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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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DR. W. L. MOORES, a physician of the Thirteenth District, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1842, and was one of two children born to William H. and Elizabeth (Sugg) Moores. The father was of Welsh origin and was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., about 1820. He was a tiller of the soil, and died in 1845. The mother of our subject was of English origin, born in Robertson County, Tenn. in 1801, and died in 1874. Our subject received a good literary education in the counties of Lincoln and Giles. In 1862, he enlisted in Freeman’s battery, and took part in the battle of Parker’s Crossroads, and other minor engagements. He was captured while sick at home, July, 1863, and taken to Camp Chase, where he remained seven months, after which he was conveyed to Fort Delaware and remained there a year. In June, 1865, he began the study of medicine and at the end of a year and a half entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, where it required three years to complete the course, but owing to his rapid progress was allowed by the faculty to take all his examinations at the end of the second year, and received his diploma in 1867. In the same year he married Sarah J., daughter of Mill and Lucretia (Fox) McCollum, her mother being a cousin of Gen. B. F. Butler. Mrs. Moores was born in Giles County, July 5, 1844, and by her marriage became the mother of six children: Cyrus L., James A., Ira, Edna, Matt W., and William C. Dr. Moores has always been an active, energetic man, and has a large and increasing practice. He has met with commendable success and is continually laboring for the good of the people. He is post master at Cyruston, and this office has been in the hands of the family for fifty years. He is a Mason, a K. of H., and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is secretary of the same. Mrs. Moores is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Moores has a small farm where he resides, and has a fine young orchard. He is making a specialty of the study of horticulture, and he also has on his place a fish-pond and is a pisciculturist to some extent.
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This family biography is one of 137 biographies included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Lincoln County was included within The History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin , Moore Counties of Tennessee
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