The Moore Families of Linn County, Iowa

J. E. MOORE.

J. E. Moore, an enterprising agriculturist of Franklin township, is the owner of ft fine farm on section 25, and his management of the place is marked by the scientific knowledge and skill which characterize the modern farmer. He was born in Jones county, Iowa, May 13, 1866, and is the only child of Daniel and Mary (Wagner) Moore, both natives of Pennsylvania, their marriage being celebrated in Lycoming county, that state. The father was born, however, in Bucks county. In 1860 they emigrated to Iowa and took up their residence in Jones county, where he engaged in farming until 1867. The following year was spent at Lisbon, and at the end of that time they removed to Cedar county, where he also carried on farming for seventeen years. He then returned to Linn county and purchased two hundred and thirty acres of land on sections 25 and 36. AMien our subject took this place the father bought forty acres on which was a good set of farm buildings, making his home there until the spring of 1898, when he removed to Lisbon, where he owns a pleasant home, and stirrounded by all the comforts of life he is now living retired from active labor. He still owns one hundred and eight)' acres of fine farming land in this county, having disposed of the remainder of his property. By his ballot he supports the men and measures of the Republican party and he has been called upon to fill the offices of township trustee, road supervisor and school director, the duties of which positions he most satisfactorily discharged. Both he and his wife are members of the United Brethren church, and he was formerly a trustee of the same.

The subject of this sketch was principally reared in Cedar county, where he attended the district schools, and later took a course at the business college of Cedar Rapids. Being the only child, he remained at home, and at the age of twenty-two took charge of the farm, which he successfully managed until 1899, when he bought that portion of the place, consisting of fifty acres on section 25, franklin township, on which stands all of the buildings. He is a most progressive and up-to-date farmer, who has made a scientific study of his chosen occupation, and is meeting with excellent success. He gives considerable attention to the breeding of cattle, making a specialty of thoroughbred Jerseys.

In Linn county, February 15, 1893, Mr. Moore was united in marriage with Miss Lora A. Fisher, and to them were born twins, Howard and Homer, who were born June 2, 1899, but Homer tlie two days later. Mrs. Moore was born in Lisbon March 2, 1868, and is a daughter of Perry Jackson and Cornelia E. (Ringer) Fisher, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Crawfordsville, Indiana. Pier parents were married in Jones county, Iowa, and for some time made their home in Lisbon, where the father taught school for a number of terms. He also engaged in farming for a while, and when thus employed studied law. After his admission to the bar he engaged in practice for many years at Lisbon, Linn county, but in 1886 removed to a fruit farm which he had previously purchased, making it his home until his death, which occurred December 7, 1895. His remains were interred in the Lisbon cemetery. His widow now makes her home in Linn county with her children. Their family consisted of the following named: William P. wedded Mary Russell and lived for a time in Oklahoma, but now resides in this county; Fannie F., born June 23, 1862, died October 9, 1895; Nellie B. is the wife of George G. Miller, a farmer of Linn township; Lora A. is the wife of our subject; Mary E. is the wife of William Reigor, a farmer of this county; and Howard R. is engaged in mercantile business in Oklahoma. Religiously Mr. Moore is a member of the United Brethren church, and politically is identified with the Republican party. He has served as treasurer of the school board for a number of years, and never withhold his support from an enterprise which he believes calculated to advance the moral, intellectual or material welfare of his township or county, and is justly numbered among the valued citizens of the community in which he lives.

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WALLACE M. MOORE.

Wallace M. Moore, an honored veteran of the Civil war, and the present popular postmaster of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, was born in Charleston, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1 84 1, a son of Henry N. and Mary Phftbe (Dartt) Moore. The father was a printer and school teacher and also a preacher, having been ordained a Methodist minister by Bishop Soule. For some years prior to his death he resided with our subject in Mt. Vernon, where he died in 1894, at the age of sixty-three years. His widow is still living at the age of eighty-six and makes her home with a daughter in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Our subject grew to manhood at his place of birth and received his early education in its district schools. On laying as'de his text books he worked on a farm in the neighborhood until the breaking out of the Civil war. He was one of the first to offer his services to his country in her hour of peril, enlisting at Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1861, just ten days after Fort Sumter was fired upon. He became a member of Company E, First Pennsylvania Rifles, afterward known as the Bucktail regiment, which belonged to the Army of the Potomac. He was taken prisoner at Mechanicsville, Virginia, during the seven day's battle of the Peninsula, and was first sent to Richmond and later to Belle Isle, being held from June 26, 1862, until the 5th of August, when he was exchanged and rejoined his company at Harrison's Landing on the James river. Mr. Moore participated in the following battles: Drainsville. second battle of Bull Run. South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Mine Run, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania Court House. During the last named engagement he was wounded and was confined in the hospital for two months, and later, on the 19th of August, 1864, at the battle of Weldon Railroad, near Petersburg, he lost his right arm, and was in hospital until the 28th of June, 1865, when he was finally discharged.

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On first coming west in 1872. Mr. Moore located in Sibley, Iowa, where he served as county auditor for five terms of two years each, and was also engaged in the real estate and insurance business for two years. In 1886 he came to Sh. Vernon, where he has shine made his home, and during his residence here has served as assessor si.x years and clerk of Franklin township the same length of time. On the 16th of March, 1898, he was appointed postmaster under President McKinley, and is now discharging the duties of that office in a most capable and satisfactory manner. Politically he has always been identified with the Republican party, and socially affiliates with the Odd Fellows lodge, and Washington Camp, No. iiC). SI. W. A., of which he is venerable consul. He was one of the organizers and charter members of L. G. Ireland Post, No. 1 18. G. A. R., of Sibley, of which he was adjutant, and on his removal to Mt. \''vernon transferred his membership to C. Dimmick Post, No. 400, of which he is now ([quartermaster. He was elected representative to the National Encampment at

Buffalo in 1897 from the fifth congressional district of Iowa. On the 8th of August, 1885, he was appointed aide-de-camp by S. S. Burdett, commander-in-chief, and in 1893 was appointed assistant mustering officer in the fifth congressional district. Religiously Mr. Moore is a member of the Methodist church. In years of peace, no less than in those of war, he has bravely performed the duties which have devolved upon him. and is justly entitled to a place on the nation's roll of honor.

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R. MOORE, one of the successful grocers of Cedar Rapids, is a native of the Hawkeye State, born in Burlington, Oct. It, 1855. He il he son of William B. and Sarah A. (McMullen) Moore, and the eldest of four brothers, all living. Thomas is with the subject of our sketch; James is engaged inn woolen-mill, and the youngest, William, is but a young boy.

The early life of Ed. R. Moore was passed under the parental roof and in attendance at the common school in Kossuth and Davenport. He entered the Business College at the latter place in 1875, and after taking one course there was occupied for a time in the woolen-mill business, after which he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He became a clerk for Baines Bros., dry-goods, boots and shoes, at Sigourney, Iowa, and was with them one year. He then removed to Davenport, and engaged as clerk for a grocer there, subsequently forming a partnership with R. C. Chambers, and they operated under the firm name of Moore A' Chambers, and continued together a little more than two year-. The partnership was then dissolved, and Mr. Moore came to Cedar Rapids and established his present business, where he has since remained.

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