San Benito-El Dorado-Marin County CA Archives Biographies.....Moore, Edwin 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

EDWIN MOORE, a leading agriculturalist of San Benito county, a pioneer of
California, and for many years a resident of Paicines, is a native of Clinton
county, New York, born in Beekmantown, December 13, 1826.

  His father, Charles B, Moore, a farmer by occupation, became one of the
pioneers of Michigan, locating in Washtenaw county as early as 1834. Later, he
removed to Eaton county, same State, where he passed the rest of his life, and
died, in 1861. He had a family of seven children, of whom Edwin was the first born.

  In 1852 Mr. Moore left Lansing, Michigan, and came across the plains, via the
Carson route, to California, reaching Placerville that same year. He spent about
six years in the mines, and then turned his attention to ranching, in the
pursuance of which he lived at Tomales, Marin county, about eight years. He
spent sixteen years in Sonoma county, and in 1883 located the farm he now
occupies, which is one of the best farming and stock ranches in his section of
the country.

  Mr. Moore has been twice married. At Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 29, 1846,
he wedded Catharine Salter, a most estimable woman in every respect. She was
born. March 5, 1827, and died December 7, 1873. Following are the names of her
children: Charles B., born November 7, 1846; Betsey E,, wife of G. W. Griffeth,
Ventura county, California, was born January 18, 1850; Edwin J., born September
21, 1851, died in Michigan, October 20, 1854; and Mary E., born November 18,
1864. September 13, 1874, Mr. Moore married Miss Eliza Spalding, of Petaluma,
Sonoma county, California. She is a native of Westminster, Massachusetts, born
June 17, 1838, and is a lady of intellectual culture and domestic grace. Mr. and
Mrs. Moore have four children, viz.: Phoebe L., born January 2, 1876; George W.,
April 24, 1877; Edwin S., May 21, 1879; and Arthur T., October 10, 1880.

  The Moore home circle is a model one. Here good literature and music abound,
and harmony of social sentiment prevails.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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