Father Moore-birthplace North Carolina USA
Mother: Lemonds-birthplace North Carolina USA
Occupation: Retired Farmer
---FW Star-Telegram, Sunday, Feb 22, 1914---
‘Forty-Niner' Dies At Home in Bedford
Milton Moore Also Confederate Veteran and Pioneer in Texas
Milton Moore, ‘Forty-Niner', Confederate veteran and early settler of Tarrant County, died at his home at Bedford Saturday afternoon, three days after he celebrated his eight-sixth birthday anniversary.
He was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, Feb 18, 1828, and when he was only 10 years old, his parents moved to Missouri, settling near Jefferson City. He had just passed 21 when the gold rush to California began in 1849 and he made the long journey to the coast.
Digging gold, however, was not the easy way to wealth for young Moore and he returned to Missouri in a year and in 1852 married Miss Marguerite Henley.
He joined Brice's army in the spring of 1861, but was paroled after one of the battles in southwestern Missouri in September of that year on his promise to Capt. J. S. McKenzie that he was going to Texas to settle. He located on the site of what now is Bedford and lived there until his death.
Moore re-enlisted in 1862, however this time in a Texas company, and served until the close of the war.
He joined the Christian Church in 1863 and was an active member up to the time of his death.
His wife died in June 1911. He is survived by these sons and daughters: John M., Matilda J., M. H. and Jesse S. Mr. M. H. Moore is principal of the North Side High School.
---Taken from the Gospel Advocate, April 9, 1914, page 409---
Milton Moore was born in Rockingham County, N. C., on February 18, 1828, and died at Bedford, Texas, on February 21, 1914, aged eighty-six years and three days. He was reared in Cole County, Mo., whither his father had moved in 1838. After returning from California, where he went to dig for gold in 1850, he married Margaret Ann Henley, with whom he lived for fifty-nine years, and who preceded him to the better land in 1911. He moved to Texas in 1861, and spent three years in the Confederate Army, where he heard the simple gospel of Christ preached by Carroll Kendrick, and where he responded to the second invitation he had ever had. Coming home from the war, he and others established the old Spring Garden Church, two miles north of the town of Bedford. In 1874 the congregation built the present meeting-house at Bedford and have met there continuously since. His wife, who had joined the Baptist Church during his absence in the army, soon learned the way of the Lord more perfectly and was baptized. To this union were born six children: John M. Moore, of Arlington; William H. Moore, who died in 1876; Mrs. John Barr, of Bedford; Mrs. M. H. McKinley, of Fort Worth; J. S. Moore, of Bedford; and the writer. These all obeyed the gospel in youth and are still trying to be faithful. He was buried in the old burying ground near the meetinghouse where he worshiped so long. He had been a great reader, and the Gospel Advocate, which he had taken every year but one since the Civil War, was his favorite paper. Though we are sad at the parting, we are encouraged at the remembrance of the good life that he lived and the hope of the reunion on the other side. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. (Submitted by M. H. Moore., Fort Worth, Texas.)
Mother: Lemonds-birthplace North Carolina USA
Occupation: Retired Farmer
---FW Star-Telegram, Sunday, Feb 22, 1914---
‘Forty-Niner' Dies At Home in Bedford
Milton Moore Also Confederate Veteran and Pioneer in Texas
Milton Moore, ‘Forty-Niner', Confederate veteran and early settler of Tarrant County, died at his home at Bedford Saturday afternoon, three days after he celebrated his eight-sixth birthday anniversary.
He was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, Feb 18, 1828, and when he was only 10 years old, his parents moved to Missouri, settling near Jefferson City. He had just passed 21 when the gold rush to California began in 1849 and he made the long journey to the coast.
Digging gold, however, was not the easy way to wealth for young Moore and he returned to Missouri in a year and in 1852 married Miss Marguerite Henley.
He joined Brice's army in the spring of 1861, but was paroled after one of the battles in southwestern Missouri in September of that year on his promise to Capt. J. S. McKenzie that he was going to Texas to settle. He located on the site of what now is Bedford and lived there until his death.
