ISAAC COOK MOORE - son of Joseph and Sarah (Grubs), was born 1833 in Pennsylvania and came to Collinsville, Illinois with his parents in 1844 where his father started a blacksmith shop which was located on North Goethe Street.  After the death of his father, Isaac took over the cowbell factory and in 1876 sold it to Christian Blum who had come from Germany, operated a hardware store and had previously owned a business which supplied tin roofs for buildings.

Isaac married on 23 Mar 1854 in Madison County, IL Julia Caroline Slayback who had been born in Illinois in about 1838 and was the daughter of Solomon and Elly (House).  He was listed with his family in Collinsville in 1850 as a blacksmith, in 1860 as owning a bell factory, and in 1870 and 1880 as being a bell maker.

Aside from being a blacksmith, Isaac was also a wagonsmith, businessman and civic leader.  He became the last village president of Collinsville, serving two one-year terms from 1870-1872. (Isaac's Photo)

An account in the "125th Anniversary Book of Collinsville, published in 1962," states that Isaac found great delight in the occasional practice of obtaining a double handful of nickels, dimes and quarters, and would toss them into the air so that the youngsters could scramble for them when they fell.  He was considered one of the wealthiest men of the community until his investments took a slide and he was forced to take a clerking job in a local store to earn a living.

Isaac resided at 214 East Church Street, and died in Madison County, Illinois. He was buried 21 May 1895 in Section E, Lot 91, Grave 1 of the Glenwood Cemetery.

CHILDREN OF

ISAAC C. MOORE & JULIA C. SLAYBACK

1. CHARLES G. MOORE - born about 1855 in Collinsville, Madison Co., IL.

2. EDWARD S. MOORE - born about 1858 in Collinsville, Madison Co., IL.

3. FREDERICK MOORE - born May 1860 in Collinsville, Madison Co., IL; married Mary (Barlow) who had been born in England and was the daughter of Priscilla. They were married in Madison Co., IL on 02 Nov 1892 and were the parents of Mabel, Albert, Clarence & Julia.

4. ANNA MOORE - born about 1864 in Collinsville, Madison Co., IL.

5. FRANK S. MOORE - born in July 1867 in Collinsville, Madison Co., IL; married Lillian May McKee on 11 March 1890 in Madison Co., IL. Frank died in 1934 and Lillian in 1953 and laid to rest at Glenwood Cemetery. They were the parents of: Almeda, Harry, Norman, Effie & Blanche. [ Headstone of Frank & Lillian ]

6. ELLA "BELLE" MOORE - born May 1869 in Collinsville, Madison Co., IL; appears to have married William C. Green 05 Jan 1890 in Madison Co., IL.

7. JULIA MOORE - born about 1872 in Collinsville, Madison Co., IL.

8. MARY M. MOORE - born about 1875 in Collinsville, Madison Co., IL; may have married William Holt.

By 1860 Thomas was living in St. Louis providing support for his mother and brother Joseph working as an ice dealer.  When the call came for volunteers in St. Louis, Thomas joined up.  He appears to have served the short three month period and enlisted again with the 33rd Missouri Volunteers.  Just before leaving with his company, he married the young Clarissa Van Bergen Pilcher on her 17th birthday - this on the 7th day of October. - Clarissa was the daughter of Ezekiel Pilcher and his wife Louisa Ballard who had married in Springfield, Illinois where Clarissa was born.

During the months Thomas was in the war, he and Clarissa exchanged many letters - all of which were found have been donated to the Missouri Historical Society in the Thomas Anderson Moore Collection.  - During the Battle of Helena, Arkansas which occurred on the 4th of July in 1863, Thomas was nearly killed with a gun shot wound to his right temple, and was in fact pronounced mortal; but after many months of recovering at a Memphis hospital, he was discharged in December and went home to his wife in St. Louis where they lived the remainder of their lives. (Photo of Thomas A. Moore)

Letters of Thomas had indicated that they had moved out to the county and in 1870 they were located in the census of St. Louis Township, the portion of St. Louis not within the city limits. Their household included their two year old son, Thomas and a twelve year old boy, John Schneider. Not listed were their first two babies who had died in infancy, Emily Ellen and Minnie.

It seems likely that Thomas learned the carpentry trade after his return from the Civil War from her brothers and father having been carpenters for many years. Her father Ezekiel Pilcher (1800-1858) was a carpenter in Springfield, Illinois and was said to have made some of Abe Lincoln's furniture, the Pilchers and Lincolns having been acqauinted through mutual friends it seems. In 1880, as in the previous census, Thomas is listed as a house carpenter and at this time, his mother Rebecca is also residing with them.

