Delaware County OhArchives Biographies.....Sidney MOORE December 16 1821 - May 27 1907
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Author: 20th Century History of Delaware Cty., OH, 1908, Edited and Compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, OH, Published by Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL

Sidney Moore, who was for nearly sixty years connected with the banking 
interests of Delaware County, for the last twenty-four years of that time up 
to his death in 1907, being president of the Delaware County National Bank, 
was born in what is now the city of Delaware, December 16, 1821.  His parents 
were Sidney and Phoebe (Mann) Moore, both natives of Vermont, who came to 
Delaware County from the vicinity of Brattleboro, that State, in pioneer 
fashion, but previous to their marriage, Sidney Moore being the first 
arrival.  He was born March 16, 1788, and was a young man when he thus set out 
to better his fortunes in what was then the far west.  In his native State he 
had been closely identified with military affairs, having served as ensign, 
lieutenant, and captain in the First Regiment of Vermont militia.  In Ohio he 
was subsequently commissioned as lieutenant-colonel and as brigadier-general, 
in later life being usually known as General Moore.  In Delaware County he 
held civil office as sheriff, recorder and auditor successively, always 
performing his public duties to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens.

His wife Phoebe, who was born near Brattleboro, Vermont, January 3, 1795, and 
who was therefore nearly seven years his junior, came to Delaware County with 
her parents, they settling in the vicinity of Westfield.  By her marriage with 
Mr. Moore she became the mother of three children, namely: Emily, Sidney, and 
William.  Emily, who was born in Delaware, February 8, 1819, became the wife 
of Stephen Stone and accompanied her husband to Nebraska, where she died.  
William, born May 2, 1835, in Delaware, is still a resident of this place, 
having always made his home here.  Sidney Moore, the elder, father of the 
above mentioned children, died at the age of about seventy-eight years.  His 
wife long survived him, passing away in December, 1887, when lacking but 
fifteen days of being ninety-three years old.  They were worthy of much 
respected people, who well performed their part in life, and whose children 
were living testimonials to a careful upbringing.

Sidney Moore, Jr., the direct subject of this sketch, was born in the family 
resident of the northeast corner of Sandusky and Winter Streets, the site of 
the house being now occupied by Smith’s Clothing store.  He began his 
education in the local schools and continued it in the Academy until he had 
mastered the essentials of the sound English training.  Even at this early day 
he had a keen appreciation of the value of time, and applied himself closely 
to his studied, as he did later throughout his life, to his business duties.  
He early felt attracted towards banking as a congenial sphere of activity, and 
having acquired a knowledge of bookkeeping, he sought and found employment 
withg banking institutions, in addition to his local connections, being 
employed for some three years in banks in Marion, Ohio, and Indianapolis, 
Indiana.  The greater part of his business career, however, was spent in his 
native city.  He came teller and bookkeeper for the Delaware County branch of 
the State Bank of Ohio, which began business in 1845, and later became its 
cashier.  He was made cashier of the Delaware County National Bank, January 
13, 1865, and continued in that capacity until January 8, 1883, at which time 
he was elected president of the bank, a position that he held for the rest of 
his life.

Mr. Moore began his business career on a salary of $200 per year.  In those 
days business was conducted upon very conservative lines, and promotion was 
slow; bue he possessed in large measure the qualities that compel success, and 
having chosen for his goal an honorable position in the business world, he 
pressed toward with determination and never looked back until he had attained 
it, and was recognized by his fellow townsmen as one of the leading factors in 
the business life and prosperity of Delaware,  He was for sixty-two years 
identified with the Delaware County Bank, with the exception of the three 
years in Marion and Indianapolis above referred to, and after he had 
demonstrated his capacity, he had been elected president of the institution, 
his advice was eagerly sought by many of the men who had then or have since 
attained prominence in the business life of the community.  Not a few of them 
today attribute their success to his wife counsel or ready help, which was 
never withheld from those worthy of it.  He seldom mistook his man, being a 
quick reader of character, and to have obtained his assistance was in itself 
almost a certificate of capacity and integrity.  In matters aside from 
business, but connected with the moral and material development of his native 
city, his name was for many years a synonym for charity, philanthropy and 
benevolence.  Among his many charitable deeds may be mentioned his donation of 
the Home for Aged People, located on East William Street, Delaware.

Mr. Moore was a prominent Free Mason, belong to Hiram Lodge, No. 18, of 
Delaware, and having attained the Thirty-third degree in the Order.  As a 
token of his high regard for the Order he donated it to the splendid Temple on 
West William Street, which is as well an ornament to the city as an evidence 
of the liberal spirit and devotion of the donor.  In politics he was a 
Republican, but never sought public office.  It was Mr. Moore’s character to 
be thorough and concentrated.  He held that it was better to do one thing 
thoroughly and well than to dissipate one’s energies in seeking to attain to 
many different objects, and the wisdom of this policy was exemplified in his 
own life.

Mr. Moore was twice married:  First, about 1851, to Miss Millie Stark, who 
lived but a few years.  His second marriage was to Mrs. Sarah A. Bierce, widow 
of Alonzo Bierce, and daughter of John and Margery (Chain) Cunningham.  Mrs. 
Moore was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1828, and when an infant about a 
year old, same with her parents to Delaware County, they settling in Brown 
Township, where Mr. Cunningham purchased and improved a farm, and where he and 
his wife resided until reaching an advanced age, when they removed to 
Delaware.  Mr. Cunningham was born in Columbiana County in 1801, and died in 
the city of Delaware in 1858.  His wife Margery, Mrs. Moore’s mother, was born 
in Columbiana County in 1802, and died October 3, 1854.  They were the parents 
of four children: Margery, who became the wife of James Harriott; Eliza, wife 
of John Hill; Sarah, who married Sidney Moore, subject of this sketch; and 
Jackson, who is not a resident of Delaware.  The two last mentioned are the 
only members of the family now living.  Mrs. Moore’s grandfathers, Hugh 
Cunningham and Hugh Chain, were pioneer settlers in Columbiana County.  By her 
marriage with Mr. Moore she had no children but by her first husband she was 
the mother of two sons, namely: John Bierce, who died at the age of eighteen 
years, and Arthur W. Bierce, who is now a resident of Delaware.

Mr. Moore died May 27, 1907, in his residence on North Sandusky Street, which 
he had erected in 1868.  His funeral services were conducted with the 
impressive rites of the Masonic Order, of which he was so devoted a member, 
and his remains were laid to rest in Oak Grove Cemetery.  His departure was 
not only a severe blow to his devoted wife, who had sustained his hopes and 
shared his triumphs through so many years, but was also left as a sad loss to 
the community at large, who realized that a strong man in character and 
achievement, and a sterling citizen, had gone from among them.


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