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Edward Moore
EDWARD MOORE, general manager and foreman of the Moore Mining Tool Company,
of Oakland (post office New Bethlehem), Armstrong county, has been associated
with that concern since it was established, and has followed the same business
all his life. Situated in a mining region, where the demand for such tools is
constant, the Moore Company has a reputation second to none for the quality
and perfection of its products.Mr. Moore was born in Mahoning township, Armstrong county, July 21, 1867,
and has passed most of his life there. He belongs to an old Pennsylvania
family, his great-grandfather, John Moore, having been a pioneer of Donegal
township, Butler county, where he cleared and improved the farm upon which he
resided until his death. His wife�s maiden name was Nelson.Jesse Moore, son of John, was born in Butler county , and married Rachel
Bachman, a native of Luzerne county, Pa. In 1859, they settled in Mahoning
township, Armstrong county, where they spent the rest of their lives.David Moore, son of Jesse and Rachel (Bachman), was born April 21, 1837, in
Donegal township, Butler Co., Pa., and came with his parents to Mahoning
township in 1859. On Aug. 28, 1862, he enlisted for service in the Civil war,
joining Company H, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, was
mustered into the army at Harrisburg, Pa., two weeks later, and joined the
regiment at Nashville, Tenn. He served almost three years, taking part in the
battles of Stone River, Dug Gap, McLemores Cove, Lookout Mountain, and other
actions, and was honorably discharged June 22, 1865. Mr. Moore has been
married three times, his first wife being Mary Jane Henry, of Mahoning
township, Armstrong county, his second, Matilda Bitters, daughter of Joseph
Bitters, of Blacklick Furnace, and his third, Cynthia Adams. To the second
union were born five children: Edward, Elizabeth, wife of James Anthony;
Gertrude, wife of J.A. Behem; James G., and John H.Edward Moore grew up in Mahoning township and was educated there in the
common schools. When eighteen he began his apprenticeship to the business he
has since followed, the making of mining tools, serving two years. After
another year�s work he was appointed foreman of a tool shop at
Reynoldsville, Pa., for Bell, Yates & Co., with whom he reamined three
years. In 1894, he embarked in business for himself at Oakland, continuing
there until 1907, when his shop was burned. After this disaster he went out to
Los Angeles, Cal., where he was in the employ of an automobile house for a few
years, in 1910 returning to Oakland and rebuilding his shop. In partnership
with his brother John he did business under the name of Moore Brothers for one
year, his brother then selling his interest to A.D. Smith of Pittsburgh, who
has since been associated with Edward Moore as the Moore Mining Tool Company.
The plant is equipped with the most approved modern machinery for the
manufacture of mining tools for all purposes, and the output has a reputation
for high quality which has brought the firm national popularity.On November 24, 1887, Mr. Moore married Clara Sample, daughter of Henderson
and Catherine (Jones) Sample of Oakland, and the have had nine children: Elmo,
who is deceased; Catherine; Michael; Samuel; Foster; Chester; C.A.; Pauline;
and Carman.Mr. Moore is a Seventh Day Adventist in religious connection. Socially he
belongs to the Royal Arcanum, and in political association he is a Republican.Source: Pages 859-860, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by Pam Clark for the Armstrong County Beers Project
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