Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Woodford Co.

WILLIAM A. MOORE, for many years one of the leading and influential
citizens of Woodford County, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., October 16,
1816.  He received an excellent education at Miami University, Oxford,
Ohio, when he was graduated in 1839.  The same year he married Miss Hettie
Pollock.  He taught school at Cynthiana two or three years, and then began
farming in Nicholas County, Ky., where he remained until 1854, when he
removed to Woodford County, where the remainder of his life was passed.
Squire Moore, as he was familiarly known, was a man of great individuality
and force of character, and in every sense a self-made man.  During his
long residence near Midway, Woodford County, he was closely identified
with its agricultural, religious, political and material interests, and
sustained a close relation to the growth and development of the place and
county.  He was one of the organizers of the Deposit Bank of Midway, and
a member of the board of directors of that institution, and president
until his death.  He was also for many years treasurer of the Midway &
Scott County Turnpike Company, and held that position also at the time of
his demise.  He was a large man, genial, hospitable and kind, and one who
drew to him as friends all with whom he came in contact in the daily
affairs of life.  But it was in his religious nature and character that he
shone the brightest.  Descended from an ancestry which, as far back as
can be remembered, were strict Presbyterians, he was naturally warmly
attached to the policy and doctrines of that church.  At the age of
twenty-four he united with the Presbyterian Church in Millersburg, Ky.,
and upon removing to Woodford County transferred his membership to the
church in Midway, in which he was ordained and installed as elder in
January, 1872, and of which he continued a faithful and exemplary member
until his death.  He also took a warm interest in the Sabbath-school
connected with the church, and for the last twenty-five years of his life
was its efficient and beloved superintendent.  Soon after his removal to
Woodford County his first wife died, and he married, in 1858, Mrs. Mary
J. Waters, nee Offutt, who is his surviving widow.  He died on October 12,
1884, leaving behind him a memory fragrant with good deeds and charitable
acts, and a large worldly estate accumulated by the exercise of those
virtues which all admire, but few emulate.  By the provisions of his will
he left liberal bequests to several worthy objects, and provided for
those who in former days had been his slaves.  Resolutions of praise and
condolence were passed upon the occasion of his demise by the session of
the Midway Church, the Sabbath-school, the turnpike company, and by the
directors of the Deposit Bank.  The following extract from the resolutions
of the bank directors will afford a true conception of his character and
integrity as a man:  "Resolved, from the organization of this bank until
his death, W. A. Moore, as director and president, was a most efficient
laborer, adviser and official in the direction of its affairs.  Few men
have proved so zealous and faithful in their purposes, or was more widely
consulted by neighbors and friends in business affairs, than was W. A.
Moore.  His integrity was of a bold and sturdy sort, which admitted no
indirections in its methods; and his honesty was so intense and exacting
that it would not permit equivocation, or a study of policy for policy's
sake in the direction of his purposes.  It was his relentless belief that
'honesty is the best policy' and the wisdom of his counsels ever commanded
our deference, and contributed largely to the successful management of this
institution.  It may be a sad comment on the business morals so largely
current in high places to remark upon the honesty and honor of a
corporation official; but such a striking instance of faithfulness in trust
duties as that presented in the life of our late co-director and president,
in what may seem times of wide-spread demoralization in business methods,
must afford comfort to the stockholders and patrons of this bank, as well
as an encouraging example illustrative of unfaltering business honor
coupled with marked personal success."

Moore Pollock Waters Offutt
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Cynthiana-Harrison-KY Nicholas-KY Millersburg-Bourbon-KY OH

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