Brief Life History of William Edgar
When William Edgar Moore was born on 6 March 1879, in Clarke, Mississippi, United States, his father, Owen Charles Moore, was 30 and his mother, Mary Lavinia Clarke, was 23. He married Maggie Dolly Smith on 17 January 1904. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi, United States for about 20 years and Beat 1, Clarke, Mississippi, United States in 1940. He died on 4 June 1945, in Clarke, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi, United States.
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- William Moore, "United States Census, 1880"
- W E Moore, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
- William Edgar Moore, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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