When their household was full of small children, and apparently while Clarissa was pregnant, she attended Medical College and graduated in 1886. She became a homeopathic doctor, a trade that she must have worked for some time as there exists today, her doctor's shingle which is carved into wood "Dr. Mrs. C.V. Moore" but Clarissa passed away after complications from a surgery and died on the 7th of April in 1890 when her youngest child, Beulah, had just turned three. (Photo of Clarissa (Pilcher) Moore)

Thomas died on 16 June 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri and was buried in Bellfountaine Cemetery.  His dear Clarissa preceded him in death, dying after an operation, on the 7th day of April 1890.  Thomas never remarried and stated in his pension papers that "he never would again," for Clarissa was his one and only love.

1. EMILY ELLEN MOORE- born 7 Sep 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri; buried 24 Oct 1864 at Bellefontaine Cemetery.

2. MINNIE MOORE - born 25 Dec 1865 in St. Louis, MO; buried 09 Jan 1867 at Bellefontaine Cemetery.

3. THOMAS ANTHONY MOORE - born 15 Oct 1867 in St. Louis, MO and named for the Anthony ancestors; he married (1) Rebecca Tebbetts, daughter of L.B. Tebbetts, the wealthy implement dealer in St. Louis; and married (2) Eleanor Chase, the mother of his son Tom.  Thomas died 27 Feb 1948 in Los Angeles, CA.

4. CLARISSA AMANDA MOORE - born 28 Oct 1870 in St. Louis, MO and named for her mother and Aunt Amanda; she married John Fenton and died in 1916.

5. JAMES ASBURY MOORE - born 04 May 1873 in St. Louis, MO and named for his father's real estate friend James Asbury Judlin; he married Lydia Harzmeier but had no children. James died 02 Nov 1912.

6. MABEL GRACE MOORE - born 19 Jun 1877 in St. Louis, MO; she married Samuel Elliot Jones who had the house on Clark Street in Webster Groves built about the time the World's Fair came to St. Louis.  She was involved in various societies and initiated the Thomas Anderson Moore Collection at the Missouri Historical Society by donating her father's Civil War letters and the Kennerly Journals regarding Joshua Pilcher and the fur trade.  She died 25 Apr 1963 in St. Louis, MO.

7. MARY JEANNETTE MOORE - born 7 Sep 1880 in St. Louis, MO and named either after the midwife or the doctor's wife; she married Clarence Lane and died 6 Jul 1965 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo)

8. BEULAH ABRAMS MOORE - born 13 Mar 1887 in St. Louis, MO and named after her brother Tom's girlfriend whom he did not marry; she married Roy D. Vosburg and died in 1950.

Isaac appears to have been listed in Gould's 1860 St. Louis City Directory as a tinner, residing at 340 Franklin Avenue.  He removed to California and died in Oakland died 25 Jan 1933 in Oakland, CA. A letter written by him to Mrs. S.E. Jones (Mabel Moore) regarding his poor health and desire to disinheirit his daughter Lulu is included in the family papers. (Photo of Oakland Home)

Lou Cindy's father, James Brown, was enumerated on the 1835 Census for the Cherokee Indian Nation in Tennessee and were among those forced to leave when gold was discovered on their lands in 1829 and the government decided all these lands belonged to the state. At the time Jim and Jane Brown, were living in Tennessee, they owned twenty-eight slaves, but because of necessity they left them behind.

Family notes state J.U. Moore had gone to Brewer's Plantation on Moon Lake in Mississippi and was tutoring children there during the war. At some time between 1860 and 1864 he had been in Tennessee, and it is believed that this is where he met and married his second wife S.A.C.

John Ashley Moore died on 24 Feb 1904 and was laid to rest at Pyles Cemetery in Direct, Lamar Co., Texas when his youngest son was about nine years old. After his death, his wife Mary Jane and her five boys moved to Oklahoma, where, in order to support herself and her five boys, they cleared and farmed land for other people.

It is believed that the descendants of this family lived in Bryan County, Oklahoma and later in Yell County, Arkansas.

