Matthew A. Moore Biography


	This biography appears on page 85 in "History of Dakota 
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				MATTHEW A. MOORE.  

	Matthew A. Moore is engaged in the insurance business in Howard 
and is meeting with well deserved success in that line. He is also a 
man of public affairs, having held among other offices that of county 
assessor. He v as born March 16, 1856, in Hemmingford, Quebec, a son of 
Robert and Matilda (Ray) Moore, both natives of Belfast, Ireland, the 
birth of the former occurring in 1788. In 1816 he went to Quebec and in 
that province homesteaded a farm whereon he resided until his demise, 
which occurred in February, 1882, at the advanced age of ninety-four 
years. His widow survived but a few weeks, her demise occurring in 
March of the same year. They reared a family of fourteen children.  

	Matthew A. Moore attended common schools of his native province 
and in 1877, when a young man of twenty-one, left home and made his way 
to Mankato, Minnesota, where he resided for two years. He then went to 
Beaver Creek, Minnesota, and farmed for a year. In 1880 he removed to 
Miner county, where he had filed on a timber claim the year previous. 
After taking up his residence in the county he filed on a preemption 
claim and devoted his time to the cultivation of his land. He also 
homesteaded a farm adjoining Howard. In 1883 he sold all of his land 
and purchased ten acres situated in Howard and there built a 
comfortable dwelling. He went into the insurance business, in which he 
is still engaged, as he has found it both congenial and lucrative.  

	Mr. Moore was united in marriage on the 13th of August, 1884, to 
Miss Emma Gilmore, a daughter of John and Eliza (Morrison) Gilmore, of 
Russelltown, Quebec. Mr. Moore is a member of the Episcopal church and 
fraternally is identified with the Masonic order. His political belief 
is that of the republican party and he has held a number of local 
offices. He was the first county assessor of Miner county and has been 
deputy sheriff of the county at times for nine years. Faithfulness to 
duty and public spirit are among his outstanding characteristics and 
his many friends hold him in the highest esteem for his manliness and 
integrity.