JMA# 72
John was a direct descendant of John and Betty More's David line. He was the second of thirteen children born to David More and Elizabeth Gould More. He was raised at Roxbury, New York where his father was a farmer. John married first to Adelia Marie Knapp on 17 November 1840 at New York City. She died in 1843 and John married next to Eliza Banks Lockwood on 1 March 1848. John and his first wife, Adelia, were the parents of two children, Maria More and Chauncey More who died in infancy. John and his second wife, Eliza, were the parents of five children; Chauncey More, Mary Merritt More, Abram Gould More, Walter More who died very young, and Harvey Lockwood More who died very young.
The following excerpted from History of the More Family:
He remained at home working on the farm with his father till he was twenty-one, when he went to Andes, New York, and entered the store of James Smith as clerk.
After remaining there some time he formed a partnership with C. L. Stickney, under the firm name of "Stickney & More" and carried on the grocery business. This firm followed the line of the erection of the Croton Aqueduct, and finally located at Manhattanville, which is now a part of New York City. Subsequently this partnership was dissolved, and Mr. More and Walter Conklin started in the wholesale grocery business at 155 West Street, New York City, under the firm name of "Conklin & More." Here they built up a large and prosperous trade, where he remained until about 1867, when he retired from business.
About 1871 or 1872 he bought sixteen acres of land at Scotch Plains, New Jersey, had a fine house and stable built, and moved there with his family; but after living there two years became dissatisfied and returned to New York City. He then bought the premsises, 134 East 44th Street, where they located, and where he died May 22d, 1875, after suffering with softening of the brain for about two years, leaving a large estate.
In person Mr. More was rather small, with light blue eyes and a ruddy complexion. He was a church-going man, very domestic in his tastes and strictly termperate.
Biography by JMA#4262611 on 12 June 2021.
Sources-
-2015, John More Association Directory
-1893, History of the More Family

Biography upon memorial transfer 12 June 2021:
Name John Osborn Morel
Event Type Death
Event Date 22 May 1875
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Gender Male
Age 65
Marital Status Married
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1810
Birthplace New York
Burial Date 25 May 1875
Cemetery Greenwood
Father's Birthplace New York
Mother's Birthplace Connecticut