David was born in Moresville (now Grand Gorge), Delaware Co., NY, the son of John Taylor More and Eleanor Laraway. He married Elizabeth Springer (a.k.a. Trathen) in New York, NY, 28 May 1846.
David lived in Roxbury, Albany, and New York, NY, in Jersey City and Roselle, NJ, and for a time in Toledo, OH. He was a hotel manager, grocer, coal merchant, and broker on Wall Street. For a sketch of his life, see The History of the More Family and an Account of their Reunion in 1890 by David Fellows More (1893), p. 82-83. The material below is excerpted from Historical Journal of the More Family, no. 11 (1905).
"... When he had acquired a fitting preparation at the district school at Moresville he went to the Jefferson Academy ... While attending this institution he was converted.
...
He was a very religious man and was very active in church and Sabbath school work. He was one of the small band of Christian business men who started the Fulton Street Daily Prayer Meeting in 1857, and which is still [1905] sustained. He had reverses of fortune and sorrows and bereavements but lived above them all, keeping his trust in the unseen and eternal, bright and clear.
...
In person Mr. More was tall, erect, and of fine appearance, in manner rather courtly, and was a typical gentlemen of the old school.
The following tribute to his memory is from the pen of his daughter, Mrs. Hadley:
'Our dear father was a man of sterling qualities. A strong will, generous to a fault, always ready to help others, many times to the detriment of his own family. His faith in humanity was strong and his greatest comfort in life his Bible. When things looked dark and foreboding he never failed to trust his Heavenly Father. He had always had a very active life until he came to Toledo in 1894, after that his time was his own. He became acquainted with some very delightful people and enjoyed many happy hours with them. Among the number were two blind gentlemen both very bright men. He read to them frequently and enjoyed discussing the topics of the day. He was a typical New Yorker of the old school and our friends always remarked "what a clean looking old gentleman your father is.'' As this was his daily appearance I never thought much about it until I accompanied him with other old gentlemen, then I fully realized the difference. His picture was taken at the age of eighty-one and a half years. He had a wonderful mind well stored with knowledge and up to the time of leaving Toledo, at the age of eighty-eight, could recall
occurrences of his boyhood days and was well posted upon all current events. He always had a story or some joke to tell.
The books he loved the best were his Bible, commentaries, Memoirs of Grant, Twenty Years in Congress, and History, and he would usually tell at the close of the day the number of verses and pages he had read. He was a kind and indulgent father, believed in giving his children a good education and was ever anxious that all should do right. Now that he has passed away we all treasure his memory. His last days were spent with his son Edgar at Roselle, N.J. He passed away without any suffering, simply complained of feeling tired and went to his well earned reward.'
His death may have been hastened somewhat by his determination to go to the polls to cast his seventeenth vote for president. He voted for Roosevelt and Fairbanks, always having voted the Whig or Republican ticket."
David lived in Roxbury, Albany, and New York, NY, in Jersey City and Roselle, NJ, and for a time in Toledo, OH. He was a hotel manager, grocer, coal merchant, and broker on Wall Street. For a sketch of his life, see The History of the More Family and an Account of their Reunion in 1890 by David Fellows More (1893), p. 82-83. The material below is excerpted from Historical Journal of the More Family, no. 11 (1905).
"... When he had acquired a fitting preparation at the district school at Moresville he went to the Jefferson Academy ... While attending this institution he was converted.
...
He was a very religious man and was very active in church and Sabbath school work. He was one of the small band of Christian business men who started the Fulton Street Daily Prayer Meeting in 1857, and which is still [1905] sustained. He had reverses of fortune and sorrows and bereavements but lived above them all, keeping his trust in the unseen and eternal, bright and clear.
...
In person Mr. More was tall, erect, and of fine appearance, in manner rather courtly, and was a typical gentlemen of the old school.
The following tribute to his memory is from the pen of his daughter, Mrs. Hadley:
'Our dear father was a man of sterling qualities. A strong will, generous to a fault, always ready to help others, many times to the detriment of his own family. His faith in humanity was strong and his greatest comfort in life his Bible. When things looked dark and foreboding he never failed to trust his Heavenly Father. He had always had a very active life until he came to Toledo in 1894, after that his time was his own. He became acquainted with some very delightful people and enjoyed many happy hours with them. Among the number were two blind gentlemen both very bright men. He read to them frequently and enjoyed discussing the topics of the day. He was a typical New Yorker of the old school and our friends always remarked "what a clean looking old gentleman your father is.'' As this was his daily appearance I never thought much about it until I accompanied him with other old gentlemen, then I fully realized the difference. His picture was taken at the age of eighty-one and a half years. He had a wonderful mind well stored with knowledge and up to the time of leaving Toledo, at the age of eighty-eight, could recall
occurrences of his boyhood days and was well posted upon all current events. He always had a story or some joke to tell.
The books he loved the best were his Bible, commentaries, Memoirs of Grant, Twenty Years in Congress, and History, and he would usually tell at the close of the day the number of verses and pages he had read. He was a kind and indulgent father, believed in giving his children a good education and was ever anxious that all should do right. Now that he has passed away we all treasure his memory. His last days were spent with his son Edgar at Roselle, N.J. He passed away without any suffering, simply complained of feeling tired and went to his well earned reward.'
His death may have been hastened somewhat by his determination to go to the polls to cast his seventeenth vote for president. He voted for Roosevelt and Fairbanks, always having voted the Whig or Republican ticket."
