J. W. Moore

MOORE, HALL, TAYLOR, HODGSON, ANGELL, GREGG, ARMSTRONG, DOUGLAS

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 7/29/2002 at 21:49:35

The Antioch Sunday School was organized in 1866. The first superintendent, J. W. Moore, was followed by J. R. Hall, Eliza Moore, J. R. Hall, J. W. Moore, M. A. Taylor, Asa Hodgson and Guy Angell. The average attendance is about forty.
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Rev. J. W. Moore, pastor of Antioch church, is a native of Tennessee, born December 29, 1825. His parents, Francis and Mary (Gregg) Moore, were both natives of North Carolina. In 1834 the family emigrated to Livingston county, Illinois. Here J. W. Moore followed various employments. In March, 1849, he married Miss Sarah Armstrong, then of Woodford, Illinois, but a native of Clark county, Indiana. Her father, John Armstrong, was a second cousin of Stephen A. Douglas. He then prepared himself for the ministry, and in 1856 emigrated to Green county, Wisconsin.
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In 1861 he commenced preaching in Wisconsin, but soon returned to Livingston county, Illinois, and there engaged as traveling evangelist for the Missionary Society of the Ninth Missionary District of Illinois. In 1863 he had charge of two churches, and in 1864 took a trip through Iowa, preaching in various places, among which was Butler county.
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In 1865 he again came to Iowa, and took charge of his present congregation remaining over four years; then spent twenty months in Illinois, and since that time he has had charge of the Antioch church, with the exception of one year, (1881), which he spent preaching in Linn county, Iowa. When Rev. Moore took charge of his present church it had only eighteen members, and the meetings were held in a school house. Now it numbers one hundred members, and has a good church edifice. This, alone, speaks volumes for the work done by Rev. Moore. The children are – William A., John F., Palmer O., and Arthusa A.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 528