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Charles Moore
CHARLES MOORE, a retired farmer of Valley township, Armstrong county, has
lived on his farm there for many years, and is one of the old and respected
residents of his locality. He was born in August, 1839, in County Donegal,
Ireland, son of Charles and Jane (Hayes) Moore, and was about nine years old
when they came to America with most of their family. They were the parents of
the following children: Matthew, Elizabeth, John, Rebecca, Ann Jane, Gracie
(who married Moses Park and remained in Ireland), William, Sarah, Charles, and
one that died in infancy in Ireland. The voyage to this country was made in a
sailing vessel and took five weeks, all arriving safely. Settling in Lancaster
county, Pa., the father followed farming there until his removal to Boggs
township, Armstrong Co., Pa., where he passed the remainder of his life, dying
in his one hundredth year. The children remained on this farm until they moved
to their own homes, and the mother died there.Charles Moore when he began farming on his own account settled on a tract
of 240 acres in Valley township, but he has sold off some of the land, now
having 135 acres. The first buildings were a large log barn and a log house,
which served their purpose until the modern buildings which now adorn the
place could be erected. The place has been carefully cultivated and well kept
up during the ownership of the Moore family, and it is now a valuable piece of
property, a credit to the owners and to the locality. Mr. Moore has always
been a Republican in his political sympathies, but he has not been active
either in party affairs or in the public life of the community. In religious
matters he has been associated with the United Presbyterians.Mr. Moore married Bell Dilley, who was born in Cowanshannock township, this
county, near Rural Valley, daughter of William Dilley. Mrs. Moore died in
April, 1905, at the age of fifty-seven years. Four children were born to this
union: Martha, who is now the wife of Lawrence Stutsell, of Cowanshannock
township; Albert, who is deceased; Lizzie, wife of William Stepp, living near
Blanco, Armstrong county, and John D.JOHN D. MOORE, who now owns and operates the home farm, was born Nov. 29,
1882, on the home place in Valley township, where he has resided most all his
life. At the age of seventeen he began to work independently, and for some
time was in the employ of the People’s Gas Company, being married during that
period. For eighteen months he made his home at Leechburg, there working in
the American Sheet Steel Mill, and five years ago he returned to the old
homestead, where he has since been engaged in farming. He gives all his
attention to his agricultural interests, which are prospering under his
intelligent care, and he is regarded as one of the industrious and reliable
young citizens of his neighborhood, worthy of the good opinions of his
neighbors and friends. He has served as school director, and in politics is
usually on the side of the Republican party, favoring good government and
progressive measures, however, regardless of party.Mr. Moore was married to Ollie Olinger, and they have had two children:
Charles Adam, born Jan. 16, 1908; and Ray Olinger, born Jan. 18, 1910.Source: Pages 825-826, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by James R Hindman for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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