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Born 1840
From History of Greene county, Missouri, ... including a history of its township, towns, and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri ... biographical sketches and portraits of prominent cit (1883)
JOSEPH R. MOORE.
Mr. Moore is the son of James and Mary Moore, and was born at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1840. His parents came to Missouri in 1858 and settled in Miller county, and remained until 1861, when, on account of the war, they removed to Franklin county. Joseph R. Moore learned the machinist's trade at Susquehanna, Penn., in the celebrated Erie railway shops. He then farmer for three years, and in 1861 enlisted in Captain W. D. Bowen's company, Missouri volunteers. He was wounded in the left leg at the battle of Wilson's Creek, and was therefore discharged. He returned to Susquehanna, and as soon as he was able, he again went to work in the Erie shops in the fall of 1861, and continued there until 1867. He then returned to Missouri, and ran an engine on the St. Louis & San Francisco railway. He now runs a passenger engine between Springfield and Pacific. Mr. Moore was married on the 21st of October, 1869, to Miss Del. S. Tallcott, of Belleville, New York. He is chief engineer of Pacific Lodge, No. 83, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, also a member of Wentworth Lodge, No. 113, A. O. U. W.
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