BIO:  John R. Moore, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Fairview Township, Pg 99

JOHN R. MOORE was born in Fairview Township, April 15, 1850; son of John and Mary 
(Stettler) Moore, the former a native of Fairview Township, the latter of 
Newberry Township, York Co., Penn.  His grandfather Moore was born in York 
County, Penn., January 9, 1777; was a farmer by occupation and died February 29, 
1852.  His wife, Hannah (Sutton) Moore, died November 8, 1863, aged eighty-five 
years.  Subject’s grandfather Stettler was a native of York County, and a potter 
by trade.  His wife was also a native of York County, Penn.  John Moore, 
subject’s father, was born in 1811, was a farmer by occupation, and owned 170 
acres of land in this township.  He held the office of justice of the peace in 
this township for a number of years; was elected commissioner of York County on 
the Democratic ticket in 1850, and in 1869 elected associate judge of York 
County, Penn., but died before the expiration of his term, after serving about 
three years.  He was a member of the Methodist Church, and died July 31, 1874.  
His wife died March 10, 1883, aged seventy years.  They had the following 
children:  Hannaniah, Henry S., John R., Logan C., Hannah E., Jacob A., Sarah J. 
and William (deceased).  Our subject remained on the home farm till he was 
twenty-eight years of age, when he bought a farm of seventy acres from his 
father, and has a finely improved place.  December 31, 1867, he married Anna M. 
Nailor, a native of Cumberland County, and a daughter of Jacob Nailor, a native 
of York County, Penn.  They have two children, William E. and Flora J.  Mrs. 
Moore is a member of the Church of God.  Mr. Moore is a Democrat.