Samuel Moore

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Moore was born on 19 January 1804, in Warwick, Warwick, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Moore, was 42 and his mother, Eunice Goddard, was 28. He married Eunice Sibley Bliss on 7 April 1829, in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Van Buren, Jackson, Iowa, United States in 1840 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 11 October 1883, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Moore
1804–1883
Eunice Sibley Bliss
1807–1890
Marriage: 7 April 1829
Ann Moore
1830–1830
Bernice Sibley Moore
1844–1846
Sophronia C Moore
1832–1915
Stephen Bliss Moore
1836–1894
Harriet Moore
1840–1894
Russell Moore
1842–1847
Esther Moore
1848–1848
Eunice Moore
1848–1849
Samuel Moore
1851–1855

Sources (44)

  • Samuel Moor, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Moore - birth: 19 January 1804; Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
  • Samuel Moore, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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SOPHRONIA MOORE MARTIN 1832-1915

(Her daughter, Isabelle Martin Smith, copied the items down as her mother gave them to her. Sophronia had a small book that she had made notations of events as they happened, and the language is hers. …

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