When James S Moore was born on 29 January 1796, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Jeremiah Moore, was 31 and his mother, Susanna Stone, was 23. He married Marima Reno about 1819, in Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Rushville Township, Schuyler, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Ross Township, Cherokee, Kansas, United States in 1880. He died on 30 August 1882, in Cherokee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Monmouth Cemetery, Monmouth, Crawford, Kansas, United States.
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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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