St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Moore, Judge Joseph M. December 15, 1890 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary K Creamr marykcreamer@yahoo.com December 27, 2014, 8:54 pm St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, December 20, 1890, Image 1 Judge Joseph M. Moore died in New Orleans, last Monday, at the residence of his son-in-law, Dr. Geo. K. Pratt, and was buried here Tuesday. He had suffered severely for eleven months, with some derangement of the bladder or kidneys; and nothing but the best of nursing and medical attention could have kept him alive so long. While death, at any age and in any of its forms, is the saddest event of which we have any knowledge, it must have been a relief to so great a sufferer. The deceased was something over sixty- five years of age. He had been married twice. His first wife, a daughter of Mr. Pierre Wartelle, and his second, a daughter of Judge J. H. Overton, were cousins, their mothers being daughters of the elder Judge George King. Four children, one son and three daughters, of the first marriage, and one daughter of the second, survive him; as also his wife. We have no data, except personal recollections, for a condensed history of Judge Moore's life. We believe he was a native of this parish. Before the war and afterwards, till the death of his partner, he was a member of the law firm of Swayze & Moore. He had been before the war a member of the State legislature. He was successful in the practice of law. He was a member of the State constitutional convention of 1879, and was elected by the legislature following that convention a judge of the circuit court of appeals for this circuit, for the term of ten years, which expired not long before the beginning of his fatal sickness. While his death was expected, even sooner than it came, yet it is always a great bereavement when any member, especially the head of a family has departed this life; and we unite with numerous others in sympathy to those who have suffered so great a loss. Additional Comments: Judge Joseph M. Moore is buried at the Myrtle Grove Cemetery in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA. www.findagrave memorial # 94230004 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/stlandry/obits/m/moore5378gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb