When William Harrison Moore was born on 11 May 1851, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States, his father, Luke Moore Sr., was 34 and his mother, Obedience "Biddie" Mahan, was 34. He married Julia Ann Hart on 16 September 1875, in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Levee, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States in 1910 and Precinct 6 Martin Springs, Whitley, Kentucky, United States in 1920. He died on 19 October 1920, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ryan Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United States.
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Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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.
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