Brief Life History of Joseph Frank
When Joseph Frank Moore was born on 11 January 1891, in Saratoga Township, Howard, Arkansas, United States, his father, Arbin Henry W. Moore, was 31 and his mother, Nancy Epscilla Palestine Harris, was 31. He married Mrs. Moore before about 1914, in United States. He lived in Hot Springs Township, Garland, Arkansas, United States for about 50 years. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 2 May 1978, in Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States.
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- Frank Moore, "United States 1950 Census"
- Joseph Frank Moore, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Frank Moore, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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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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