When Wesley Jones Moore Sr was born on 7 October 1905, in Pitt, North Carolina, United States, his father, Dodridge Green Moore, was 37 and his mother, Lavina Ward, was 30. He married Mary Elizabeth Skinner on 30 December 1926, in Chicod Township, Pitt, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pactolus Township, Pitt, North Carolina, United States in 1920 and Ormonds Township, Greene, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 17 August 1962, in Pitt, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Snow Hill Cemetery, Snow Hill, Greene, North Carolina, United States.
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The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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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