When James Andrew Moore was born in 1820, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Hugh Moore II, was 26 and his mother, Catharine Caroline Bramble, was 20. He married Marjory McCollough on 10 September 1840, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Spencer Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Verona Township, Adams, Nebraska, United States in 1885. He died on 18 November 1896, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Cumberland, Guernsey, Ohio, United States.
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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.
"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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