The paternal grandfather of Mr. Moore emigrated when a young man from Scotland to Ireland, where he married a Miss Reid and had children,-John, William, Thomas, Christopher, James, Catherine (Mrs. William Humphrey), Eleanor (Mrs. Robert Roe), Peggy (Mrs. Jesse Roe), and Elizabeth (Mrs. Keyes).  Mr. Moore resided in County Donegal, Ireland, where he was employed in the cultivation and improvement of a farm.  His son Thomas was born in County Donegal, and married Miss Catherine Gutherie, daughter of John Gutherie, of County Fermanagh, Ireland, who was also of Irish descent.  The children of Thomas and Catherine Moore are John, Thomas, Mary (Mrs. Henry Bowser), Margaret (Mrs. Charles Clendening), Isabel J. (Mrs. R. A. Yoke), Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert Roe), Catherine (Mrs. Edward Thomas), and Eleanor (Mrs. Hampton Kelly).  Mr. and Mrs. Moore were attracted by the superior advantages America offered the working classes, and left their native lad in 184 for its hospitable shores.  Mrs. Moore’s death occurred in Pennsylvania, en route for Ohio, where the family soon settled.  In 1831 Mr. Moore removed to Marion County, Ind., where his death occurred Jan. 8, 1838.  John Moore, his son, was born Nov. 8, 1806, in County Farmanagh [sic], Ireland, and at the age of eighteen emigrated with his parents to America.  His educational opportunities were limited, his early years having been devoted chiefly to labor.  He engaged in Ohio with his father in clearing land and farming, and on becoming a resident of Marion County, in 1831, sought work upon the public improvements, and also busied himself at farming.  He was, on the 19th of September, 1833, married to Miss Sarah Bowser, daughter of Henry Bowser, of Marion County.  Their children are Thomas H., William, Hannah, Ritchison, Isabel (Mrs. J. W. Yoke), John O., Catherine, Mary E H., Joseph A., and three who are deceased.  Mr. Moore, in 1839, removed to his present home, and has there continued farming until the present time.  He has devoted his energies entirely to the improvement of his land, and given little attention to the affairs of more general interest.  He was formerly a Whig in politics, and subsequently gave his vote to the Republican party, though he ha never accepted or desired office.  He is in religion a Methodist, and member of the Fletcher Place Methodist Episcopal Church of Indianapolis.  Mr. and Mrs. Moore celebrated their golden wedding on the 19th of September, 1883, on which interesting occasion there were present nine children and eleven grandchildren, who offered their affectionate congratulations to this venerable couple.


Sulgrove, B. R., History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana; Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1884, 785 pgs., pp. 503-504.