David was born in Moresville (now Grand Gorge), Delaware Co., NY, the son of John Taylor More and Eleanor Laraway. He married Elizabeth Springer (a.k.a. Trathen) in New York, NY, 28 May 1846.
David lived in Roxbury, Albany, and New York, NY, in Jersey City and Roselle, NJ, and for a time in Toledo, OH. He was a hotel manager, grocer, coal merchant, and broker on Wall Street. For a sketch of his life, see The History of the More Family and an Account of their Reunion in 1890 by David Fellows More (1893), p. 82-83. The material below is excerpted from Historical Journal of the More Family, no. 11 (1905).
"... When he had acquired a fitting preparation at the district school at Moresville he went to the Jefferson Academy ... While attending this institution he was converted.
...
He was a very religious man and was very active in church and Sabbath school work. He was one of the small band of Christian business men who started the Fulton Street Daily Prayer Meeting in 1857, and which is still [1905] sustained. He had reverses of fortune and sorrows and bereavements but lived above them all, keeping his trust in the unseen and eternal, bright and clear.
...
In person Mr. More was tall, erect, and of fine appearance, in manner rather courtly, and was a typical gentlemen of the old school.
The following tribute to his memory is from the pen of his daughter, Mrs. Hadley:
'Our dear father was a man of sterling qualities. A strong will, generous to a fault, always ready to help others, many times to the detriment of his own family. His faith in humanity was strong and his greatest comfort in life his Bible. When things looked dark and foreboding he never failed to trust his Heavenly Father. He had always had a very active life until he came to Toledo in 1894, after that his time was his own. He became acquainted with some very delightful people and enjoyed many happy hours with them. Among the number were two blind gentlemen both very bright men. He read to them frequently and enjoyed discussing the topics of the day. He was a typical New Yorker of the old school and our friends always remarked "what a clean looking old gentleman your father is.'' As this was his daily appearance I never thought much about it until I accompanied him with other old gentlemen, then I fully realized the difference. His picture was taken at the age of eighty-one and a half years. He had a wonderful mind well stored with knowledge and up to the time of leaving Toledo, at the age of eighty-eight, could recall
occurrences of his boyhood days and was well posted upon all current events. He always had a story or some joke to tell.
The books he loved the best were his Bible, commentaries, Memoirs of Grant, Twenty Years in Congress, and History, and he would usually tell at the close of the day the number of verses and pages he had read. He was a kind and indulgent father, believed in giving his children a good education and was ever anxious that all should do right. Now that he has passed away we all treasure his memory. His last days were spent with his son Edgar at Roselle, N.J. He passed away without any suffering, simply complained of feeling tired and went to his well earned reward.'
His death may have been hastened somewhat by his determination to go to the polls to cast his seventeenth vote for president. He voted for Roosevelt and Fairbanks, always having voted the Whig or Republican ticket."
David lived in Roxbury, Albany, and New York, NY, in Jersey City and Roselle, NJ, and for a time in Toledo, OH. He was a hotel manager, grocer, coal merchant, and broker on Wall Street. For a sketch of his life, see The History of the More Family and an Account of their Reunion in 1890 by David Fellows More (1893), p. 82-83. The material below is excerpted from Historical Journal of the More Family, no. 11 (1905).
"... When he had acquired a fitting preparation at the district school at Moresville he went to the Jefferson Academy ... While attending this institution he was converted.
...
He was a very religious man and was very active in church and Sabbath school work. He was one of the small band of Christian business men who started the Fulton Street Daily Prayer Meeting in 1857, and which is still [1905] sustained. He had reverses of fortune and sorrows and bereavements but lived above them all, keeping his trust in the unseen and eternal, bright and clear.
...
In person Mr. More was tall, erect, and of fine appearance, in manner rather courtly, and was a typical gentlemen of the old school.
The following tribute to his memory is from the pen of his daughter, Mrs. Hadley:
'Our dear father was a man of sterling qualities. A strong will, generous to a fault, always ready to help others, many times to the detriment of his own family. His faith in humanity was strong and his greatest comfort in life his Bible. When things looked dark and foreboding he never failed to trust his Heavenly Father. He had always had a very active life until he came to Toledo in 1894, after that his time was his own. He became acquainted with some very delightful people and enjoyed many happy hours with them. Among the number were two blind gentlemen both very bright men. He read to them frequently and enjoyed discussing the topics of the day. He was a typical New Yorker of the old school and our friends always remarked "what a clean looking old gentleman your father is.'' As this was his daily appearance I never thought much about it until I accompanied him with other old gentlemen, then I fully realized the difference. His picture was taken at the age of eighty-one and a half years. He had a wonderful mind well stored with knowledge and up to the time of leaving Toledo, at the age of eighty-eight, could recall
occurrences of his boyhood days and was well posted upon all current events. He always had a story or some joke to tell.
The books he loved the best were his Bible, commentaries, Memoirs of Grant, Twenty Years in Congress, and History, and he would usually tell at the close of the day the number of verses and pages he had read. He was a kind and indulgent father, believed in giving his children a good education and was ever anxious that all should do right. Now that he has passed away we all treasure his memory. His last days were spent with his son Edgar at Roselle, N.J. He passed away without any suffering, simply complained of feeling tired and went to his well earned reward.'
His death may have been hastened somewhat by his determination to go to the polls to cast his seventeenth vote for president. He voted for Roosevelt and Fairbanks, always having voted the Whig or Republican ticket."
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David was buried in the section of Rosedale Cemetery that became Mount Calvary Cemetery. His grave might be unmarked.
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