Mooar, Lydia Louise, 1887-

A public school teacher, Lydia Louise Mooar was born in 1887 in Scurry County, Texas, the daughter of John Wesley and Margaret McCollum Mooar. She was educated at Colorado City, Texas, and attended St. Mary's College in Dallas, Texas, and Word Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee. She taught school in Texas, Florida, and Georgia before retiring in 1959. Her father and his brother, J. Wright Mooar, were involved in buffalo hunting and ranching.

From the guide to the Lydia Louise Mooar Papers, S 722. 1., 1876-1971 and undated, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University)

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