Union-Massac County IL Archives Biographies.....Moore, John W. 1872 - 
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Author: George Washington Smith (1912)

   JOHN W. MOORE. Every line of business is being successfully prosecuted in the
nourishing city of Anna, Illinois, for it is of sufficient importance to command
a large trade from the surrounding country, and the people who make it their
market demand the best of goods and service. One of the enterprising and
progressive business men of this city is John W. Moore, who has been identified
with various lines of endeavor, and is now dealing in wholesale and retail
groceries and seeds, with a trade that extends over several states. Mr. Moore is
a native of the Prairie State, having been born in Massac county in 1872, and is
a son of Francis M. and Emma B. (Phillips) Moore.

   Francis M. Moore was born in the state of Indiana in 1838, from whence he
emigrated as a young man to Massac county, there carrying on the trade of
blacksmith until his death in 1876. His widow, who was born in Tennessee in
1848, brought her family to Anna in 1880, and here the youth grew to manhood,
securing a somewhat limited education in the public schools, as he was compelled
to give up his studies early in order to contribute to his own support. He
secured employment in the mercantile establishment of J. C. DeWitt, with whom he
resided while working, and continued in that gentleman's employ until 1894, at
which time he entered the business field on his own account on South Railway
Street. After three years he sold his interests to Mrs. A. I. Jean, and began to
work in the blacksmith and farm implement business of W. C. Mangold, with whom
he continued for two years, at which time the firm of Mangold-Moore Implement,
Hardware & Harness Company was established. Mr. Moore was vice-president of this
business, which handled implements, hardware and harness, and was capitalized at
$10,000, but after continuing in that line for two years Mr. Moore sold out and
bought his present business from Mr. DeWitt. He carries wholesale and retail
groceries and seeds, but the greater part of his attention has been given to the
wholesale seed trade, which, during the eight years that he has been in charge
of the business, has increased from $8,000 to $40,000 sales' yearly. His goods
are shipped all over Illinois and into several adjoining states, and the manner
in which he has carried on his dealings has gained him customers that have done
business with him year after year. Mr. Moore is possessed of superior business
ability, and tire rapid growth of the Moore Seed Company may be attributed to
the progressive ideas and methods which he has introduced. His belief in the
future of Anna has been made manifest by his association with movements for
promoting the interests of the city, as well as by his investment in a number of
pieces of valuable real estate.

   Mr. Moore was married to Miss Oma.Peeler, who was born in Johnson county, in
1874, daughter of J. C. and Nancy (Evers) Peeler, and three children have been
born to this union: Ernestine, who is five years old; and John C. and Jean C,
twins, who are two years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church and much interested in its work, Mr. Moore at present acting as
a member of the board of trustees. He belongs to Blue Lodge No. 520 and Royal
Arch Chapter No. 45, of Masonry, and to the Odd Fellows, all of Anna. In
political matters he is a Republican, but he has found his business duties too
engrossing to allow him to enter the political field as an active participant.


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Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, its People, and its Principal
Interests

BY
George Washington Smith, M. A.
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED

THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1912


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