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From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 622-623
A. W. MOORE, proprietor of the "Park Hotel" in Platteville, Grant county, was born in Lafayette county, same State in March in 1830, and was the first white child born there. His father, Col. John MOORE, was born in 1784 in North Carolina, and his mother, Nancy (STALCUP) MOORE, was born in Tennessee in 1800. They came to Wisconsin after marriage, in 1827.
John MOORE was a colonel of Reserves in the war of 1812, and fought under Gen. Jackson at the battle of New Orleans, and in 1832, during the Black Hawk war, had command of the fort at Mineral Point, Wis. In 1833 he settled on a farm near Belmont, Iowa county, Wis., on which he lived until 1849, when he passed away, his wife surviving until 1864. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics Col. MOORE was a Jackson democrat, and a leader in the early politics of the state. He was a lifelong and close personal friend of Gen. Jackson. To Col. MOORE and his wife came six children, in the following order: (1) Elvira J., born in Tennessee, in 1820, married Moses WHITESIDE in 1836, lived for a few years in Galena, Ill., and then moved to Belmont, Lafayette Co., Wis., where Mr. WHITESIDE died, leaving no children; Mrs. WHITSIDE then came to Platteville, where she died in 1899 at the home of her brother, A. W. MOORE. (2) Emily P. MOORE was born in Missouri in 1827, was principally educated in the schools of Lafayette county, Wis., and in 1845 was married to Dr. Edward CRONIN, a native of Philadelphia, Penn., and a son of Edward CRONIN, who was born in Ireland. Dr. CRONIN was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, began practice in Platteville in 1844, and died in 1893, leaving his widow with one son, Dr. Frank M. CRONIN, at present practicing in Lancaster, Wis. Edward CRONIN was the leading physician of Platteville in his day, was a profound scholar, having a knowledge of several languages, and was prominent in the better circles of society; his widow assisted in the management of the Park Hotel, in conjunction with her brother, A. W., until her death in April, 1900. (3) A. W. MOORE is mentioned below. (4) Mary T. MOORE, born in Lafayette county in 1832, was educated at the convent at Galena, Ill., and was married to E. B. EASTMAN, of the State of Maine, and a prominent merchant of Decorah, Iowa, who at his death left his widow with one son - Chauncey B. EASTMAN, now proprietor of the De Soto House at Galena, Ill. Mrs. EASTMAN subsequently married Thomas HUGIN, but is again a widow and lives at the Park Hotel in Platteville, of which she is part owner. (5) Sarah A. MOORE, born on the old homestead in Belmont, Lafayette county, was married to Peter PARKINSON, a prominent and wealthy citizen of the county. This lady died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dr. W. PECK, in Darlington, Wis., April 7, 1899, leaving three children: Nancy M., wife of Dr. PECK, the leading physician of Darlington; Philip A., on the old homestead in Lafayette township; Mrs. Elizabeth E. PARKINSON, a graduate from the state University at Madison, and now residing in Darlington with her brother-in-law, Dr. PECK. (6) Capt. John P. MOORE, the youngest of the family, was born in Lafayette county, and when the Civil war broke out, raised a company of volunteers, of which he was commissioned captain, served over four years, was wounded in battle and still carries a rebel bullet in his leg. He is now employed at Fort worth, Tex., as live stock agent for the Fisco Railroad Company.
A. W. MOORE was educated in an academical course under J. L. PACKARD in Lafayette county. In 1850 he went to California, and for nine years was engaged in merchandising and in freighting his goods to the mines. In 1859 he returned to Lafayette county, lived on the family farm until 1878, when he married Mrs. Helen RUBLE, of North McGregor, Iowa, widow of Henry RUBLE, and then removed to Cassville, Grant county. In 1883 he came from Cassville to Platteville and has ever since had charge of the Park Hotel. Politically he is a Democrat. Mr. MOORE is a genial, whole-souled man and one of the most popular landlords in Grant county. His hotel is equipped with every modern convenience, and his table is unsurpassed by any in a city of the size of Platteville, East, West, North or South.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck