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born 1814
HON. J. WILKIE MOORE. Hon. J. Wilkie Moore, President of the Wayne County Pioneer and Historical Society, is the son of Aaron Moore and Mary Wilkie, and grandson of General Moore, of Massachusetts, and was born at Geneva, N. Y., on the 13th day of May, 1814.
From Chronography of notable events in the history of the Northwest territory and Wayne County (1890)
born 1846
Child of J. Wilkie Moore
JOSEPH BERTHELET MOORE was born in Detroit, September 15, 1846, and is the son of J. Wilkie and Margaret (Berthelet) Moore. The first of his paternal ancestors in America, General William Moore, came from London, England, in 1770, settled at Bolton, Massachusetts, and was a brave and distinguished officer in the Revolutionary War.
From The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County (1889) · Read the full biography
WILLIAM A. MOORE. To have gained high prestige as one of the leading members of the bar of the state of Michigan was the good fortune of the subject ' of this memoir, whose abilities were of the most solid and definite order and whose character was one marked by inviolable integrity and honor.
From Compendium of history and biography of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan (1909)
ALVAH F. MOORE. Elsewhere in this publication is given a resume of the upbuilding of one of the beneficent concerns of the state, the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company, and by reason of the appearance of the article in question it will be unnecessary to enter here into further details concerning the company, of which Mr. Moore is secretary, being an executive whose efforts have been prolific in furthering the progress of the institution.
From Compendium of history and biography of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan (1909)
FRANKLIN MOORE, one of the earlier merchants of Detroit, and up to the time of his death one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens, was of New England ancestry, of the old Puritan stock, whose patriotism in the colonial and revolutionary times are among the household traditions of their children and grandchildren.
From The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County (1889)
STEPHEN MOORE was born at Manchester, New Hampshire, August 31, 18 12. His father, Joseph Moore, who was of Puritan ancestry, had the same birthplace as his son, and was born in April, 1770. He was a farmer and lumber dealer, a prominent and wealthy citizen, and well known throughout his native State.
From The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County (1889)
WILLIAM MOORE. William Moore was the great-grandson of John Moore of the McDonald clan, who was murdered in his own garden on the morning of February 13, 1692, at the "Massacre of Glencoe," so-called, in Argyleshire, Scotland, which massacre is so graphically described in the foiu-th volume of Macaulay's History of England.
From Chronography of notable events in the history of the Northwest territory and Wayne County (1890)
born 1823
WILLIAM AUSTIN MOORE was born near Clifton Springs, Ontario County, New York, April 17, 1823. He was the seventh son and eighth child of William Moore and Lucy Rice. His ancestors on his father's side were of Scotch-Irish descent. His great-great-grandfather was one of the McDonald clan which was slaughtered at the massacre of Glencoe, in Argyllshire, Scotland, on the morning of February 13, 1692.
From The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County (1889)
born 1832
GEORGE F. MOORE, wholesale dry goods merchant of Detroit, was born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, December 10, 1832, and is one of the twelve children of John and Clara Moore, and of New England ancestry. His grandfather on the paternal side came from Holland, and was among the earliest settlers of Berkshire County, and his descendants have left an honorable impress upon the commercial and political life of New England.
From The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County (1889) · Read the full biography
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