Untitled From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901 - page 145-146

AARON T. MOORE, a retired farmer of the town of Paris, Grant county, was born in Wayne county, Ill.., Jan. 11, 1843, a son of George A. and Mary F. (JORDAN) MOORE. The father was born in Allegheny county, Penn., near Pittsburgh, April 5, 1806, and the mother in Indiana, July 29, 1811.

George A. MOORE was reared on a farm in Pennsylvania, and after his marriage, in 1828, settled on a farm in Posey county, Ind., where he and his wife lived for some years. The family then removed to Wayne county, Ill., purchasing a farm there, which Mr. MOORE tilled four years. In the spring of 1844 Mr. MOORE and his family settled in the town of Paris, Grant Co., Wis., on a tract of wild land, and here the remaining years of his life were spent, and under his energetic treatment was developed a fine farm. He died March 4, 1883. His wife survived many years, and passed away Jan. 19, 1899. Mr. MOORE regarded himself as an old Jacksonian Democrat, but on the breaking out of the Rebellion had felt obligated to vote with the Republican party, and continued to vote their ticket after that time. Mrs. MOORE was a member of the Congregational Church, and was known as a fine Christian woman. Mr. MOORE was not identified with the church as a member, but he was always interested in moral movements, and was a liberal contributor to the support of the church. Mr. and Mrs. MOORE were the parents of eleven children, three of whom died in childhood. (1) Davis S. MOORE, their eldest son, was born in Indiana, and was reared in Grant county, where he married Miss Emaline RICHARD, a native of that county. He spent almost his entire life as a farmer in the town of Paris, and died in 1892, leaving a widow, but no family. (2) Benjamin F. MOORE, born in Indiana, when a young man with his brother David, crossed the Plains to the gold fields of California, where they were fairly successful. Both came back to Wisconsin where Benjamin married Miss Sarah CRULL, of Grant county, and moved to British Columbia, where he is engaged as a stock and fruit farmer. They have a family of three children, Mary, George W., and Lucretia. (3) Kezia C. MOORE, born in Indiana, was reared to womanhood in Grant county, and married John D. IRENS, of Platteville. Three children constitute their family. (4) George W. MOORE, born in Indiana, enlisted in Company I, 10th Wis. V.I., in 1861, and died at Louisville, Ky., in December, 1862. (5) Aaron T. MOORE was next in the order of birth. (6) Mary E. MOORE, born in Grant county, was reared to womanhood in her parents' home, and married John A. BLAKELY, of Harrison, Grant county, who is now a retired farmer in Rockville, Wis.; he was a soldier in the Civil war. They have had five children. (7) John H. MOORE, born in Grant county, is a musician of note. He has never married. (8) Martha J. MOORE, born on the Grant county homestead, married August LENHE, and makes her home on the homestead place. They have two children, Leroy and Frank.

Aaron T. MOORE grew to manhood on the home farm, and acquired his education in the public schools of the town. When he was nineteen years of age he enlisted in Company I, 25th Wis. V.I., and served in the far West until the month of November, of the following year, keeping the Indians under control. In December, the 25th Wisconsin came back to the State, and in February went to Columbus, Ky., where four months were spent in guard duty. In May the regiment was moved down the Mississippi, and it had an active part in the operations around Vicksburg. When that stronghold surrendered the regiment was transported to Helena, Ark., where it did good work in army operations in that region for several months. In the month of February 1864, it was sent across the State of Mississippi and back to Vicksburg, and took part in Gen. Sherman's operations against Gen. Johnston. This regiment had a part in the operations that followed on the Cumberland river in Tennessee and was with Gen. Sherman in the campaign around Atlanta; formed a portion of the General's magnificent army with which he marched to the sea, and broke the backbone of the Rebellion; was in the grand review at Washington; and was there mustered out of the service June 7, 1865. The record of this regiment, when told at length, as it cannot be in the limits of a volume like this, is one of the most brilliant and patriotic of any of the noble organizations that Wisconsin sent to the front.

Mr. MOORE is a Republican, has been a member of the Paris town board a number of terms, has been several times a delegate to the county convention, and in 1901 was elected chairman of his town. He belongs to W. T. Sherman Post, No. 66, G.A.R., at Platteville. He is also a member of the Knights of the Globe, No. 25, at Dickeysville, Wis. Religiously he was reared a Protestant and has always been a liberal contributor to the support of the local churches. Mr. MOORE is a representative citizen of his town, and has made a record in his long and useful life of which any man might be proud.



This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck