John Pettus Moore

John Pettus Moore

Male 1806 - 1889  (82 years)

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  • Name John Pettus Moore 
    Born 08 Nov 1806  Drumfrim, Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Aug 1889  Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 30 Aug 1889  Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A., Section 27, Lot 129, Grave #8, marker Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • "Burial Permit, Office of Indianapolis Board of Health, Room 9, Courthouse, Indianapolis, IN, 27 Aug 1889: John Moore, age 83, male, White; b. Ireland; residence, Indianapolis, married; cause of death, cancer of stomach; date of death, 24 Aug 1889; Kregelo Funeral Home."

      Edited by Roy Richard Thomas October 2007
    Notes 
    • Indianapolis, IN Directories, 1887-1890, year 1889:

      "John Moore, south of Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Indianapolis Railroad near Belt Railroad, farmer"
    Person ID I15067  Complete
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2013 

    Father Thomas Moore,   b. Abt. 1775, Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1838, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Catherine Guthrie,   b. Abt. 1785, Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1824, Washington County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Married Abt. 1805  Fermanagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Documents
    Manifest, 21 Aug 1824, for the ship 'James M' which sailed from Londonderry, Ireland to Philadelphia.
    Manifest, 21 Aug 1824, for the ship "James M" which sailed from Londonderry, Ireland to Philadelphia.

    Many of this family's names and birth dates were derived from the Manifest, dated 21 Aug 1824, of the ship "James M," which sailed from Londonderry, Ireland to Philadelphia. According to the ages listed for some of the children, the parents claimed (To obtain lower fares?) they were younger than indicated by the exact birth dates found in later sources.

    Roy Richard Thomas December 2007
    Family ID F6484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Bowser,   b. 24 Aug 1814, Frys Crossing, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1899, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 19 Sep 1833  Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941: "Sarah Bowser & John Moor[e], m. 19 Sep 1833 Marion County."
    Notes 
    • B.R. Sulgrove, "History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana" (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1884), 503-504:

      "John Moore [b. 1806]. The paternal grandfather [John Moore b. Abt. 1740] of Mr. [John] Moore [b.1806] emigrated when a young man from Scotland to Ireland where he married a Miss Reid and had [nine] children: John, William, Thomas, Christopher, James, Catherine (Mrs. William Humphrey), Eleanor (Mrs. Robert Roe), Peggy (Mrs. Jesse Roe), and Elizabeth (Mrs. Keyes). Mr. [John] Moore [b. Abt. 1740] resided in County Donegal, Ireland, where he was employed in the cultivation and improvement of a farm.

      [A son of John Moore b. 1740], Thomas Moore was born [in 1767] in County Donegal and married Mrs. Catherine Guthrie, daughter of John Guthrie, of County Fermanagh, Ireland, who was also of Irish descent. The [eight] children of Thomas and Catherine Moore are John, Thomas, Mary (Mrs. Henry Bowser), [504] 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. [Thomas] Moore [b. 1767] were attracted by the superior advantages America offered the working classes, and left their native land in 1824 for its hospitable shores. Mrs. [Catherine Guthrie] Moore's death occurred [1824] in Pennsylvania, en route for Ohio, where the family soon settled.

      In 1831 Mr. [Thomas] Moore [b. 1767] removed to Marion County, Indiana where his death occurred January 8, 1838.

      John Moore, his son, was born November 8, 1806, in County Farmanagh, Ireland, and at age 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, Indiana. 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. [John Moore b. 1806] 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 has never accepted or desired office. He is in religion a Methodist, and a member of the Fletcher Place Methodist Church in Indianapolis.

      Mr. and Mrs. [John] Moore celebrated their golden wedding on the 19th of September 1883, on which interesting occasion ther were present nine children and eleven grandchildren, who offered their afffactionate congratulations to this venerable couple."

      Edited by Roy Richard Thomas January 2008

    • After landing in Philadelphia in August 1824, the family of ten traveled some 300 miles west on the "Old Wagon Road," the National Road then still under construction, towards Ohio.

      In September 1824, Catherine Guthrie, Thomas Moore's wife and mother of eight children, died in Washington County, PA. We have not found any information about this particular Moore family on the genealogical web sites for Washington County, PA.

      The family of nine continued on to Zanesville, OH, an important town on the National Road, and lived in the Zanesville area for 5-6 years. In 1831 Thomas Moore moved to Marion County, IN, also on the National Road, where he bought 160 acres, and added more land later.


      The following information was excerpted by Roy Richard Thomas (December 2007) from:

      http://www.nps.gov/archive/fone/natlroad.htm

      "The National Road, today called U.S. Route 40, was the first highway built entirely with federal funds. The road was authorized by Congress in 1806 during the Jefferson Administration. Construction began in Cumberland, Maryland in 1811. The route closely paralleled the military road opened by George Washington and General Braddock in 1754-55.

      By 1818 the road had been completed to the Ohio River at Wheeling, which was then in Virginia. Eventually the road was pushed through central Ohio and Indiana reaching Vandalia, Illinois in the 1830's where construction ceased due to a lack of funds. The National Road opened the Ohio River Valley and the Midwest for settlement and commerce.