Moore re-enlisted in 1862, however this time in a Texas company, and served until the close of the war.
He joined the Christian Church in 1863 and was an active member up to the time of his death.
His wife died in June 1911. He is survived by these sons and daughters: John M., Matilda J., M. H. and Jesse S. Mr. M. H. Moore is principal of the North Side High School.
---Taken from the Gospel Advocate, April 9, 1914, page 409---
Milton Moore was born in Rockingham County, N. C., on February 18, 1828, and died at Bedford, Texas, on February 21, 1914, aged eighty-six years and three days. He was reared in Cole County, Mo., whither his father had moved in 1838. After returning from California, where he went to dig for gold in 1850, he married Margaret Ann Henley, with whom he lived for fifty-nine years, and who preceded him to the better land in 1911. He moved to Texas in 1861, and spent three years in the Confederate Army, where he heard the simple gospel of Christ preached by Carroll Kendrick, and where he responded to the second invitation he had ever had. Coming home from the war, he and others established the old Spring Garden Church, two miles north of the town of Bedford. In 1874 the congregation built the present meeting-house at Bedford and have met there continuously since. His wife, who had joined the Baptist Church during his absence in the army, soon learned the way of the Lord more perfectly and was baptized. To this union were born six children: John M. Moore, of Arlington; William H. Moore, who died in 1876; Mrs. John Barr, of Bedford; Mrs. M. H. McKinley, of Fort Worth; J. S. Moore, of Bedford; and the writer. These all obeyed the gospel in youth and are still trying to be faithful. He was buried in the old burying ground near the meetinghouse where he worshiped so long. He had been a great reader, and the Gospel Advocate, which he had taken every year but one since the Civil War, was his favorite paper. Though we are sad at the parting, we are encouraged at the remembrance of the good life that he lived and the hope of the reunion on the other side. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. (Submitted by M. H. Moore., Fort Worth, Texas.)
Father Moore-birthplace North Carolina USA
Mother: Lemonds-birthplace North Carolina USA
Occupation: Retired Farmer
---FW Star-Telegram, Sunday, Feb 22, 1914---
‘Forty-Niner' Dies At Home in Bedford
Milton Moore Also Confederate Veteran and Pioneer in Texas
Milton Moore, ‘Forty-Niner', Confederate veteran and early settler of Tarrant County, died at his home at Bedford Saturday afternoon, three days after he celebrated his eight-sixth birthday anniversary.
He was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, Feb 18, 1828, and when he was only 10 years old, his parents moved to Missouri, settling near Jefferson City. He had just passed 21 when the gold rush to California began in 1849 and he made the long journey to the coast.
Digging gold, however, was not the easy way to wealth for young Moore and he returned to Missouri in a year and in 1852 married Miss Marguerite Henley.
He joined Brice's army in the spring of 1861, but was paroled after one of the battles in southwestern Missouri in September of that year on his promise to Capt. J. S. McKenzie that he was going to Texas to settle. He located on the site of what now is Bedford and lived there until his death.
Moore re-enlisted in 1862, however this time in a Texas company, and served until the close of the war.
He joined the Christian Church in 1863 and was an active member up to the time of his death.
His wife died in June 1911. He is survived by these sons and daughters: John M., Matilda J., M. H. and Jesse S. Mr. M. H. Moore is principal of the North Side High School.
