Franklin Moore, Postmaster, was born September 6, 1845, in St. Clair Township, two miles north of St. Clair City, on the St. Clair River, and is a son of Reuben Moore, a native of Manchester, N. H., who came to this county about fifty years ago. Mr. Moore went to East Hampton, Mass., at the age of fourteen years, and attended Williston Seminary for three years, and from thence, in 1864, entered Yale College, graduating from the latter place in 1868. He then came to Detroit and read law for six months; then he went to Saginaw, and entered a lumber yard with a view of learning the lumber business. In January, 1870, he removd to Toledo, Ohio, where for three years he acted as bookkeeper in the lumber yard of H. W. Sage & Co. In the fall of 1873, he moved to Saginaw and remained there two years; at the close of that time returned to St. Clair, where he added to his other business that of farming. In December, 1879, he bought the St. Clair Republican, which he has since owned and edited. In June, 1881, he was appointed Postmaster at St. Clair, which position he now holds. He held the office of Superintendent of Schools in the town of St. Clair for one year, and for four years has been a member of the Union School Board, of which he is now Moderator. He was married on the 11th day of June, 1873, to Emily S. Parmelee, of Toledo, Ohio. He has three children--Laura, born in Saginaw January 19, 1875; Franklin, born in St. Clair September 6, 1877; and Margaret, also born in St. Clair November 28, 1879.
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History of St. Clair County Michigan...A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL, 1883

Per his death certificate:
Franklin Moore
residence: 722 N. Riverside, St. Clair, MI
widowed, manufacturing/salt works
DOB: 6 Sep 1845, St. Clair, MI
DOD: 12 Jul 1915, St. Clair, MI
cause of death: atrial stenosis
s/o Rheubin & Margaret Riddle Moore, both of New Hampshire
Informant: Margaret Moore Phelps, Detroit, MI

Franklin Moore, Postmaster, was born September 6, 1845, in St. Clair Township, two miles north of St. Clair City, on the St. Clair River, and is a son of Reuben Moore, a native of Manchester, N. H., who came to this county about fifty years ago. Mr. Moore went to East Hampton, Mass., at the age of fourteen years, and attended Williston Seminary for three years, and from thence, in 1864, entered Yale College, graduating from the latter place in 1868. He then came to Detroit and read law for six months; then he went to Saginaw, and entered a lumber yard with a view of learning the lumber business. In January, 1870, he removd to Toledo, Ohio, where for three years he acted as bookkeeper in the lumber yard of H. W. Sage & Co. In the fall of 1873, he moved to Saginaw and remained there two years; at the close of that time returned to St. Clair, where he added to his other business that of farming. In December, 1879, he bought the St. Clair Republican, which he has since owned and edited. In June, 1881, he was appointed Postmaster at St. Clair, which position he now holds. He held the office of Superintendent of Schools in the town of St. Clair for one year, and for four years has been a member of the Union School Board, of which he is now Moderator. He was married on the 11th day of June, 1873, to Emily S. Parmelee, of Toledo, Ohio. He has three children--Laura, born in Saginaw January 19, 1875; Franklin, born in St. Clair September 6, 1877; and Margaret, also born in St. Clair November 28, 1879.
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History of St. Clair County Michigan...A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL, 1883

Per his death certificate:
Franklin Moore
residence: 722 N. Riverside, St. Clair, MI
widowed, manufacturing/salt works
DOB: 6 Sep 1845, St. Clair, MI
DOD: 12 Jul 1915, St. Clair, MI
cause of death: atrial stenosis
s/o Rheubin & Margaret Riddle Moore, both of New Hampshire
Informant: Margaret Moore Phelps, Detroit, MI