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were compiled by Patricia Davidson-Peters. I am
the 2nd great granddaughter of Thomas Anderson
Moore who was born in Scio, Harrison Co., Ohio on
31 October 1838. He came with his parents James
Updegraph Moore and Rebecca (Cook), in 1847 to
Collinsville, Madison County, Illinois where his
Uncle Joseph Moore was working as a blacksmith
making much needed cow bells for the territory. By 1860 Thomas had left
Illinois and was living in St. Louis where he
married his young bride, Clarissa VanBergen
Pilcher (1845-1890), the youngest daughter of
Ezekiel Pilcher and Louisa (Ballard). Shortly
after their marriage, Tom enlisted in the 33rd MO
Infantry Volunteers and was "mortally
wounded" and left for dead at the Battle of
Helena on the 4th of July in 1863. A passing
soldier found a whisper of a breath in him and he
was taken to a Memphis hospital where he
recovered. After several months he returned
to his beloved wife "Clara" in St.
Louis, Missouri where they were the parents of
eight children and spent the remainder of their
lives.
Clarissa
Pilcher-Moore became a homeopathic doctor and
preceded her husband Tom, passing from his world
in 1890. Tom mourned the loss for twenty-five
years. He never remarried, but continued as a
carpenter and Chaplain of the Gen. Lyon Post 2,
Dept of Missouri of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
The Civil War
letters between Tom & Clara, as well as other
important family papers and artifacts, were
donated to the Missouri Historical Society in St.
Louis and are archived in the Thomas Anderson
Moore Collection.
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