Bio: Robert F. Moore,  Caddo Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker




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Robert F. Moore. 
The South has from time immemorial been noted for the hospitality and courtesy
of her citizens, and while this is general it is nowhere more pronounced than
in the State of Louisiana, where the people are genial and kind as can be.
Agricultural pursuits are among the chief avenues for reaching success, and
prominent among those who are successfully pursuing this occupation is
Robert F. Moore.  He was born in Oglethorpe County, Ga., in 1836, being the
son of Francis H. and Priscilla (Holmes) Moore, born in Alabama and
Oglethorpe County in the latter part of 1807, and married in the State of
Georgia.  The father died in 1848 and the mother in 1873, being at the time
of her death a faithful member of the Methodist Church.  The former was of
Irish descent, and the grandfather of Robert, William Holmes, settled
in Oglethorpe County many years ago, and there passed his life, and passed
to his final resting place.  Robert Moore is the youngest of the four
children born to his parents.  He spent his childhood and youth on the
plantation, receiving only a common-school education, but learning habits
of perseverance and industry that have contributed greatly to his success.
After reaching his nineteenth year he took charge of the estate, which he
managed most satisfactorily.  He moved to Caddo Parish in the year 1857,
and in 1862 was united in marriage to Miss Sallie P. Collier, daughter of
F. P. and Daridley Collier, both of whom died in Georgia.  To this union
were born eight children - three sons and five daughters.  Immediately
after coming to Caddo, Mr. Moore purchased his present estate, consisting
of 720 acres of valuable land, and situated seven miles southwest of
Shreveport.  There is nothing more to a man's credit than the fact of having
accumulated a comfortable fortune by means of his own efforts, and without
assistance of any kind, and this can truthfully be said of the subject of
the present sketch.  In 1862 Mr. Moore, true to the instincts of his
nature, which prompted him to give his services in behalf of his native
country, enlisted in the war, joining Benson's squadron of cavalry of
Louisiana troops, and took part in the battles of Arkansas Post, Mansfield
and Helena, and numerous skirmishes.  He served as orderly Sargent, and
just before the close of the war was made captain.  He belongs to the class
of gentlemen who labor for the good of their homes, States and the Nation,
trying in every way to advance both religious and educational causes.  Mr.
Moore is a member of A. F. & A. M., Land Mark Lodge No. 214.  Thus as the
world grows older and the age of progress becomes stronger, each day
furnishes examples of the good results brought about by honesty, energy and
strict integrity of purpose.