Coryell Co. TX - Dr. Charles Meeks Moore

Submitted by Bobbie Ross  <bwross@htcomp.net>

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                          DR. CHARLES MEEKS MOORE
                                      
    Born in White County Tennessee 14 Feb. 1866 to parents William Madison and
    Marion Moon Meeks, Charles was brought to Coryell County as a very young
    child following the Civil War, the family evidently settling around the
    Coryell City area of the county near a place at that time called Waldo, ,
    later moving into nearby McLennan Co. Charles first studied the law and was
    for a time the City Attorny in Gatesville. He later became interested in
    medicine, as had 3 brothers, and studied at Lewisville Medical College in
    Kentucky. his first medical practice began in Hurst Springs in Coryell
    County in 1894.He married Bertha Georgia Amelia Albertson, daughter of Elif
    Albertson, prominent merchant of Tyler, Smith Co. TX on 15 Nov. 1894. To
    this union were born children: 1. Elif Albertson Moore born 14-9-1895. 2.
    Fred William Moore born 11-10-1900. 3. Bruce Vivian Moore born 23-1-1903,
    died 14-10-1912. The young doctor's practice began at first on horseback,
    later by horse and buggy and finally by newly invented automobile. For a
    number of years his practice was in an office above the Corner Drug Store
    in Clifton and the Santa Fe Railroad knew him as their doctor on call.
    Clifton had no hospital and Dr. Moore's patients were placed in a Temple
    hospital by train. About 1930 Dr. Goodall began practice in Clifton and Dr.
    Moore retired to his ranch at Hurst Springs, still practicing medicine
    until his death December 4, 1940. Mrs. Moore died Oct. 18, 1942 and they
    are buried in the Clifton Cemetery.

Biography by great-granddaughters Carol Lange and Linda Hughes

                                      
                    copyrighted by Bobbie Ross Nov.2000