Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Moore, William H. 1823 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Washington Township
p. 752 & 753

William H. Moore was born in Guilford County, N.C., in 1823, a son of Thomas 
and Anne (Hubbard) Moore. When he was fourteen years of age his parents came 
to Wayne County, Ind., and his educational advantages were therefore limited. 
In 1842 he located in Milton where he has since been engaged in business. He 
worked at the tanner's trade till 1849, and from 1850 till 1852 was in the 
mercantile business. He was in partnership with Jesse Hiatt in the dry-goods 
business a year, and from 1854 till 1860 was in partnership with his brother, 
Charles H. He then bought his brother's interest and carried on the business 
alone till 1864. In 1856 he built the store room now occupied by Morris, Moore 
& Co. In the fall of 1865 the Citizens' Bank of Milton was established and he 
became one of the stock-holders and was elected President, and two years later 
was elected Cashier, holding that position three years when the enterprise was 
abandoned. In 1868 he bought a mill which he operated till its destruction by 
fire in 1871. In 1872 he formed a partnership with Henry Myers and N. R. Nixon 
and built a paper-mill which, with some changes in the ownership, was operated 
till 1876 when it was destroyed by fire, about a month after Mr. Moore sold 
his interest. Since that time he has been engaged in the furniture business. 
In November, 1882, Mr. Moore purchased a lot, No 1, corner Moore and West 
Seventh streets, and a two-story brick building 85 x 85 feet in size, the 
corner room a hotel and three business rooms on the second floor of the house. 
Politically he is a Republican, casting his first vote for Henry Clay. He was 
elected Township Trustee in 1865, and took a prominent part in the erection of 
the large school building in Milton. He was married in 1859 to Mahala J., 
daughter of William Petty. They have had seven children---Elizabeth, Charles 
E., Mattie, Carrie, Thomas F., Willie and Hannah, all deceased but Thomas F. 
Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of the Society of Friends. In 1837 Mr. Moore's 
parents came to Indiana and located half a mile east of Milton, and two years 
later removed to a farm north of Cambridge City. There was a family of fifteen 
children---Frances, Susanna (died in infancy), Mary P., Charles H., Susan, 
Smith, Clarkson, Ann, Richard W., Lambert, Ariedna, Elizabeth W., Jacob H., 
John T., William H. All are deceased, save Richard W. and William H. Mr. and 
Mrs. Thomas Moore were reared in the Methodist church, but after their 
marriage joined the Society of Friends. Mrs. Moore rode forty miles on 
horseback to the nearest meeting to join the society. She was subsequently a 
minister of the society and was noted for her piety and zeal. Mr. Moore was an 
Elder many years. He was Postmaster at New Garden, N.C., over twenty years. He 
was a strong anti-slavery man and an old line Whig, taking a great interest in 
the liberation of the colored race. He died in 1845, aged seventy-five years, 
and his wife in 1854, aged seventy-four years.

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