MONROE COUNTY, GA - BIOS  Kingman P. Moore, M.D.

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Kingman P. Moore, M.D., was born near Bolingbroke in Monroe
Co., Ga., on 6 May 1844.  He was the third child and eldest son
of seven children born to David Herbert Moore and Susan
Virginia (Callaway) Jarrett.  His father was a Baptist minister
and farmer in Monroe and Pike counties.  His early education
was in the common schools, Hilliard Institute in Forsyth, Ga.,
and Gordon Institute in Barnesville, Ga. 

In August 1861, at age 16, Kingman enlisted in the “Barnesville
Blues”, a unit designated as Company D, 3rd Battalion Georgia
Voluntary Infantry.  The battalion was sent to join the Army of
Northern Virginia.  He became severely ill from measles and was
discharged as unfit for duty and returned home to Pike Co.
After recovery, he enlisted in Captain Scogins’ Battery of the
Griffin Light Artillery (Church Bell Artillery) and served
through the remainder of the war (His memoir of his service is
located on the Rootsweb Pike Co., Ga., website).

After farming and teaching school, Kingman began the study of
medicine under Dr. George M. McDowell and Dr.D. B. Searcy of
Forsyth.  He attended medical school in Baltimore, Md., and
Atlanta, Ga., graduating in the Fall of 1868.  He started his
medical practice in Knoxville, Macon Co.  He also practiced in
Forsyth for a few years before moving to Macon, Bibb Co., where
he remained for the rest of his life.  He served terms as
president of the Macon and Georgia Medical Associations.  

On 29 Jan 1867, Kingman married Sarah Martha Milner (b 23 Dec
1844 near Barnesville).  They had five children, two sons and
three daughters, all born in Knoxville, Ga.  The family was
very active in Baptist church affairs.  Toward the end of his
life he spent increasing time on the Atlantic coast of Florida
in the Pompano area.  He died on 8 Jan 1922, at the home of his
daughter in Pompano, Fl.  He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in
Macon, Ga.

(Sources: Lines & Lifestyles: DICKEY, MOORE, PARSONS, AND Some
Related Families.  By Marjorie Dickey Parsons, Gateway Press,
Inc., Baltimore, 1988. Obituary of Kingman P. Moore, M..D.,
Macon Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, January 10, 1922.)