Bio of MOORE, Rev. George W. (b.1829), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 333-334
REV. GEORGE W. MOORE.
In the later years of his life Rev. George W. Moore resided in Minneapolis. He
had previously for many years devoted his time and efforts to the work of the
Methodist ministry. While the infirmities of age obliged him to retire in his
later years he never ceased to feel the keenest interest in the work of the
church and in its various activities. He became well known in Minneapolis, where
he won the love and honor of all who knew him. George W. Moore was born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1829, and spent his youthful years on his
father's farm in Mercer county, that state, to the age of twelve years, when he
started out to provide for his own support. He was employed at farm labor to the
age of fifteen and then entered upon an apprenticeship as a carriage blacksmith,
thoroughly acquainting himself with the business, so that he began operating on
his own account in that trade at the age of twenty years. Six years later,
however, he sold his factory and entered the Methodist ministry, to which he
devoted almost a third of a century.
For a long period Rev. George W. Moore was a circuit rider, doing pioneer work
for the church on the western frontier. As a member of the Erie conference,
which at that time covered eastern Ohio, western New York and western
Pennsylvania, he often covered a circuit so large as to demand six weeks journey
for its completion. While still a young man he filled many desirable pulpits of
Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania acceptably.
On the 29th of October, 1850, George W. Moore was united in marriage to Miss
Margaret J. Ziegler, who was born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, October 4,
1829. She was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church. They became
the parents of a daughter and two sons: Mrs. J. A. Bernard, whose work in
connection with the Union City Mission of Minneapolis has made her name widely
known in Christian circles throughout the country; Dr. James E. Moore, for many
years head of the surgical department of the University of Minnesota, who has
passed away; Joseph Harvey Moore, who died in middle life.
It was in the year 1886 that Mr. Moore came to Minneapolis so that he might
reside near his children and for a year thereafter he served as pastor of the
Blooming-ton avenue church, but failing health obliged him to give up the task
and he placed his membership in the Simpson Avenue Methodist Episcopal church,
where he remained an active worker until the infirmities of age prevented
further service of that character. He made his home in the eighth ward of the
city and throughout that section, where he was greatly loved and respected, he
was called Father Moore. One who knew him for many years bore testimony to the
remarkable blamelessness of his life and his most kindly character. His daughter
remarked that the proudest day of her life was when the city papers came out at
his death with the headlines: "A Blameless Life Ended. He lived as he taught,
practiced as he preached and died as he had lived, in perfect peace."