Jacob R. Moore was born September 18, 1836, and died June 2, 1899, aged sixty-two years, eight months and fourteen days. He was married to Mary W. Bacon, of Bourbon, December 31, 1862. To them were born seven children, whose names are as follows: Richard, George B., Rice J., Anna M., Wade .H., Emma B. S., and Leonore Moore. As a neighbor, Mr. Moore was always ready to lend a helping hand and passed through the trials incident to the life of early settlers in what was then the far west. For years he was one of the directors of the First National Bank of Arcola. He helped to build Bethel Church, and lent valuable aid in organizing the congregation during the fall of 1883, although not an active member; he and his wife became members October 4, 1884, and in June, 1890, he was raised to the dignity of elder. Mr. Moore was a man of strong, positive character and unswerving dignity and in his death the community in which he had so long resided, lost a kind neighbor and a good citizen, and the Church with which he had been so closely identified, one of its strongest stays and most helpful members.
Capt. Rice J. Moore, a son, volunteered in the Illinois National Guard, March 31, 1894; saw field service in Chicago, in July, 1894; appointed corporal July 10, 1895; appointed quartermaster sergeant March 15, 1897; commissioned second lieutenant Fourth Infantry, Illinois Volunteers, May 20, 1898; detached from Fourth Regiment July 25, 1898, and assigned to Engineer Corps of the Seventh Army Corps in 1898. He resigned his commission in the army November 9, 1898, and returned to the farm.
Source: Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois
Jacob R. Moore was born September 18, 1836, and died June 2, 1899, aged sixty-two years, eight months and fourteen days. He was married to Mary W. Bacon, of Bourbon, December 31, 1862. To them were born seven children, whose names are as follows: Richard, George B., Rice J., Anna M., Wade .H., Emma B. S., and Leonore Moore. As a neighbor, Mr. Moore was always ready to lend a helping hand and passed through the trials incident to the life of early settlers in what was then the far west. For years he was one of the directors of the First National Bank of Arcola. He helped to build Bethel Church, and lent valuable aid in organizing the congregation during the fall of 1883, although not an active member; he and his wife became members October 4, 1884, and in June, 1890, he was raised to the dignity of elder. Mr. Moore was a man of strong, positive character and unswerving dignity and in his death the community in which he had so long resided, lost a kind neighbor and a good citizen, and the Church with which he had been so closely identified, one of its strongest stays and most helpful members.
Capt. Rice J. Moore, a son, volunteered in the Illinois National Guard, March 31, 1894; saw field service in Chicago, in July, 1894; appointed corporal July 10, 1895; appointed quartermaster sergeant March 15, 1897; commissioned second lieutenant Fourth Infantry, Illinois Volunteers, May 20, 1898; detached from Fourth Regiment July 25, 1898, and assigned to Engineer Corps of the Seventh Army Corps in 1898. He resigned his commission in the army November 9, 1898, and returned to the farm.
Source: Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois
Family Members
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William Thomas "Squire" Moore
1830–1922
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Mary Catherine Moore Logan
1832–1892
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Amanda Jane Moore Louthan
1834–1886
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Abram Henry Moore
1839–1883
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Moore Scott
1841–1926
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Susan Matikia Moore Pierce
1843–1920
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John Isaac Moore
1845–1916
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George Washington Moore
1848–1933
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Sarah Carolyn "Sallie" Moore Chandler
1851–1923
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