When Alexander McKean Moore was born on 26 November 1845, in Columbus, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Daniel Mohr Moore, was 31 and his mother, Maria L. Olney, was 23. He married Sarah Isabel Lawton on 1 January 1867, in Pella, Marion, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Mahaska, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Honey Creek Township, Iowa, Iowa, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 29 August 1925, in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in New Sharon Friends Cemetery, New Sharon, Mahaska, Iowa, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1853: Marshall, Iowa, United States
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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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