Piatt County Biography for Joseph Moore

JOSEPH MOORE is entitled to an honorable place among the pioneers of
Piatt County, though he was not one of its earliest settlers.  He 
came here many years ago, while the country was still in the hands 
of the pioneers, and casting in his lot with theirs he gave valuable 
assistance in developing the agricultural resources of this part of 
Illinois.  He has always made his home in Bement Township since he 
came to the State, and from the first has been closely identified 
with its material and public interests, and has been a potent factor 
in advancing its welfare.  As a skillful, practical farmer he ranks 
among the best in the township, and his farm on sections 27 and 34 
under his management has been improved until it has become one of the 
most valuable pieces of property in this locality.

MR. MOORE was born in Scioto County, Ohio, August 4, 1826.  When he
was four years old his parents removed to Montgomery County, Ind., 
where he grew to vigorous manhood on his father's farm.  He continued 
to live there until he came to Piatt County in the fall of 1854.  He 
had come hither wisely thinking the opportunities for carrying on his 
chosen calling exceptional in this region that is so favored with a 
rich soil, fine climate and other advantages.  He took up his resi-
dence in Bement Township, where he purchased one hundred and thirty 
acres of land, of which eighty acres were prairie and the remaining 
fifty acres were heavily timbered.  He has since increased the
acreage of land until he now owns four hundred and eight acres, which
forms a farm that is in every respect finely improved, and a good 
improved property of four lots in Bement, this county.  MR. MOORE has 
erected substantial buildings, has his land neatly fenced and his
fields are under fine cultivation.  He devotes himself both to raising 
grain and produce and to stock-raising, and has his farm well stocked 
with cattle, horses, and hogs of high grades.

MR. MOORE was married in Montgomery County, Ind., March 11, 1852, to
HARRIET HIXSON, a native of Indiana.  She died in Piatt County, April 
30, 1857.  She was the mother of three children, of whom two died in 
infancy.  One, ELIZA JANE, grew to womanhood became the wife of JAMES 
ELLARS, and died in Douglas County, March 11, 1885.  The marriage of 
our subject to his present wife took place in Champaign County, Ill., 
and has been blessed to them by the birth of seven children:  NANCY 
ANNA has been identified with the Sabbath school, and has been 
Superintendent for the past two years at the Moore schoolhouse; LUCY
has been teacher of a class at the same place for the past two years; 
JOSEPH A., who died in infancy; WILLIAM F., who died when eleven years 
old; ELMER D. and EMORY C., are twins; and FRANCIS E.  MRS. MOORE was 
formerly LYDIA M. MONROE, and was born in Scioto County, Ohio, 
February 4, 1838.

MR. MOORE is accorded a high place among the citizens of his adopted 
township, as he has ever been alert to serve its interests in whatever 
manner possible.  He has been especially helpful in advancing the 
cause of education in this vicinity.  He was one of the first school 
officers in Bement Township and assisted in organizing the township 
for school purposes.  He has served for upward of 25 years in the 
office of School director, is one of more zealous members of the 
Board of Education.  He has been Highway Commisioner for two terms 
proving to be a most excellent official in this capacity.  He has 
taken an active part in political affairs and is a devoted member of 
the Democratic Party.


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