Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . n theold home upon which their father settled at theage .if thirteen with his parents, and here allbave received the best advantages permitted bythe prosperity of the family. Mr. Moore pur-chased bis brother Sams interest in the 240acres, and to his first 120 acres has added untilhe now owns 440. No more productive propertyis be found in this part of the State, and nobetter farmer has followed the light shed uponagriculture by science than this honored, oldtime settler. Except as a School Director and Road Commis-sioner, Mr. Moore has steadfastly refus
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . n theold home upon which their father settled at theage .if thirteen with his parents, and here allbave received the best advantages permitted bythe prosperity of the family. Mr. Moore pur-chased bis brother Sams interest in the 240acres, and to his first 120 acres has added untilhe now owns 440. No more productive propertyis be found in this part of the State, and nobetter farmer has followed the light shed uponagriculture by science than this honored, oldtime settler. Except as a School Director and Road Commis-sioner, Mr. Moore has steadfastly refused to ac-cept official recognition, although he has been astanch supporter of the Republican party. Aswas that of his father before him, his namestands for all that is honorable and worth whilein country life and work, and he is one of thefew left of the pathfinders whose story consti-tutes one of the most interesting chapters inAmerican history. MOORE. Samuel T.—The men, who during tbethirties left comfortable homes in the East to. HISTOEY OF SCHUYLEE COUNTY. 893 ally their fortunes with the thinly settled and notaltogether promising region in Illinois, sincenamed Schuyler County, possessed an intensityof purpose and determination but partially com-prehended by the wage earners of today. Thedeprivation and isolation they endured, never-theless, were factors in molding character andstimulating industry and largeness of sympathy,and these traits have been handed down to thesucceeding generation, among whom is SamuelT. .Moore, a prominent farmer of Buena VistaTownship, where be was born August 22, 1841. Thomas Moore, father of Samuel, was bornin Kentucky, and was reared to farming as fol-lowed in the Southern States. Iu 1830, ambi-tious of growing up with a more progressivecommunity, he moved to Illinois with his wife,formerly Mary Elmore, also a native of the BlueGrass State. Taking up Government land inBuena Vista Township, Schuyler County, he wasengaged in general farming an
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