Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Moore, Agency Township, Buchanan 
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Benjamin Moore, farmer, section 20, post office Agency, was born in
West Virginia, October 19, 1818.  At the age of twenty four he left
his native state, and located in Buchanan County, Missouri, where he
has resided ever since.  January 12, 1842 he was married to Lucinda
C. Gibson.  She was born in West Tennessee.  They have had six child-
ren: Robert M. G., born December 5, 1842; Margaret A., born July 26,
1844, died September 14, 1845; Martha J., born April 3, 1846; Eliza C.,
born April 4, 1848; William R., born October 10, 1849, died October 4,
1850; and Susan H. V., born September 30, 1858.  When he came to 
Buchanan County there were only two houses in St. Joseph, those of
Joseph Robidoux and Fred Smith.  He had to go fourteen miles to a 
tread mill.  He has followed farming all his life.  When he landed in
Missouri he had nothing but a small horse and eighty dollars in money.
By hard work he has accumulated 225 acres of land; has owned more, but
has given a portion to his children.  Nearly all his land is well im-
proved.  He has on his farm a good orchard.  He has been Justice of 
the Peace four and one half years, school director and administrator
in several instances.  He was also postmaster for many years.  He is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.  During the war he
suffered heavily from the depredations of the soldiers.  His sympathies
were with the South.  Robert M. G. Moore, son of the subject of this
sketch, was a member of the Militia.  Afterwards, to avoid the draft,
he went out on the plains and remained there until after the war closed.
Mr. Moore has long been known for his liberality, never refusing to
lend a helping hand to the poor and needy.

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