HENRY R. MOORE
Henry R. Moore is a native of Butler county, Ohio, born August 21, 1844. In 1151 he moved with his parents to Jefferson county, Iowa, where his father purchased a farm. Henry remained with his parents until seventeen years old, when he enlisted in company B., Nineteenth Iowa Infantry. He participated in the engagements of Prairie Grove, Van Buren, siege and capture of Vicksburg, capture of Yazoo City, Forts Gaines and Morgan, Spanish Fort, Mobile and Pierce's Point, Florida. He was one of our country's bravest soldiers, and it was one of his greatest ambitions to fight for our Union. He was discharged at the close of the war, and was nearly, and at times was entirely, blind, and did not regain his sight for over three years after the war. He returned to Jefferson county and there remained until 1870, when he removed to Harrison county, Missouri, where he lived until 1878, when he came to Cass county, and located in Victoria township, and now occupies the south half of the southeast quarter of section 13. He was married in 1868, to Minerva C. Clemons, a native of Pennsylvania. They have five children...'Eva B, Ida E., Etta M., Janey L. and Frank T.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 583.
