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William Skillman Moore

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William Skillman Moore

Birth
Adams County, Ohio, USA
Death
3 May 1898 (aged 88)
Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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West Section, Row 6
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William was the fifth son of John S. Moore and his wife, Nancy Edwards. He was a farmer, in 1868 he engaged in stock and grain business in Watseka (Iroquois County), Illinois. He married first to Eliza Jane Fleming; one of five children born to Peter Fleming, Jr. and his wife, Rebecca Blount. Their nuptials were said on Christmas Day in 1834 in Warren County, Indiana. They had five children; one son and four daughters. After Eliza's death in 1845, William married Arsenath Eleanor "Elle" Lambert; a daughter of Mordica Lambert and his wife, Sarah Liming. They were wed on October 23, 1845. They had ten children; five sons and five daughters.

MARRIAGE RECORD: Marriage index Indiana; Sec. III, Ch. 77; Warren County from 1813 to 1846 (Eliza Jane Fleming).

US CENSUS: Year: 1840 State: Illinois County: Iroquois Page: 248 Individual: Moore, William, Sr.

HISTORICAL TEXT: History of Iroquois County; Beckwith, H. W.; H. H. Hill & Co.; Chicago, Illinois: 1880 - Middleport and Belmont Townships pages 50, 51 and 328.

OBITUARY NOTICE: Watseka Blade; Watseka, Illinois: dated May 5, 1898.

JOHN S. MOORE FAMILY BIBLE; Holy bible containing the Old & New Testaments; published by B. Waugh & T. Mason, New York, 1834; for the Methodist Episcopal Church: copies of Family Record pages given to numerous members of Moore-Hanes families - births, marriages and deaths recorded.

FAMILY NOTE: William had one son, two son-in-laws and seven nephews who served in the Civil War.
William was the fifth son of John S. Moore and his wife, Nancy Edwards. He was a farmer, in 1868 he engaged in stock and grain business in Watseka (Iroquois County), Illinois. He married first to Eliza Jane Fleming; one of five children born to Peter Fleming, Jr. and his wife, Rebecca Blount. Their nuptials were said on Christmas Day in 1834 in Warren County, Indiana. They had five children; one son and four daughters. After Eliza's death in 1845, William married Arsenath Eleanor "Elle" Lambert; a daughter of Mordica Lambert and his wife, Sarah Liming. They were wed on October 23, 1845. They had ten children; five sons and five daughters.

MARRIAGE RECORD: Marriage index Indiana; Sec. III, Ch. 77; Warren County from 1813 to 1846 (Eliza Jane Fleming).

US CENSUS: Year: 1840 State: Illinois County: Iroquois Page: 248 Individual: Moore, William, Sr.

HISTORICAL TEXT: History of Iroquois County; Beckwith, H. W.; H. H. Hill & Co.; Chicago, Illinois: 1880 - Middleport and Belmont Townships pages 50, 51 and 328.

OBITUARY NOTICE: Watseka Blade; Watseka, Illinois: dated May 5, 1898.

JOHN S. MOORE FAMILY BIBLE; Holy bible containing the Old & New Testaments; published by B. Waugh & T. Mason, New York, 1834; for the Methodist Episcopal Church: copies of Family Record pages given to numerous members of Moore-Hanes families - births, marriages and deaths recorded.

FAMILY NOTE: William had one son, two son-in-laws and seven nephews who served in the Civil War.

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aged 88y 4m 13d

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