Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Allen County. CAPT. TOLIVER MOORE was born September 28, 1832, on Walnut Creek, Allen County, where he grew to manhood and now resides. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, Ninth Kentucky Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, and in 1862 was promoted to captaincy of Company E, which position he retained until the regiment mustered out in 1864. He then recruited a company in the Middle Green River Battalion in which he remained until the regiment was mustered out in 1864. His father, Thomas Moore, a native of Virginia, removed with his parents in childhood to Warren County, Ky., and died in Allen County November 9, 1872, at the age of seventy-seven years. He married Amelia, daughter of John S. Gibson, of Allen County, died April 14, 1873, aged seventy-six years, and from their union sprang Elijah, Robert, Louisa (Atwood), William, a soldier, Elizabeth (Jameson), Capt. Toliver, Araminta A. (Mitchell) and Thomas R., killed by a horse. On the 27th of September, 1870, Capt. Moore married Mrs. Lucinda, widow of James M. Wheeler, and daughter of John H. and Elizabeth (Gibson) Davasher, of Allen County, born November 1, 1838, and to them have been born Bettie C., John W., Francis C. and Thomas R. Mrs. Moore's child by first husband is Mollie S. Wheeler. Capt. Moore acted as assistant revenue assessor for three years, and held the position of postmaster for six years. He was also deputy sheriff four years. He is a farmer by profession, having 200 acres of productive land in good condition and in a fine state of cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Republican. Moore Gibson Atwood Jameson Mitchell Wheeler Davasher = VA Warren-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/allen/moore.t.txt