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Born 1842, Buchanan County
From The history of Buchanan County, Missouri (1881)
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.
As printed in The history of Buchanan County, Missouri (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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