Brief Life History of Jeptha L.
When Jeptha L. Moore was born on 16 September 1813, in Giles, Tennessee, United States, his father, Asa Moore, was 30 and his mother, Rebecca Buckley, was 30. He married Samantha Jane Stewart in 1849, in Timberhill Township, Bourbon, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kansas, United States in 1870 and Timberhill Township, Bourbon, Kansas, United States in 1880. He died on 7 May 1887, in Bourbon, Kansas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Dayton Cemetery, Bourbon, Kansas, United States.
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- Lepha Moore, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jeptha L Moore - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Jeptha L. Moore
- Marriage Record of Polly A. Stewart-Gower and J. L. Moore
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Marriage of Jeptha L. Moore and Polly Amanda Stewart Gower
This marriage occurred Jan 29 1884 in Wise County Texas. Jeptha had known Polly from the time they were young in Wright and Webster Counties, Missouri and as neighbors in Bourbon County, Kansas, she …
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