The Moore Families of Buchanan County, Missouri

BENJAMIN MOORE, farmer, section 20, postoffice Agency, was born in West Virginia, October 19, 1818. At the age of twenty-four, he left his native state, and located in Buchanan County, Missouri, where he has resided ever since. January 12, 1842, he was married to Lucinda C. Gibson. She was born in West Tennessee. They have had six children: Robert M. G., born December 5, 1842; Margaret A., born July 26, 1844, died September 14, 1845; Martha J., born April 3, 1846; Eliza C, born April 4, 1848; William R., born October 10, 1849, died October 4, 1850; and Susan H. V., born September 30, 1858. When he came to Buchanan County there were only two houses in St. Joseph — those of Joseph Robidoux and Fred. Smith. He had to go fourteen miles to a tread mill. He has followed farming all his life. When he landed in Missouri he had nothing but a small horse and eighty dollars in money. By hard work he has accumulated 225 acres of land; has owned more, but has given a portion to his children. Nearly all his land is well improved. He has on his farm a good orchard. He has been justice of the peace four and one-half years, school director and administrator in several instances. He was also postmaster for many years. He is a member of the M. E. Church South. During the war he suffered heavily from the depredations of the soldiers. His sympathies were with the South. Robert M. G. Moore, son of the subject of this sketch, was a member of the militia. Afterwards, to avoid the draft, he went out on the plains, and remained there until after the war closed. Mr. Moore has long been known for his liberality, never refusing to lend a helping hand to the poor and needy.

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ROBERT M. MOORE, farmer, section 17, postoffice Agency, was born December 5, 1842, in Buchanan County, Missouri. He was married February 17, 1865, to Elizabeth Reynolds, a native of Missouri, born January 5, 1846. They have had four children — one son died in infancy: Robert L., born August 22, 1871; Hettie E., born July 4, 1874; and Melvin M., born August 20, 1877. Mr. M. served six months in the Pawpaw Militia, after which he went out on the plains. He has been engaged in farming principally all his life. He has eighty acres of land, mostly under fence and in a good state of cultivation. There is on this place a fine young orchard. Mr. Moore is a member of the Grange.

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RICHARD MOORE, carpenter; was born in England January 14, 1836, where he enjoyed the advantages of a moderate education. He emigrated to America in 1851, landing in Cleveland, Ohio, from which place he went to Mt. Vernon, and thence to Kansas, where he remained for three years. He afterwards explored Montana and returned to Missouri in the fall of 1859; has followed carpentering ever since. He married Mary Spearman, a native of England, and they had one child, Frank A. Mrs. M. died in 1857. Mr. Moore married in 1859 Mattie Pickard, also a native of England. By this union they have five children, P'red, Harry, Nelly, and Stephen. Mr. Moore's second wife died April 6, 1876. He enlisted in the Thirteenth Kansas Regiment, Company A, for three years, and returned home safe and sound. He is an Odd Fellow. Has been successful in life, and owns the house and lot where he lives.

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THOMAS D. MOORE, proprietor of sale and feed stable, is a native of Jefferson County, West Virginia, and was born March 18, 1830. In 1856, he came to Missouri, locating on Grand River, Daviess County, and engaged in farming until 1869. From that time, resided at different points until 1880, when he became a resident of St. Joseph. Mr. Moore is a steady going, unassuming man, and is respected by all who have his acquaintance. In 1858, he was married to Miss A. B. Terrill. They have one son, William F.

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FRANK A. MOORE, secretary and treasurer of the Comb Printing Company, was born in Doniphan county, Kansas, Aug. n, 1858, and came to St. 'Joseph in 1864, where he attended school. For eighteen years he was a clerk with the dry goods house of Chambers & Marney, but in 1889 he united himself with the Combe Printing Co. and has displayed great, ability as a business man in his capacity of secretary and treasurer, as is shown by the wonderful growth of that institution. Mr. Moore is a Republican. He was married in June, 1883, to Miss Laura Smith.

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