MOORE, THOMAS

MOORE, MATHEWS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/12/2019 at 21:00:56

DES MOINES TOWNSHIP

MOORE, THOMAS, far, Sec. 9; P. O. Vincennes ; born in Washington Co., Penn., in 1836; his parents, James and Rebecca Moore, came to Lee Co. in 1849, and purchased the farm now owned by Thomas, in 1855 ; Mr. James Moore died in 1867; his wife died in 1871. Thomas Moore married, in 1866, Jane Mathews, a daughter of Paul and Nancy Mathews, who came to Lee Co., from Pennsylvania, in 1851 ; Mr. Moore has four children—Nancy F., Katie, Fred L. and Paul M. ; he enlisted in January, 1862, in 2d Mo. Cav. ; was promoted to Second, then to First Lieutenancy ; the 2d Mo., with other veterans, were transferred to the 13th Mo. Cav. ; after the close of the war, they were placed on frontier duty ; discharged in May, 1866.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879