David Moore Family 4 generations
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J McKnight, W. J. (William James), 1836-1918? Jefferson County (Pa.) -- History; ) -- Biography;Chicago : J.H. Beers? NOT_IN_COPYRIGHTefJJeffersonferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915"Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915"
DAVID K. MOORE, of Summerville, has
found time in the course of an energetic career
for practically all the activities of the com-
inanity in which he chose to make his home.
His interest and sympathies never have nar-
rowed to the enterprises affecting him alone,
for he has derived ? great pleasure gathering
into his life the experiences growing out of
contact with others. Thus his usefulness has
been extended into all the local channels of
social and public service, to say nothing of
the material value of his successful business
operations.
Mr. Moore was born near Summerville, in
Clover township, Jefferson county, Jan. 15.
1847, son of David L. Moore and grandson of
Joseph Moore, who came to this country from
Ireland in young manhood, settling in western
Pennsylvania. Here he first married a Miss
Jones, who was the mother of David L., dying
when her son was but two years old. The
father remarried in Ohio, where he died. He
served as a soldier in the war of 1812.
David L. Moore was born Nov. 28, 181 1. in
Clarion county. Pa. Soon after his marriage
he engaged in lumbering and became a skill-
ful woodsman and expert hewer. His home
was at Summerville from 1854 until his death,
which occurred Jan. 17, 1889. His wife,
Elizabeth (Milliron), died some years later,
at the age of eighty-four. Their family con-
sisted of seven children, four sons and three
daughters, three of the sons surviving at this
writing (1916). Joseph living at Ridgway, Pa.,
and W. F... a well known lumberman of
Clarion.
David K. Moore has been more or less in-
terested in lumbering throughout his life. He
has also been extensively engaged in agricul-
ture, at present owning two fine farming
properties, one where his son Malcolm is now
following general farming and dairying. Mr.
Moore has also made a feature of modern
dairying, in which he has been very prosperous
and makes the most of the fertile lands in his
possession by the practice of up-to-date
methods of cultivation.
As a citizen Mr. Moore has not failed in
sharing the responsibilities of public affairs,
having given efficient service in the offices of
school director, councilman and burgess. He
is a director of the Union National Bank of
Summerville. which has been thoroughly re-
habilitated through the support of substantial
citizens of the vicinity. With his wife he
holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal
Church and aids faithfully in its work. On
political questions Mr. Moore is allied with
the Republican party.
On Eeb. iq, 1874. Mr. Moore was united in
marriage with Martha C. Carrier, daughter of
Darius and Kliza ( Hetrick) Carrier, and they
have had four children, two sons and two
daughters : Olive Elizabeth, born Aug. 27,
1875, married Don M. Larrabee, an attorney
of Williamsport, Pa., and has a family of
three children, Don, David and Amsden ;
Darius C, born Jan. 6, 1879, a graduate of
Jefferson Medical College, practicing at
Monaca. Pa., married Nellie Jackson, daughter
of a .Methodist minister of Ohio: Mary Milli-
cent; born March 16, 1881, is the wife of J.
Roy Patrick, of Bellevue, Pa., clearing house
agent, and they have one son, David Roy;
David Malcolm, born May 22, 1885, married
Anna Wallwork ; they have one child, Eliza-
beth.