      The opening of the road saw thousands of travelers heading west over the Allegheny Mountains to settle the rich land of the Ohio River Valley. Small towns along the National Road's path began to grow and prosper with the increase in population. Towns such as Cumberland, Uniontown, Brownsville, Washington and Wheeling evolved into commercial centers of business and industry. Uniontown was the headquarters for three major stagecoach lines which carried passengers over the National Road. Brownsville, on the Monongahela River, was a center for steamboat building and river freight hauling. Many small towns and villages along the road contained taverns, blacksmith shops, and livery stables.

      Taverns were probably the most important and numerous business found on the National Road. It is estimated there was about one tavern every mile on the National Road. There were two different classes of taverns on the road. The stagecoach tavern was one type. It was the more expensive accommodation, designed for the affluent traveler. Mount Washington Tavern was a stagecoach tavern. The other class of tavern was the wagon stand, which would have been more affordable for most travelers. A wagon stand would have been similar to a modern "truck stop." All taverns regardless of class offered three basic things; food, drink, and lodging.

      During the heyday of the National Road, traffic was heavy throughout the day and into the early evening. Almost every kind of vehicle could be seen on the road. The two most common vehicles were the stagecoach and the Conestoga wagon. Stagecoach travel was designed with speed in mind. Stages would average 60 to 70 miles in one day.

      The Conestoga wagon was the "tractor-trailer" of the 19th Century. Conestogas were designed to carry heavy freight both east and west over the Allegheny Mountains. These wagons were brightly painted with red running gears, Prussian blue bodies and white canvas coverings. A Conestoga wagon, pulled by a team of six draft horses, averaged 15 miles a day."

    • Census 1850 Center, Marion, IN: Jno Moore, age 44, farmer, real estate valued $8,000, b. Ireland; wife Sarah, b. Pennsylvania. 1860: John Moore, farmer, real estate valued $33,000, able to read & write; wife Sarah, able to read & write. 1870: John Moore, farmer, real estate owned $70,000. 1880: John Moore, farmer, both parents born Ireland; wife Sarah, both parents born Prussia.
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Henry Moore,   b. 07 Jul 1835, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Sep 1906, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +2. William Moore,   b. 05 Aug 1837, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1903, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     3. Margaret Elenor Moore,   b. 28 Sep 1839, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1848, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)
     4. Hannah Moore,   b. 17 Sep 1841, Marion, IN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1926, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +5. Richison Moore,   b. 2 Jun1843, Center, Marion, IN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1921, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     6. Isabelle Moore,   b. Abt 1845,   d. Abt 1883  (Age ~ 38 years)
    +7. John O. Moore,   b. 26 Mar 1847, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1911, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     8. Sarah Moore,   b. 30 Dec 1849,   d. 20 Jul 1858, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 8 years)
     9. Calvin Luther Moore,   b. 18 Jan 1852,   d. 29 Nov 1862, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
     10. Catherine Moore,   b. 12 Jan 1854, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1914, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    +11. Mary E.H. Moore,   b. Jan 1857, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1933  (Age ~ 76 years)
    +12. Joseph A. Moore,   b. 21 Sep 1863, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Jan 1936, Gary, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2012 
    Family ID F6469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 08 Nov 1806 - Drumfrim, Fermanagh, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Sep 1833 - Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Aug 1889 - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 30 Aug 1889 - Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A., Section 27, Lot 129, Grave #8, marker Link to Google Earth
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    John Pettus Moore (1806-1889) etching & autograph
    John Pettus Moore (1806-1889) etching & autograph

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    John Pettus Moore (1806-1889)
    John Pettus Moore (1806-1889)

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    John Pettus Moore (1806-1889), Home in Marion County, IN
    John Pettus Moore (1806-1889), Home in Marion County, IN

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    Documents
    John Pettus Moore (1806-1889) deed Marion IN, 1837
    John Pettus Moore (1806-1889) deed Marion IN, 1837

    "Certificate No. 23158. The United States of America. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas John Moore of Bartholomew County, Indiana has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Indianapolis whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said John Moore, according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled 'An Act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands,' for:

    The North West quarter of the South East quarter of Section Twnety in Township Fourteen north of Range Three East in the District of Lands subject to sale at Indianapolis Indiana containing Forty Acres,

    according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, which said tract has been purchased by the said John Moore. . . .

    Martin Van Buren, President of the United States . . . the fifteenth day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and thirty-seven . . ."
    John Moore (1806-1889) Deed: Marion, IN, 1837
    John Moore (1806-1889) Deed: Marion, IN, 1837

    "Certificate No. 23192. The United States of America. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas John Moore of Marion County, Indiana has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Indianapolis whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said John Moore, according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled 'An Act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands,' for:

    The South West quarter, of the North West quarter of Section Twenty in Township Fourteen North of Range Three East in the District of Lands subject to sale at Indianapolis, Indiana containing Forty Acres,

    according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, which said tract has been purchased by the said John Moore. . . .

    Martin Van Buren, President of the United States . . . the fifteenth day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and thirty-seven . . ."

    Headstones
    John Pettus Moore (1806-1889)
    John Pettus Moore (1806-1889)

    "November 8, 1806-August 25, 1889"

    Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
    Thomas Moore (1775-1838) Family monument & headstones
    Thomas Moore (1775-1838) Family monument & headstones

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    Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN