Biography of Bernardino J. Moura, 1902, Baker Co. Oregon: Surnames: Moura, Silver.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 287

Bernardino J. Moura

Among the thriftiest and most prosperous farmers residing in the vicinity of
Express is to be numbered the esteemed and trusted gentleman whose career we
must now essay to epitomize. Mr. Moura is a native of the Azores Islands, born
at Santa Maria, September 13, 1854, the son of Antonio and Antonia Moura, both
of whom are still residents of the old home in the Azores. He continued to
reside in his native town during all the years of his minority, acquiring a
public school education and afterward devoting himself to the cultivation and
improvement of the parental farm.

When twenty-one years of age, however, our subject emigrated to the United
States, landing in Boston, Massachusetts, where he remained a short time. His
next move was to Red Bluff, Shasta county, California, where he resided until
1879, coming then to Canyon City, the county seat of Grant county, Oregon. He
went thence to his European home on a visit, and when he returned located half
a mile south of Express, where we now find him. He has acquired three hundred
and twenty acres of as desirable farm land, perhaps, as can be found anywhere
in the county, and a water right that is certainly unsurpassable, Burnt river
passing through the place, upon which also are numerous springs. Mr. Moura is
to be congratulated on his fortune in securing so enviable a location. He
raises alfalfa hay, grain and other farm products, and has the comfortable
consciousness that his land will produce almost anything, so that he can gauge
his crops to suit the variations of the market.

Our subject is an active participant in political affairs, his party
affiliations being with the Republicans. Fraternally he is identified with the
Bake City organization of the A.O.U.W. and with Express Lodge, No. 80, K. of
P. In Baker county, Mr. Moura married Francisca M. Silver and to their union
have been born four children: Antonio, Mary, Anna and Jessie, all of whom are
still at home.