Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Moore, Charles W. 1870 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

CHARLES W. MOORE.

   One of the desirable features of our government is that it acknowledges no
hereditary rank or title, no patent of notability save that of nature, and
leaves every man to establish his own position and fix his own rank insomuch as
he is permitted to become the artificer of his own fortune. Places of honor and
trust are happily placed before every individual, high or low, rich or poor, to
be striven for by all, but earned alone by perseverance and sterling worth, and
are almost always sure to be filled with deserving men. In any event, they are
filled by those who possess energy and talent essential to success. In
agriculture the same rule prevails. Men who succeed in a large way, are those
who strive hardest for success. Charles W. Moore, a well-known farmer and
stockman of Jefferson township, the proprietor of "Rose Bud Stock Farm, No. 1,"
of two hundred acres, and of "Rose Bud Stock Farm, No. 2," of one hundred and
forty-four acres, in Tippecanoe township, eminently deserves the confidence
reposed in him by his neighbors and fellow citizens. He is a man of strong
mentality and vigorous mental fiber. These qualities have been his chief assets
in his pursuit of a substantial fortune.

   Mr. Moore is a native of Peoria county, Illinois, having been born on October
22, 1870. He is the son of William H. and Mary E. (Keyes) Moore, the former of
whom was born in Franklin county, Massachusetts, May 2, 1831, and the latter in
Ohio, in November, 1832. William H. Moore was the son of William G. and
Elizabeth (Handy) Moore, natives of Maine and Massachusetts, respectively. They
came west from New England in 1840 and settled in Fulton county, Illinois,
moving shortly afterward to Peoria county, Illinois, where they resided for
thirty-five years. During their declining years, they crossed the "Father of
Waters" and William G. Moore died in Holt county, Nebraska. After his death, his
wife returned east and spent her last days in her native state, passing away in
1880.

   To William G. and Elizabeth (Handy) Moore, were born seven children: William
H., the father of Charles W., who now resides with his son in Jefferson township
and has attained the advanced age of eighty-four years; John L, who lives in the
Black hills of South Dakota; Mary J., who was the wife of Henry Sugart and died
in March, 1907, at Peoria, Illinois; Sarah, who is the widow of John Dailey and
lives with her daughter in Peoria, Illinois; Charles W., who lives with his
daughter in Seattle, Washington; Catherine, who is the wife of James Dodd, of
Bradentown, Florida, and Ann, who was the wife of John S. Keller, both of whom
died in Florida.

   The venerable William H. Moore came with his parents from Massachusetts to
the middle West when nine years old and has spent all of his life in Indiana and
Illinois. Until 1907 he lived in Illinois, but since that date has lived with
his son, Charles W. He was reared and educated in Peoria county, Illinois, and
is a farmer by occupation. In 1855 William H. Moore was married to Mary E. Keyes
and to them were born four children: John I., born on September 28, 1855, who
lives in North Dakota; Fannie C, November 1, 1858, who was the wife of Jacob
Teach and who died in May, 1896, at Chicago, Illinois; Alice I., July 10, 1862,
who is the wife of Oliver Teach, of Montgomery, Michigan; and Charles W., the
subject of this sketch.

   Mrs. Mary E. (Keyes) Moore died on June 6, 1874, in Peoria county, Illinois,
and on January 24, 1882, William H. Moore was married to Mrs. Winifred Handley,
of Livingston county, Illinois, who had been born in Huntington county,
Pennsylvania, April 11, 1843. She was the daughter of Charles and Eliza Duff.
She died in June, 1889. Mr. Moore's mother was a member of the Presbyterian
church and his stepmother a member of the Baptist church.

   Charles W. Moore received his education principally in Livingstone county,
Illinois, and later attended the high school at Pontiac, Illinois. He spent his
boyhood days on the farm and, when twenty-one years old, was married, on
November 18, 1891, to Mary A. Thomas, a daughter of J. S. and Martha (Howder)
Thomas. J. S. Thomas was a native of Madison county, Ohio, born on August 14,
1831. He was the son of Rev. Joseph and Sarah Ann (Price) Thomas. Rev. Joseph
Thomas was the son of Griffith and Mary. (Williams) Thomas, the latter of whom
was born in Grayson county; Virginia, and who was related to the family of
Jefferson Davis. John Williams, the father of Mrs. Griffith Thomas, was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War. He lived to be one hundred and nine years,
nine months and seventeen days old and retained his mental faculties until the
very last moment of his life. He stood six feet two inches tall and weighed two
hundred and twenty-five pounds. He was of Welsh descent and was the father of a
large family, the members of which averaged one hundred and three years old at
the time of their deaths. All of the members of the Williams family were
identified with the Society of Friends.

   Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Moore have been the parents of three children, only
two of whom are living, Charles Gordon, born on August 6, 1893, who is a
graduate of the Yeoman schools and operates the home farm, and Joseph William,
born November 3, 1905, and who lives at home. Mrs. Mary A. (Thomas) Moore died
on June 26, 1907, and on February 14, 1909, Mr. Moore was married to Nora B.
Steadman, the daughter of Nathaniel and Laura Steadman, both of whom were
natives of Indiana and both of whom are living. To this second marriage have
been born two children, William J., born on September 29, 1913, and Martha
Belle, December 13, 1914.

   Mr. Moore came from Peoria county, Illinois, when five years old, to
Livingston county, where he lived until he was thirty years old. In 1900 he
moved to a large swamp farm in Henry county, Illinois, and in 1902 took a trip
to Carroll county, Indiana, purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land. In
1903 he moved to this county and has since purchased more land. Mr. Moore now
owns two hundred acres called "Rose Bud Stock Farm, No. 1," and one hundred and
forty-four acres called "Rose Bud Stock Farm, No. 2." He makes a specialty of
raising Ohio Improved Chester Wnite hogs and Percheron horses. He has at the
present time one hundred and fifty-five head of hogs and several head of
high-grade Percheron horses. He also raises thoroughbred Polled Angus cattle,
which are registered. For four years Mr. Moore was an auctioneer, but abandoned
the profession on account of the heavy demands of his farm, to which he now
devotes most of his time.

   Mr. Moore is a Democrat in politics. He and his first wife were members of
the Methodist Episcopal church. They joined the church at McDowell, Illinois, in
1896, and when they moved to Carroll county brought their letters with them to
the church at Yeoman. The present Mrs. Moore is also a member of the Methodist
church at Yeoman.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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