Merced-Yolo-Madera County CA Archives Biographies.....Moore, William E. 1864 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

WILLIAM E. MOORE

   The changing vicissitudes of life brought Mr. Moore into many localities and
various occupations before he finally located in Dos Palos and became the
manager of the Lucerne Cream & Butter Co. Walla Walla, Wash., was the place
where he first saw the light, on May 15, 1864. His father, Joseph Moore, was a
native of Indiana, but reared in Ohio; his mother, Elizabeth (Morris) Moore, was
born in Tennessee. In 1852, Joseph Moore came to California, via the Isthmus,
was shipwrecked off the coast of Acapulco, but finally arrived on the Feather
River in California, where he engaged in mining for a time. At one time in the
early days, he owned 160 acres of land where the city of Alameda now stands. He
remained four or five years in California and then went to Washington, and to
Oregon, where he conducted a tavern at Meacham, in the Blue Mountains. In 1871
he returned to Yolo County, Cal., and then went to Lakeport, where he was in the
blacksmithing business about sixteen years, returning to the Capay Valley, Yolo
County. He continued his blacksmith business for six years. His next move was to
Klamath County, Oregon, where he farmed for a number of years. On returning to
California he lived in various places and finally died at Richmond, Cal., and
was buried in the Sunset View Cemetery.

   William Moore was the fifth in order of birth of six children born to his
parents, namely: J. M., Lydia Anna, Martha F., James B. (who was killed at
Corning, Tehama County, Cal.), William E., and Alice (Mrs. W. W. Norton of
Richmond). William started out for himself when he became of age, and for a few
years followed farming in Klamath County, Oregon. He then obtained a position as
salesman for the Mitchell-Lewis-Staver Company of Portland, Ore., and for two
years sold farming implements in Klamath County. For the next six years he was
engaged in the livery stable business in Klamath Falls, and during that time he
was appointed and served as the first town marshal of that town. Leaving Klamath
Falls, Mr. Moore came to California and for a year was a resident of Madera. In
1904 he came to Dos Palos and since April 20, 1905, has been buying cream, first
for the Golden State Creamery, then for thirteen years for the Western
Creameries Company, and since then for the Lucerne Cream and Butter Company, of
Hanford.

   Mr. Moore was married in Klamath Falls, Ore., on October 14, 1892, to Alice
Dixon, born in New Zealand, the daughter of Samuel and Susan (Perrin) Dixon, and
they have four children; Perrin E., express agent at South Dos Palos; Etta, Mrs.
A. B. Bowden of Fresno; William E. Jr., employed with the Owl Drug Company in
Fresno; and Alice Frances, Mrs. A. W. Bennett of Dos Palos, who is the mother of
a son, William Howard Bennett. Mr. Moore owns a comfortable home in Dos Palos,
is a Democrat in politics, and was a charter member of the Odd Fellows lodge at
Klamath Falls, but demitted to Santa Rita Lodge No. 124 in Dos Palos, in which
he is a Past Grand. He has always shown his public spirit by helping to promote
all interests for the building-up of city, county and State.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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