924 19 June John attends a WTCU Convention

• 1924 26 June John performs a marriage

• 1924 27 June John performs a marriage

• 1924 4 July John speaks at a 4th of July event

• 1924 11 July John leaves for a thirty-day vacation at his parent's home.

• 1924 11 July Margaret goes to Devils Lake with friends, and Molly chaperones them.

• 1924 8 August John returns to Reedsburg

• 1924 29 August John accepts a church in St. Louis

• 1924 24 December Molly performs Christmas Eve Carols on KSD

• 1925 29 March Molly Performs on KSD

• 1925 9 April John speaks at University Presbyterian Church

• 1925 18 April John attends a Presbytery meeting

• 1925 24 October Molly performs as a soprano on KSD

• 1925 26 October Molly performs as a soprano again on KSD

• 1926 28 February Molly performs a recital at Carondelet Church

• 1926 1 Mar Molly is recovering from a severe unknown operation and can now sit up.

• 1926, on 20 March, John gave a sermon titled “Soul Suicide By Starvation” and another one called “Ashamed of Christ.”

• 1926 31 July John performs the closing service for vacation bible school

• 1926 8 November Molly serves for the “Women’s Missionary Federation”

• 1925 21 November Thanksgiving at Lindenwood John gives an address

• 1927 12 January Molly gives a recital at Carondelet Church

• 1927 25 March Molly sings on KMOX

• 1927 6 April John attends a large church meeting

• 1927 30 July Maternal grandfather Terence Edward McCauley dies of a fracture to the base of his skull at an iron mill in Warren, Trumbull, Ohio. He does not live with his wife Margaret, who is in Canton, Ohio.

• 1927 11 November Paternal grandmother Hannah Humphrey Moorehead dies of old age.

• 1927 11 November John and Howard are called home because of Hannah's ill health.

• 1928 12 February John gives an introduction for Carondelet Women

• 1928 12 February Molly is in charge of music performed at Carondelet for the “Women’s Club” meeting

• 1928 5 April John performs Good Friday Service

• 1928 9 May John gave the invocation at a service honoring the capture of Camp Jackson and the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic)

• 1928, on 4 June, John transferred to Dayton from St. Louis. I will take up the post in Sept.

• 1928 29 June John tenders his resignation and is assigned to a t church in Dayton, Ohio

• 1928 15 August John goes to Dayton

• 1928 24 September John does a marriage ceremony

• 1928 1 October John is declared pastor of the church

• 1929 12 January John preaches at Patterson Memorial Presbyterian

• 1929 28 March John at the “Masonic Noontide Club” on “Seeing the Unseen”

• 1929 14 May John presents diplomas in a leadership class

• 1929 16 May John is appointed executor of his father Robert’s estate after his death. The estate is valued at $12,000.

• 1929 24 May John takes part in a graduation exercise at the YMCA schools

• 1929 30 May The appraisal of Robert’s estate is filed, and the result is between personal property, securities, and real estate; the appraisal is $16,370.76. It is worth noting that Robert’s estate of $16,370.76 would be worth $294,698.44 in today’s money.

• 1929 11 June John addresses the “Christian Endeavor Convention.”

• 1929 15 June Vacation bible school begins, and John gives a sermon called “Stand Harnessed.”

• 1929 27 June John performs a wedding ceremony at the home of the bride's parents

• 1929 9 July John preaches about publicity and the spread of Christianity “For This Thing Was Not Done In A Corner.”

• 1929 12 July Molly telegrams Agnes: “Things are not so well come at once.”

• 1929 14 July Margaret is dead by her own hand.

• 1929 29 April Paternal grandfather Robert Moorehead dies of old age and a thigh fracture.

• 1929 21 September John returns to preaching

• 1930 19 September The final probate is fled for Robert’s will.

• 1930 9 October John performs a wedding ceremony

• 1930 20 October John submits his resignation, stating he will be leaving before the Spring meeting of the Presbytery in Dayton.

• 1931 4 April Molly sings at the Easter service

• 1931 8 April Molly and John attend a dinner honoring John at the home of friends in Hamilton. The dinner was given because John was leaving the church in Dayton

• 1931 9 April, Reverend Moorehead officiates at a wedding at Patterson Memorial Presbyterian Church

• 1931 14 April, the Dayton Presbytery severs ties with John. The committee now has charge of the day-to-day operation of the church until a new pastor is chosen

• 1931 15 April Reverend Moorehead resigns from Patterson Memorial Presbyterian Church

• 1931 18 May John is being sent to Kohr Memorial in Columbus

• 1931 8 June John was supposedly transferred to Springfield Illinois.

• 1931 20 November Address given for John and Molly is Linden, Ohio, a Columbus suburb

• 1937 11 December John performs a funeral service

• 1938 22 May As the choir sang “In the Arms of Jesus,” John Moorehead died in his chair by the pulpit.

• 1942 16 August Identifies Molly as a resident of Reedsburg for the last 20 years.

• 1948 4 October Molly leaves California to go to St. Louis for “The Veiled Prophet’s Ball” with Jacob M Lashley, also known as “Uncle Jake,” Agnes will join them later.

• 1951 19 October Molly is listed as attending the Carnegie Hall performance by the “First Drama Quartette,” Agnes is listed as the former “assistant principal” at Soldier’s Grove.

• 1971 4 October Molly attends the dedication of a new City Hall complex in Reedsburg with Agnes

• 1983 20 August Molly celebrates her 100th birthday with a party including 100 balloons and stars, decorating the 2-East South Unit, calling them “simply elegant.”

• 1990 11 June Molly passes away in a nursing home.