1. ROSCOE - born 30 Sep 1886 in Lamar Co., TX.

2. OSCAR KING "O.K." - born 03 Jun 1888 in Lamar Co., TX.

3. ROYCE ARTHUR - born 06 Apr 1889 in Lamar Co., TX.

4. STIRL - born 06 Feb 1893 in Lamar Co., TX.

5. CLAYTON LANCASTER - born 09 Feb 1895 in Lamar Co., TX.

1. ALLIE MAE SMITH - born Feb 1868 in Naples, Scott, IL.  She married William I. Farris; died 27 Jan 1940 in Spokane, WA.

2. CHARLES EDGAR SMITH - born 26 Dec 1871 in Naples, Scott, IL. He married Hattie Granger and died 1914 in Newport, Idaho.

1. WILLIAM HARRIS - born 26 Sep 1876 in Plainview, MN; died 4 Apr 1880.

2. FRANCIS VADE (FRANK) HARRIS - born 23 Aug 1878 in Plainview, Wabasha, MN; He married on 10 Sep 1902 in Lynd, MN, Hilma Marie Peterson who was born 4 May 1880 and died 6 Jun 1963. Frank died 17 Feb 1951 in Lyon Co., MN.

3. ALBERT LEE HARRIS -born 30 Sep 1880 in Island Lake Twp., MN. He married on 20 Feb 1907 Amy Swanson who was born 1 Sep 1886 and died 4 Mar 1970. Albert died 14 Jul 1941 in Minnesota.

4. CHARLES EMMETT HARRIS - born 17 Mar 1883 in MN and died there on 21 Jun 1926.  Never married.

5. HARRY ROYAL (CHUB) HARRIS - born 6 Sep 1885 in Minnesota and died there on 20 Aug 1949. Never married.

6. GEORGE ELLSWORTH HARRIS - born 12 Dec 1887. He married on 8 Mar 1916 Margaret Tessmer who was born 01 Mar 1891 and died 21 Oct 1976.  George died 3 Feb 1923 in Minnesota.

ELI HENRY HARRIS - son of Cynthia (Moore) and John Harris was born 29 April 1849.   He was listed with his parents in the the 1850 census as one year old living in Warwick Twp., Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. They family was then enumerated in Goshen Twp. in 1860, his father listed as a farmhand.

Seven years later Eli's father died and his mother moved the family to Scott Co., Illinois and in 1876 to Yates Center Kansas. There he married Elizabeth Ann Green on 20 Jun 1878. (Photo of Eli)

1. WILLIAM H. HARRIS - born about 1879 in Woodson Co., KS; Was a Veteran of the Spanish American War; married but had no children. William died 6 Aug 1915.
2. JENNY HARRIS - born 26 May 1880 and died 27 May 1880.
3. MARY HARRIS - born 18 Mar 1881 and died 18 Mar 1881.  She was the twin of Jasper.
4. JASPER HARRIS - born 18 Mar 1881 and died 18 Mar 1881.  He was the twin of Mary.
5. CYNTHIA VIRGINIA HARRIS - born 5 Mar 1882 in Yates Center, Woodson Co., Kansas.   She married (1) William Crowley; (2) Joseph Crowley and died 13 Nov 1925.
6. MINNIE HARRIS - born 3 Oct 1886, she married Charles A. Teel on 3 Jan 1914 in Little Bear Ridge, Idaho.  Charles was  born 1876 and died 1937. Minnie died 17 May 1970 in Moscow, Idaho.  No children listed.
7. PEARL HARRIS - born 22 Feb 1888 and married to John Floyd Clancy, she died 3 Jul 1917 in Moscow, Idaho and is  buried  in Dayton, Washington.
8. CHARLES HARRIS - born Sep 1891 and died 16 May 1967 in Moscow, Idaho.   Never married.
9. RUTH BARBARA HARRIS - born 30 Aug 1897 and married Laurence Edwin Huff.  She died 12 Oct 1977 in Moscow, Idaho. 

Oliver died 05 Apr 1891 in Guthrie, OK  and was buried at Navina Cemetery in Logan Co., Oklahoma and after his death Sabilla was listed as head of household in Springcreek Twp., Logan Co., Oklahoma in the 1900 census. She died 29 Sep 1929 in Highland Twp., Apache Co., Oklahoma and was buried beside her husband.

