JOSEPH W. MOORE
                          SUGARTOWN, LA


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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 175.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore

JOSEPH W. MOORE, SUGARTOWN. - Joseph W. Moore, a prosperous merchant of
Sugartown, is a native of Ireland, born September 29, 1835. He is the son of
Daniel and Winifred (Meloy) Moore, both natives of Ireland.
Daniel Moore was a hotel proprietor, and married in Mayo county, Ireland. The
union was blessed with six sons and five daughters, of whom our subject is the
only living child. Daniel Moore and wife spent their whole lives in Ireland,
the former having died there in 1863 and the latter in 1842
Joseph W. Moore came to America in 1853. He was in New Orleans five
months after his arrival in Louisiana. During the latter part of 1853 and the
first part of 1854, lie was engaged as clerk on a steamboat on the Mississippi
river. January, 1856, he went to Alexandria, Louisiana, and was for a short
time engaged as book-keeper in the Washington Hotel at that place. Later he
taught school at Spring Hill Academy. In 1858 he married Miss Eliza Cavaraught,
a native of Alabama. She is the daughter of John C. Cavaraught. Mr.
and Mrs. Moore are the parents of eleven children, seven sons and four
daughters, eight of whom are living, viz: Adeline, wife of William Iies; Mayo, 
Daniel, Joseph, Patrick E., Isadra, May, Dennis. Mr. Moore served during
the late war, from 1862 until its close, in Company C, Twenty-seventh Louisiana
Regiment. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, and numerous other skirmishes. After
the war he returned home and was shortly afterward elected recorder of deeds of
Rapides parish and held this office for two years. He then engaged in the
mercantile business at Leesville, Vernon parish. He only remained here a year,
however, and then removed to West Port, where he opened a store, and was engaged
in business until 1882. From  there he removed to this place and opened his
present business. Mr. Moore does a flourishing business and carries a large
stock of goods. He was appointed member of the police jury of Rapides parish in
1887, and occupied that position for two years.
He served as Tax Collector of Vernon parish for a similar length of time. He
He has also taken an active part in local affairs. He a member of the Masonic
lodge, Order 182, and has served as master of the lodge. Mr. Moore's eldest son
is a graduate of the medical department of the Tulane University, and is a
popular young physician of this place.