History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 580.
[Bourbon County]    [Ruddel's Mills Precinct]

CAPTAIN THOS. E. MOORE, farmer and stockraiser; P. O. Shawhan; was born
in Pendleton County, Ky., Feb. 15, 1831, son of Wm. and Margaret S. (Braun)
Moore, both of whom were natives of Bourbon County, but whose parents were
natives of Virginia.  William Moore held the office of Justice of the
Peace, and served in the war of 1812.  He died in 1833, of cholera.  When
16 years old, the subject of this sketch began the battle of life for
himself, he being the youngest of six children.  He first worked at
farming, then clerked in a store, after which he attended Barlett's
Commercial College in Cincinnati, from which he graduated; served as Deputy
Sheriff under his brother, and was then elected County Clerk of Pendleton
County, which position he held four years; was married Sept. 29, 1859, to
Miss Sarah J. Shawhan, daughter of Col. John Shawhan, of Harrison County,
Ky., who served in the Mexican war under General Taylor, and was wounded
at the battle of Buena Vista, and served in the late war, but was shot by a
guerrilla whom he had paroled, whilst on his way to Kentucky to raise a
regiment.  Capt. Moore entered the Confederate service in 1862, as Captain
of Co. D., 4th Kentucky Cavalry, H. L. Giltner, Colonel, and remained
through the struggle, being wounded in two places whilst near Nashville.
At the close of the war he engaged in merchandising, and was then elected
Sheriff, serving two terms.  He was also engaged in distilling, and has
paid considerable attention to the raising of fine and trotting stock,
short horn cattle, and Cotswold and Southdown sheep.  He has nine children:
Tabitha, Sterling P., John S., Sallie, Minnie, Thomas E., WIlliam, Annie
S. and George.  He owns 300 acres of fine land.  On his farm in the
ancient fort, mentioned in Collins' history, at the junction of the two
streams forming the Stoner.

Moore Braun Shawhan
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Pendleton-KY Harrison-KY VA

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