Photo of Sabilla & Oliver J. West
Obituary of Sabilla (Harris) West

1. BERT WEST - born 1 Apr 1875 in Naples, Scott, IL; died Oct 1918 in Gutrie, OK; buried  in Navina Cemetery.
2. IDA MAY WEST - born 21 May 1878 in Yates Center, Woodson Co., Kansas.  She married Charles Harvey Babcock on 15 May 1897 in Guthrie, Oklahoma and died 3 Apr 1957 in Oklahoma City, OK.
3. NELLIE WEST - born 17 May 1881 in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas. She married John E. Robertson in 1899 in Guthrie, OK who died 2 Apr 1935 in Apache, OK. Nellie died in Oklahoma. 
4. CHARLES E. WEST - born 12 Feb 1884 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS.  He married Ella Hancock in 1908 in Cashion, OK.  Charles died 26 Jan 1959 and was buried in Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
5. ROBERT WEST - born 1886 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS; He married Maud Pulliam in 1907 in Cashion, OK and died Nov 1958 in Tulsa, OK; He is buried  in Oklahoma City, OK.
6. BENJAMIN HARRISON WEST - born 25 Jan 1889 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS.  He married in 1915 in Guthrie, OK Theresa Marie BAER, and died 10 Mar 1966 in Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ.   No children.

1. HARRY DAVID HARRIS - born 10 Dec 1874 in Naples, Scott, IL.  He married Leona Bell Adams and died 12 May 1942 in Bethany, Harrison, MO.
2. JAMES ALLEN HARRIS - born 13 Oct 1878 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS.  He died 6 Oct 1954 in Potosi, MO and was buried  in Rocky Comfort, MO.
3. MYRTLE HARRIS - born 1880 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS; died 15 Mar 1921 in St. Louis, MO. 
4. ETHEL (DOLLY) HARRIS - born 1883 and died 16 Dec 1901 in Eureka, Greenwood, KS.
5. FRED HARRIS - born 1884 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS; died 28 Dec 1941 in Santa Monica, CA.

6. WALTER HARRIS - born 20 Nov 1888 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS; died 11 Jul 1972 in Los Angeles, CA. 

1. ROSE HARRIS - born 13 Jan 1903 in Troy, Idaho; died 2 Dec 1974.
2. ALYCE (TOOTS) HARRIS - born 14 Feb 1907 in Moscow, Idaho. 

1. JOHN CLEMPSON HARRIS - born 29 Aug 1882 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS; died 13 Jul 1955 in St. Maries, Idaho and was buried in Moscow, Idaho.
2. EVERETT ELMER HARRIS - born 13 Dec 1883 in Troy, Idaho, he died 3 May 1894 in Troy, Idaho and was buried  in Little Bear Ridge.
3. JASPER NEWTON (JESSE) HARRIS - born 30 Aug 1885 in Troy, Idaho and died 7 Jun 1962 in Edmonton, Alberta, was buried  in Okotoks, Alberta.
4. EARL HARRIS - born 17 Nov 1890 in Troy, Idaho and died 7 Dec 1890 in Troy, Idaho.  He was buried  in Little Bear Ridge and was the twin of Ethel.
5. ETHEL HARRIS - born 17 Nov 1890 in Troy, Idaho; died 30 Nov 1890 in Troy, Idaho and was buried  in Little Bear Ridge.
6. GRACE OLGA HARRIS - born 4 Feb 1895 in Troy, Idaho; died 7 Feb 1971 in Killam, Idaho.
7. CLIFFORD FLETCHER HARRIS - born 16 Oct 1897 in Nez Perce, Idaho; died 12 Jun 1984 in Camrose, Alberta.

1. MAUDE HORTON - born 1883 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS and died 1939.
2. MINNIE PEARL HORTON - born about 1885 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS and died about 1964 in Kansas City, MO.
3. EDNA HORTON - born about 1887 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS and died Jan 1969 in Manhattan, KS.
4. BESS HORTON - born about 1895 in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas.
5. ADA HORTON - born about 1895 in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas.
6. NELLIE HORTON - born about 1897 in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas.

In about 1896, Cora married George L. Piersall, son of William and Elizabeth.  She had moved to the Oklahoma Territory where she died at the age of 35, three weeks after the birth of their daughter Gladys, on 15 Apr 1898 in Apache, Oklahoma and was laid to rest at Navina Cemetery.

In 1900 George was listed in his parents' household with his two young daughters residing in Cedar Twp., Logan Co., Oklahoma; and in 1910 he was residing in his sister Lizzie's household with his two daughters. (Cora's photo)

Vincent family obituaries posted by Wanda Purcell at Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma.

