Mr. John M. Moore was married at Nashville, Tennessee, July 30, 1883, to Miss Lottie Dyer. Her father, J. Foster Dyer, who died in 1882, was a prominent and wealthy cattleman of Fort Bend County and left his daughter the magnificent estate which has since been conducted by Mr. Moore. Mrs. Moore's mother, who died in 1893, belonged to one of the oldest American families in Texas. Her father was Thomas Barnett. Her mother (grandmother to Mrs. Moore) had first married a Mr. Spencer, and they had emigrated to Texas with the original Austin colony, along in the early '20. Mr. Spencer was killed by Indians soon after their settlement, and his wife later married Thomas Barnett, also an Austin colonist, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Nancy Spencer, as head of her family after the death of her husband, received a grant of land in the colony, known as the "Nancy Spencer League." The document confirming her title to this land is now in the possession of Mr. Moore. It was issued under the authority of the Mexican government, and bears the historic signatures of Estavan F. Auistin, Baron de Bastrop. John Austin and Samuel M. Williams. The "Nancy Spencer League" is now included in the Moore properties, having passed to the granddaughter of the original owner.
Mr. Moore's marriage, at the age of twenty-one to Lottie, brought him the extensive land and cattle interests of his wife, and the management of these gave him a heavy business responsibility. There were about twelve thousand acres of the original estate, which has since been increased to several times that amount. There are few, if any, individual estates in Southeast Texas which surpass in value and extent the Moore properties. He has the reputation of being one of the ablest businessmen and executives in this part of the state, a reputation that seems justified by the manner in which he has built up his great ranching business within the past twenty-seven years.
Mrs. Moore is a cultured Southern woman, educated and accomplished. She attended school in Virginia and the Baylor University at Waco and is an excellent musician. She is the mother of six children: Maxwell, born June 19, 1884, died in infancy: Raymond Emmett, born August 22, 1885: Ivy, born November 11, 1887; J. Foster Dyer, born February 6, 1890: John M., Jr., born January 6, 1892; Henrietta Catheron, born November 6, 1894.
In June, 1905. Mr. Moore's son, Raymond Emmett, married Miss Mary D. Lum. They have one child, Lottie Lum Moore.
Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910.
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Mr. Moore's marriage, at the age of twenty-one to Lottie, brought him the extensive land and cattle interests of his wife, and the management of these gave him a heavy business responsibility. There were about twelve thousand acres of the original estate, which has since been increased to several times that amount. There are few, if any, individual estates in Southeast Texas which surpass in value and extent the Moore properties. He has the reputation of being one of the ablest businessmen and executives in this part of the state, a reputation that seems justified by the manner in which he has built up his great ranching business within the past twenty-seven years.
Mrs. Moore is a cultured Southern woman, educated and accomplished. She attended school in Virginia and the Baylor University at Waco and is an excellent musician. She is the mother of six children: Maxwell, born June 19, 1884, died in infancy: Raymond Emmett, born August 22, 1885: Ivy, born November 11, 1887; J. Foster Dyer, born February 6, 1890: John M., Jr., born January 6, 1892; Henrietta Catheron, born November 6, 1894.
In June, 1905. Mr. Moore's son, Raymond Emmett, married Miss Mary D. Lum. They have one child, Lottie Lum Moore.
Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910.
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Mr. John M. Moore was married at Nashville, Tennessee, July 30, 1883, to Miss Lottie Dyer. Her father, J. Foster Dyer, who died in 1882, was a prominent and wealthy cattleman of Fort Bend County and left his daughter the magnificent estate which has since been conducted by Mr. Moore. Mrs. Moore's mother, who died in 1893, belonged to one of the oldest American families in Texas. Her father was Thomas Barnett. Her mother (grandmother to Mrs. Moore) had first married a Mr. Spencer, and they had emigrated to Texas with the original Austin colony, along in the early '20. Mr. Spencer was killed by Indians soon after their settlement, and his wife later married Thomas Barnett, also an Austin colonist, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Nancy Spencer, as head of her family after the death of her husband, received a grant of land in the colony, known as the "Nancy Spencer League." The document confirming her title to this land is now in the possession of Mr. Moore. It was issued under the authority of the Mexican government, and bears the historic signatures of Estavan F. Auistin, Baron de Bastrop. John Austin and Samuel M. Williams. The "Nancy Spencer League" is now included in the Moore properties, having passed to the granddaughter of the original owner.
Mr. Moore's marriage, at the age of twenty-one to Lottie, brought him the extensive land and cattle interests of his wife, and the management of these gave him a heavy business responsibility. There were about twelve thousand acres of the original estate, which has since been increased to several times that amount. There are few, if any, individual estates in Southeast Texas which surpass in value and extent the Moore properties. He has the reputation of being one of the ablest businessmen and executives in this part of the state, a reputation that seems justified by the manner in which he has built up his great ranching business within the past twenty-seven years.
Mrs. Moore is a cultured Southern woman, educated and accomplished. She attended school in Virginia and the Baylor University at Waco and is an excellent musician. She is the mother of six children: Maxwell, born June 19, 1884, died in infancy: Raymond Emmett, born August 22, 1885: Ivy, born November 11, 1887; J. Foster Dyer, born February 6, 1890: John M., Jr., born January 6, 1892; Henrietta Catheron, born November 6, 1894.
In June, 1905. Mr. Moore's son, Raymond Emmett, married Miss Mary D. Lum. They have one child, Lottie Lum Moore.
Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910.
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Mr. Moore's marriage, at the age of twenty-one to Lottie, brought him the extensive land and cattle interests of his wife, and the management of these gave him a heavy business responsibility. There were about twelve thousand acres of the original estate, which has since been increased to several times that amount. There are few, if any, individual estates in Southeast Texas which surpass in value and extent the Moore properties. He has the reputation of being one of the ablest businessmen and executives in this part of the state, a reputation that seems justified by the manner in which he has built up his great ranching business within the past twenty-seven years.
Mrs. Moore is a cultured Southern woman, educated and accomplished. She attended school in Virginia and the Baylor University at Waco and is an excellent musician. She is the mother of six children: Maxwell, born June 19, 1884, died in infancy: Raymond Emmett, born August 22, 1885: Ivy, born November 11, 1887; J. Foster Dyer, born February 6, 1890: John M., Jr., born January 6, 1892; Henrietta Catheron, born November 6, 1894.
In June, 1905. Mr. Moore's son, Raymond Emmett, married Miss Mary D. Lum. They have one child, Lottie Lum Moore.
Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910.
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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