---Taken from the Gospel Advocate, April 9, 1914, page 409---
Milton Moore was born in Rockingham County, N. C., on February 18, 1828, and died at Bedford, Texas, on February 21, 1914, aged eighty-six years and three days. He was reared in Cole County, Mo., whither his father had moved in 1838. After returning from California, where he went to dig for gold in 1850, he married Margaret Ann Henley, with whom he lived for fifty-nine years, and who preceded him to the better land in 1911. He moved to Texas in 1861, and spent three years in the Confederate Army, where he heard the simple gospel of Christ preached by Carroll Kendrick, and where he responded to the second invitation he had ever had. Coming home from the war, he and others established the old Spring Garden Church, two miles north of the town of Bedford. In 1874 the congregation built the present meeting-house at Bedford and have met there continuously since. His wife, who had joined the Baptist Church during his absence in the army, soon learned the way of the Lord more perfectly and was baptized. To this union were born six children: John M. Moore, of Arlington; William H. Moore, who died in 1876; Mrs. John Barr, of Bedford; Mrs. M. H. McKinley, of Fort Worth; J. S. Moore, of Bedford; and the writer. These all obeyed the gospel in youth and are still trying to be faithful. He was buried in the old burying ground near the meetinghouse where he worshiped so long. He had been a great reader, and the Gospel Advocate, which he had taken every year but one since the Civil War, was his favorite paper. Though we are sad at the parting, we are encouraged at the remembrance of the good life that he lived and the hope of the reunion on the other side. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. (Submitted by M. H. Moore., Fort Worth, Texas.)
Mother: Lemonds-birthplace North Carolina USA
Occupation: Retired Farmer
---FW Star-Telegram, Sunday, Feb 22, 1914---
‘Forty-Niner' Dies At Home in Bedford
Milton Moore Also Confederate Veteran and Pioneer in Texas
Milton Moore, ‘Forty-Niner', Confederate veteran and early settler of Tarrant County, died at his home at Bedford Saturday afternoon, three days after he celebrated his eight-sixth birthday anniversary.
He was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, Feb 18, 1828, and when he was only 10 years old, his parents moved to Missouri, settling near Jefferson City. He had just passed 21 when the gold rush to California began in 1849 and he made the long journey to the coast.
Digging gold, however, was not the easy way to wealth for young Moore and he returned to Missouri in a year and in 1852 married Miss Marguerite Henley.
He joined Brice's army in the spring of 1861, but was paroled after one of the battles in southwestern Missouri in September of that year on his promise to Capt. J. S. McKenzie that he was going to Texas to settle. He located on the site of what now is Bedford and lived there until his death.
Moore re-enlisted in 1862, however this time in a Texas company, and served until the close of the war.
He joined the Christian Church in 1863 and was an active member up to the time of his death.
His wife died in June 1911. He is survived by these sons and daughters: John M., Matilda J., M. H. and Jesse S. Mr. M. H. Moore is principal of the North Side High School.
---Taken from the Gospel Advocate, April 9, 1914, page 409---
Milton Moore was born in Rockingham County, N. C., on February 18, 1828, and died at Bedford, Texas, on February 21, 1914, aged eighty-six years and three days. He was reared in Cole County, Mo., whither his father had moved in 1838. After returning from California, where he went to dig for gold in 1850, he married Margaret Ann Henley, with whom he lived for fifty-nine years, and who preceded him to the better land in 1911. He moved to Texas in 1861, and spent three years in the Confederate Army, where he heard the simple gospel of Christ preached by Carroll Kendrick, and where he responded to the second invitation he had ever had. Coming home from the war, he and others established the old Spring Garden Church, two miles north of the town of Bedford. In 1874 the congregation built the present meeting-house at Bedford and have met there continuously since. His wife, who had joined the Baptist Church during his absence in the army, soon learned the way of the Lord more perfectly and was baptized. To this union were born six children: John M. Moore, of Arlington; William H. Moore, who died in 1876; Mrs. John Barr, of Bedford; Mrs. M. H. McKinley, of Fort Worth; J. S. Moore, of Bedford; and the writer. These all obeyed the gospel in youth and are still trying to be faithful. He was buried in the old burying ground near the meetinghouse where he worshiped so long. He had been a great reader, and the Gospel Advocate, which he had taken every year but one since the Civil War, was his favorite paper. Though we are sad at the parting, we are encouraged at the remembrance of the good life that he lived and the hope of the reunion on the other side. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. (Submitted by M. H. Moore., Fort Worth, Texas.)
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