Jesse Moore

Birth Date

c1818

Death Date

1878-02-01

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Daviess County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Margaret Weathers Moore. Father of Elizabeth Moore, James P. Moore, Lou B. Moore, Martha J. Moore, A. B. Moore, and Mary P. Moore. Farmer in Daviess County in 1860. Postmaster of McLeans Retreat, Daviess County, from 1857 to 1859. Postmaster in Owensboro, Kentucky, from 1861 to 1875.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 3; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, Ward 2, p. 7; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Kentucky, Daviess County, p. 600, (accessed via Ancestry.com); Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Kentucky, Daviess County, p. 55, (accessed via Ancestry.com); Find A Grave, "Jesse Moore (1818-1878)," Memorial #108600014, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108600014&ref=acom (accessed May 2, 2017).

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