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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

HON. I. N. MOORE.
    Hon. I. N. Moore, a native son of Arkansas and a member of one of its
pioneer families, is a leading attorney of Dumas, where he has practiced his
profession since 1912, and he has also taken a prominent part in public affairs,
having represented his district in the state legislature. His birth occurred in
Garland county, Arkansas, September 3, 1876, and his parents were Miles S. and
Mary E. (Aikens) Moore, the latter a native of Union county, Arkansas. When
sixteen years of age his father removed from Georgia to Arkansas with his
parents, who settled in Bradley county. There his marriage occurred and
immediately following that event he joined the Confederate army as a private,
serving throughout the Civil war, and after his discharge he removed to Garland
county, Arkansas, where he engaged in the practice of medicine. Later he went to
Pine Bluff, where he remained for a time and then located at Red Fork, in Desha
county, but shortly afterward sought the medicinal qualities of the famous
waters of Hot Springs, owing to failing health, and there he died on the 16th of
August, 1908.

    In the public schools of Fordyce, Arkansas, Mr. Moore pursued his education
and after laying aside his textbooks he was variously employed until about 1905,
when he took up the study of law, and while reading Blackstone he worked as a
clerk in mercantile establishments of Dumas. In 1911 he was called to public
office, being chosen to represent his district in the state legislature, and in
the following year he was admitted to the bar, entering upon his professional
activities at Dumas, where he has since maintained an office. In 1919 he was
joined by George D. Hester under the firm style of Moore & Hester and they are
conducting a large law business, being numbered among the most successful
attorneys of Dumas. Mr. Moore has a thorough knowledge of statute and precedent,
is careful in the preparation of cases, convincing in argument and is well
qualified to handle important litigated interests.

    In 1901 Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Miss Ophelia Puntney, of
Florence, Drew county, and they became the parents of eleven children, eight of
whom survive, namely: Norman, Viola, Robert, Ralph, Madge, Lloyd, Charles Edward
and Carr Lamoin. They are all at home. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of the
Baptist church and Mr. Moore is serving as one of its deacons. Fraternally he is
identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Masons, belonging to Omega Lodge,
No. 547, F. & A. M., and to Victory Chapter, R. A. M., in the latter
organization. Through merit and ability he has worked his way upward in his
profession and his fellow practitioners unite in bearing testimony as to his
high character and superior mind. He is ever ready to give his support to
measures for the promotion of the public welfare and is a stalwart champion of
everything pertaining to the interests and upbuilding of his community, county
and state.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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