When Henry Jackson Moore was born on 7 August 1852, in Brown, Indiana, United States, his father, Elihu Moore, was 28 and his mother, Ellen Moore, was 22. He married Mary Elizabeth Wertz on 23 June 1873. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Jackson Township, Brown, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 11 May 1909, in Beanblossom, Jackson Township, Brown, Indiana, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Unity Baptist Church Cemetery, Beanblossom, Jackson Township, Brown, Indiana, United States.