. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. only person-ally interesting, but, of value andimportance to the conununity inwhich he resides. He was born nearFayette, Howard county, November29, 1844. Geo. W. Moore, the fatherof our subject, was ])orn near Salis-bury, North Carolina, Feb. 2, 1795,and, with his parents, in 1810, emi-grated to Kentucky. .Two yearslater, having enjoyed fair educationaladvantages, he located in Dearborncounty, Indiana, where he taughtschool until 1825, when he emigrated to How^ard county, Mo. It wasduring his residence in Kentucky t
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. only person-ally interesting, but, of value andimportance to the conununity inwhich he resides. He was born nearFayette, Howard county, November29, 1844. Geo. W. Moore, the fatherof our subject, was ])orn near Salis-bury, North Carolina, Feb. 2, 1795,and, with his parents, in 1810, emi-grated to Kentucky. .Two yearslater, having enjoyed fair educationaladvantages, he located in Dearborncounty, Indiana, where he taughtschool until 1825, when he emigrated to How^ard county, Mo. It wasduring his residence in Kentucky that he met and became enamoredwith one Miss Burlinda Brockman, who became his wife, June 25,1825, in Howard county Mo., she having emigrated to this state withher parents, a few months previous, from Kentucky. This union wasblessed ))y the birth of ten children, of whom our subject was thetenth. The death of the mother occurred in 1873. The fatherdied May 10, 1888, at the age of ninety-three, he having lived at thehome of our subject the last six years of his life. In 1857,. 74 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the father of our subject, who entertained lil)eral views res:ardino: theimportance of an e(hication, urged his son to select some professionand strive to reach a high standard of excellence. Selecting the prac-tice of dentistry as his lifes occupation, our suliject, ])ractically with-out means, by his own exertions and personal worth, soon mastered hisstudy, advancing to the highest standardof his profession; a position hehas since maintained. He commenced his practice in Saline coimty,in 1865. There he enjoyed a commendable patronage until Tl, whenhe located in Salisbury, where he has since resided, enjoying a largeclientage, as well as the contidence and respect of his fellow citizensand neighbors. The second marriage of our sul)ject occurred May 19, 1880, whenhe was united with Miss Hannah M. Rutherford, a worthy, christianlady of Randolph county. To them one child h
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