Bio of MOORE, Morris Elsworth (b.1861 d.1922), 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 III, pg 765-766
MORRIS ELSWORTH MOORE
While the life record of Morris Elsworth Moore covered but six decades, he
accomplished much during that period. He won substantial success in business,
gained the respect, and honor of his fellowmen and left behind him a memory that
is cherished in the hearts of all who knew him. He was born December 5, 1861, in
Bryan, Ohio, and was a son of Edwin A. and Adeline Anne (Morris) Moore, the
former a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, while the latter was born in
Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio. The son obtained his education in the public
schools of Toledo but left school at an early age in order to provide for his
own support. He took up the printing business, but in the course of his early
business career he came to a recognition of the need and value of education as a
factor in life's work and accordingly returned to school, completing his high
school course. He also learned valuable lessons through his home training. When
about eighteen years of age he took a position with Snyder & Company, dealers in
carpets, rugs and draperies, remaining with that house until 1885 and gaining
the initial experience that constituted the foundation upon which he built his
later success along the same line. On leaving the Snyder Company he came to
Minneapolis, where he secured the position of buyer with the firm of M. Lara &
Company, continuing to act in that capacity until 1896, when he entered into
partner­ship with E. J. Scriver in organizing the firm of Moore & Scriver for
the sale of fine furniture, draperies and rugs. He continued as senior member of
this firm to the time of his death and they developed one of the leading houses
of this character in the Northwest, carrying an extensive stock of goods, for
which they found a ready sale as the result of their thoroughly reliable methods
and earnest efforts to please their patrons. Their line of goods was of highest
standard and their progressiveness was one of the strong basic elements of their
prosperity. Mr. Moore was also president of the realty company which built the
store building which they occupied.
In the year 1889 Mr. Moore was married to Miss Carrie Taylor, a daughter of Azro
B. and Jane (Woodruff) Taylor of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. They became parents of
a son and a daughter: Morris E., Jr., who is now the secretary of the Moore &
Scriver Company; and Marian, who is the wife of J. H. Rowand of Casper, Wyoming.
Mr. Moore attended the Plymouth Congregational church, and his entire life was
guided by the most straightforward and honorable principles. In politics he was
a stanch republican, giving earnest allegiance to the party, and he was a valued
and prominent member of all the leading clubs of the city. He held membership in
the Rotary Club and the journal of that organization at the time of his death
said of him: "In the last few days, as he faced the inevitable, his deep sense
of religion and his cheeful philosophy lent him fortitude. Morris Moore was a
good Rotarian because he was a good man. In his background were the wholesome
standards of early life on an Ohio farm. He was friendly; he harbored no ill
will; he found and appreciated the good in people because that was the only
thing he felt it worth while to look for or to remember of them. It was these
qualities that made Morris Moore a good friend. He was not given to sudden or
demonstrative enthusiasms; he was quiet but he had a fine discrimination and
was, above all things, steadfast." It was on the 29th of April, 1922, that he
was called to his final rest, and to those who knew him-and he had a wide
acquaintance-the death of Morris E. Moore came as a distinct loss.