Biography, Hiram M Moore, Madison County, AR

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Hon. Hiram M. Moore, the present representative of Madison county, Ark., and a
resident of Kings River Township, was born in Overton County, Tenn., April 10,
1829, and is the son of George and Mary (Chapin) Moore, and the grandson of
Charles Moore, who was a Revolutionary soldier.  George Moore was born in
North Carolina in 1783, and when young moved with his parents to Tennessee,
where he was married to Miss Mary Chapin, a native of North Carolina, born in
1797, and the daughter of Paul Stillman Chapin, who was also a soldier in the
Revolutionary War.  In 1843 Mr. and Mrs. Moore moved to Arkansas, and located
in Johnson County, where they remained until 1849, after which they moved to
Madison County, of the same State.  Here the father died in 1859, and the
mother in 1863.  Both were worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church
for many years, and took a great interest in all church affairs.  Mr. Moore
was a Democrat in politics.  Their marriage resulted in the birth of seven
children, Hon. Hiram M. being the sixth child, and he and an elder sister
(Mrs. Clarissa Nunley, widow of Joseph A. Nunley) are the only ones of the
family now living.  At the age of nineteen Hiram M. Moore left home, and began
working for himself on a farm.  This pursuit he has ever since continued.
December 23, 1847, he married Miss Cynthia A. Smith, daughter of Henry B. and
Priscilla Smith, and a native of Tennessee, born in 1829.  She died in Madison
County, Ark., January 16, 1859, leaving four children, two now living:
Christopher W., now living in Carroll County, Ark., and Priscilla M., wife of
Franklin P. Bunch, a farmer of Carroll County, Ark.  Those deceased were named
John S. and Thomas S.  April 22, 1863, Mr. Moore married Miss Arty M.
Brashears, a native of Pope County, Ark., born in 1835, and the daughter of
Isaac and Mary Brashears.  She died in 1867, without issue.  April 8, 1868,
Mr. Moore took for his third wife Mrs. Emeline Smith, daughter of Stephen and
Mary Jackson, and widow of Rufus C. Smith.  She was born in Carroll County,
Ark., September 8, 1843, and by her last marriage became the mother of eight
children, all now living:  Clarissa S., Stillman A., Jesse L., Nancy B.,
Martha V., Cora May, Lou Eflie and Joel C.  In 1868 Mr. Moore moved to Carroll
County, and located on his present property.  In August, 1862, he organized
Company F, of the Third Arkansas Infantry, Confederate army, and served about
twelve months, when he resigned.  In 1866 he was elected justice of the peace
in Kings River Township, which office he held until going to Carroll County.
In 1874 he was elected to represent the last named county in the Legislature,
and served two years.  After coming to Madison County, in 1886, he was elected
to represent that county in the Legislature.  Mr. Moore is a member of the
Masonic fraternity at Kingston, was S. W. and after Master of the lodge.  He
is Democratic in his political views, and he and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which he was steward until recently.  He
is one of the highly respected citizens of the county.