1. CHALMERS HORTON - born 1882 and died in 1945.   Adopted by the Van Slack family of Denver, Colorado.

1. Jessie Mae Vincent - born 12 May 1888 in Kansas; married John A. Rickert on 24 May 1908 in Navina, OK. John was born on 25 Jun 1886 in Dickson, TN and died on 14 Dec 1950. They were the parents of Edna, Beatrice, John Henry, and Francis Rickert. Jessie died on 20 Jul 1969 and they were both laid to rest at White Rose Cemetery in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
2. Arthur Cicero Vincent - born June 1890 in Oklahoma; married Marguerite Johana Petersen on 21 Dec 1910 and were the parents of Pansy Pauline, Cora Belle, and marguerite Sylvia Vincent. They were enumerated in the 1920 census residing in Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma.

1. GEORGIA A. PIERSALL - born 12 May 1888 in Oklahoma.

2. GLADYS PIERSON - born March 1898 in Apache, Oklahoma. 

1. LILA AZELLA HARRIS - born 26 Jan 1890 in Yates Center, Woodson, KS; died 13 Aug 1977 in Moscow, Idaho.
2. IVAH BELLE HARRIS - born 4 Aug 1892 in Eurkea, KS; died 5 Apr 1980 in Moscow, Idaho.
3. CLARENCE EDGAR HARRIS - born 18 Oct 1894 in Troy, Idaho; died 23 Jul 1955 in Lewiston, Idaho.
4. MAIZIE LEONA HARRIS - born 10 Mar 1897 in Troy, Idaho; died 26 Mar 1970 in Wall, NJ.
5. OLLEN FRANKLIN HARRIS - born 4 Apr 1889 in Troy, Idaho; died 24 May 1975 in San Pablo, CA.  Twin of Rolland.
6. ROLLAND FRANCIS HARRIS - born 4 Apr 1889 in Troy, Idaho; died 7 May 1963 in Bovill, Idaho.   Twin of Ollen.
7. EDA OLIVE HARRIS - born 23 Apr 1901 in Troy, Idaho.
8. GERTRUDE WILDA HARRIS - born 15 Jul 1903 in Troy, Idaho; died 20 Sep 1984.
9. ELMER LEE HARRIS - born 3 Mar 1906 in Troy, Idaho; died 20 Jan 1976 in Los Angeles, CA.

He came to Bates County, MO in April of 1877 and farmed in the summer, taught school in the winter, later became principal of the East side school at Rich Hill, was engaged in real estate and insurance business and became vice president of the Farmers and Manufacturers Bank and Secretary of the Rich Hill Fair. 

He married (1) Josephine Sally Brown, the daughter of Harrison  and Louisa T. Bailey.  She was born in Newman or Paris, IL and died 1 Mar 1948 in Butler, Bates, MO. He married (2) Susie B. Ratekin on 21 Sep 1879 in Rich Hill, Bates, MO - she died 13 Jul 1880 in Bates Co., MO and was buried Jul 1880 in Greenlawn Cemetery, Rich Hill, MO. He married (3)  Lulie Badgett who was born 21 Apr 1866 and died 28 Apr 1896 in Rich Hill, Bates, MO.  John died 17 Aug 1940 in Rich Hill, Bates, MO. 

1. JOHN DIMUTH MOORE, JR. - born 6 Apr 1907 in Rich Hill, Bates, MO.  He married Nola Fern Smith and died 2 Feb 1963 in Independence, Jackson, MO.
2. WARD JOHN MOORE - born 12 Jan 1904 in Rich Hill, Bates, MO; He married in 1927 in California, Mildred L. Wheatley.  He died 9 Jan 1976 in Mexico, Audrain, MO and was buried  in Greenlawn Cemetery, Rich Hill, MO.
3. LOY ELI MOORE - born 6 Oct 1910 in Rich Hill, Bates, MO.  He married (1) on 27 Jun 1939 in Carthage, Jasper, MO Louise PADGETT; married in 1967 (2) Mildred Ellen Bradley in California; married (3) C. Elizabeth Stone.  He died 22 Oct 1993 in Mountain Home, AR and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Rich Hill, Missouri. 

1. ERMA MOORE - born 14 Jul 1889 and married Guy H. Miller on 2 Oct 1912.  She died on 30 Oct 1977 in Rich Hill, Bates Co., MO and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Rich Hill.

1. LYMAN MOORE - born about 1904 in Missouri.

2. IRA MOORE - born about 1906 in Missouri. 

3. J. MOORE - born about 1917 in Illinois.

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