BIOGRAPHY

ELI MOORE FAMILY - OF OAKFIELD, NY

Eli Moore came from Scotland to America about 1800, and settled in Ridgeway, Orleans County, N. Y., in 1804. He was the first hotel keeper in town, ran the first stage, and was the first mail carrier in the County. He finally moved to Ohio,. where he died. He married a Miss Doolittle, and they had seven children: Uri D., Ori W., Eli B., James, Ardelia, Eclista, and Aurelius. Aurelius, born in Ridgeway, Orleans County, now a resident of Medina, married Delia Timmerman, of Medina, and their children are Lina M. and Joseph T. Joseph T. married Louise, daughter of Charles H. and Harriet Waite, of Buffalo. Their children are Mabel J., Charles H., and Sarah H. He is a resident of Oakfield, and a dealer in general produce. His wife died in 1888.

FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record
of Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890