Thomas Morgan Moore

As printed in 1887

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Ilcnry Moore was twice married, and had two sons and two daughters by his first wife, of whom but little account can be given. William Moore, his son, was quite a noted man in New Haven, Ohio, where he was the owner of a large tannery, a store, and a boot and shoe manufactory; John, another son, was a cooper and farmer, residing in the same State; Sarah A., a daughter, married Jason Ames, a shoemaker, who removed to Charlotte, Mich., and died in that place; Mary wedded George (iardiner, a trade of New Haven. After the <death of his first wife, Henry Moore married Mrs. Hannah (Lockwood) Brown, who by her first husband was the mother of one son, Lucius, deceased, who was a business man in New Haven. They were married in New York, and thence emigrated to Licking County, Ohio, where a farm was purchased, upon which the father died soon after their arrival. Their family consisted of Maria, Thomas, Hannah, George and Vhtuhe.

MKl'Hehry Moore died in Illinois, at the home of her dgjighter, Maria, who wed(icd Harry Steward, then a farmer of Kendall County, Ill., but now a resident of Ford County. 111. They left Ohio in 1842, sMwl were followed the next year by Thomas, who'also settled in that county. He was at that time the husband of Mary Troup, born near Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pa. Her parents, Rachel and George Troup, came to Licking County, Ohio, when she was eight years of age. They later removed to Van Wert, Ohio, where the parents died. They left a family of fifteen children, some of whom died in infancy. Those who lived to maturity were, Isaac, Abram, Philip, Jacob, John, Peter, George, Mary A., Margaret, Lavina and Andrew, all of whom are residents of Phillips County, Kan., and are wealthy and prosperous citizens of that State.

Eleven years after settling in Illinois, Thomas Moore emigrated to Iowa, settling on the farm now the propertjof his daughter Elsie. This he entered in 1854, and erected his house two 3'ears later. Every improvement necessary to make a fine farm, was done by him during his lifetime, and although engrossed with the cares of farm life, he accepted the office of Ct)untj Supervisor at an early day. and served as such for several years. B3' trade, he was a shoemaker, having followed that business for seventeen years in Ohio, and being an expert at the trade, but made shoes only for his own family and a few of the neighliors after coming to Iowa. Their children were all born in Illinois, as follows:

As printed in Portrait and biographical album of Washington County, Iowa, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and (1887). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.