W. H. Moore

MOORE, PERRIN, WOODS

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 7/29/2002 at 20:50:23

W. H. Moore, a farmer on section 16, was born in Schoharie county, New York, on the 14th day of March, 1841. He spent the days of his youth attending school and helping his parents till the soil. Subsequently he taught school; residing in his native State until 1861.
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He then emigrated to Wisconsin, continued teaching, and in 1865 enlisted in the Forty-sixth Wisconsin Infantry, and served eight months as a private. In 1866 Mr. Moore came to Iowa, and purchased property in Butler township. He taught school the following winter, and in 1867 married Miss Mary A. Perrin, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Woods) Perrin.
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Mr. Moore now owns 240 acres of land, and is considered a prosperous farmer. He is a republican in politics, and has held local offices. The children are – Ellena, Delmar J., Lizzie, Annie P., and Arthur G.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 516