My Genealogy Hound

J. K. MOORES, farmer, was born in the Thirteenth District, where he now resides, and is one of nine children born to his parents, Daniel and Elizabeth Moores. The father was born in New Jersey in 1789, and came to Lincoln County with his parents when but nineteen years of age. He followed agricultural pursuits and was married in 1816. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died in 1849. The mother of our subject was born in the southern part of Pennsylvania in 1796, and died in October, 1876. Our subject was reared at home, received his early education in the country schools and afterward completed at Viny Grove Academy. In 1856 he wedded Louisa Smith, a native of Lincoln County, born in 1839, and a daughter of the well-known Constant and Margaret Smith. By this union our subject became the father of four sons: John, now living in Obion County, Tenn.; Knox and Cyrus, in Texas; and Ross, who still remains with his father. Mr. Moores taught school for some time, and after marriage located on the old home place, where he has since resided. In 1868 his wife died, and in 1872 he wedded Mrs. D. J. Wilson, who was born in Lincoln County in 1837, and who is the daughter of Maj. and Elizabeth Ruth. The result of our subject’s marriage was the birth of two children: Astor and Bessie. He is a Democrat in politics, a Mason, and he and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1870 he was elected to the office of magistrate which position he held for six years in a satisfactory manner. Mr. Moores now owns 250 acres of good land, all well cultivated and improved.