Moore, William B.

WILLIAM B. MOORE, farmer, was born March 7, 1843, in Scrubgrass township. He is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Riddle) Moore, and grandson of Robert Moore, a sketch of whom appears in connection with Clinton township. Samuel Moore was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, and in 1829 purchased a farm of two hundred acres in partnership with his brother William on the line of Scrubgrass and Clinton townships, where he died in June, 1883, and where his widow still resides. They were the parents of seven children, all of whom lived to man and womanhood: James N., of Clinton township; Robert A., of Scrubgrass; William B.; Mary A., wife of Marvin McKinley; Jane, wife of Hugh McBride; Caroline, and Eliza L., wife of Montgomery Allison. Samuel Moore took a deep interest in public affairs and filled most of the township offices. William B. Moore was reared upon the homestead, received his primary education in the public schools, and afterward attended the academy at Clintonville. On reaching his majority he engaged in the oil business, working for different companies until 1872, when he purchased his present home in the northwest part of the township, and has since followed agriculture. He was married in 1869 to Miss Mary, a daughter of John Ghost of Clinton township, who has borne him two children: India A., wife of C.D. Carringer, and Kittie E. Mr. Moore and family are members of the United Presbyterian church, and politically he is a Republican.