John Harvey Moore

1816 - 1899  (83 years)

• Name	John Harvey Moore
  Birth	19 Apr 1816	Pleasant, Brown, OH
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Nov 1899	Payson, Utah, UT
  Burial	18 Nov 1899	Payson, Utah, UT
  	Burial: Payson City Cemetery Payson, Utah County, Utah, USA Inscription: MOORE In Memory of John Harvey Moore Born Apr. 19, 1816 Dyed Nov. 15, 1900
  Person ID	I1654	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Andrew Moore
  Mother	Rebecca Curry
  Family ID	F1977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Clarissa Jane Drollinger,   b. 12 Sep 1824, Hamilton, Hamilton, OH d. 10 Jan 1905, Payson, Utah, UT (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	3 Oct 1841	Nauvoo, Hancock, IL
  	Illinois Marriages Spouse 1: Drollinger, Clarissa J. Spouse 2: Moore, Henry J. Marriage Date: 03 Oct 1841 Marriage Location: Illinois Hancock County
  Children	1. Rachel Melinda Moore,   b. 26 Aug 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL d. 27 Apr 1913, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA (Age 70 years)   2. Rebecca Estella Moore,   b. 13 Nov 1844, Montabello, Hancock, IL d. 20 Jan 1929, Provo, Utah, UT (Age 84 years)   3. John Harvey Moore, Jr.,   b. 28 Mar 1847, Lee County, IA d. 26 Feb 1912, Spring Lake, Utah, UT (Age 64 years)   4. Clarissa Jane Moore,   b. 7 Oct 1849, Big Pidgeon, Pottawattamie, IA d. 14 Nov 1907, Payson, Utah, UT (Age 58 years)   5. Sarah Frances Moore,   b. 28 Jan 1853, Payson, Utah, UT d. 9 Apr 1923, Payson, Utah, UT (Age 70 years)   6. Samuel Drollinger Moore, Sr.,   b. 2 May 1855, Payson, Utah, UT d. 5 Nov 1945, Spanish Fork, Utah, UT (Age 90 years)   7. Annie Mary Moore,   b. 12 Mar 1857, Payson, Utah, UT d. 9 Jul 1930, Payson, Utah, UT (Age 73 years)   8. Andrew Cook Moore,   b. 17 Oct 1859, Payson, Utah, UT d. 19 Jan 1860, UT (Age 0 years)   9. Franklin Edward Moore,   b. 27 Apr 1862, Payson, Utah, UT d. 8 Dec 1865, UT (Age 3 years)   10. George Barton Moore,   b. 8 Jan 1869, Payson, Utah, UT d. 7 Apr 1926, Payson, Utah, UT (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann Soar,   b. 27 Jun 1825, Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England d. 2 Sep 1885, Payson, Utah, UT (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F10476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

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  Birth - 19 Apr 1816 - Pleasant, Brown, OH Marriage - 3 Oct 1841 - Nauvoo, Hancock, IL Death - 15 Nov 1899 - Payson, Utah, UT Burial - 18 Nov 1899 - Payson, Utah, UT  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Moore Genealogy of some of the ancestors and descendants of John Harvey Moore, of Payson, Utah Publication: FHL film #1035851 Text: This is a compilation of pedigree charts and family group sheets for several of John Harvey Moore's ancestors and many of his descendants John was the son of Andrew Moore and Rebecca Curry. He was born in Georgetown, Brown, Ohio. He was their oldest child and had six younger brothers and sisters. John's parents joined the L. D. S. church in 1833 when John was seventeen years old and moved to Missouri the following spring. John was baptized 7 July 1837 in Far West, Missouri, not far from Clay county, where his father owned a farm. When Governor Boggs issued the Extermination Order a public meeting was held in Far West. They selected a committee to determine the best way to get the poor out of Missouri and to determine how many worthy members would need assistance. They were told to draft a resolution for the members to consider. J. Harvey Moore's signature was one of many recorded on the resolution. John was driven from the state with the other members of his faith and settled in McDonough county, Illinois. In 1841 he moved to Nauvoo were he married Clarrissa Jane Drollinger 6 October 1841. Their first child, a girl, was born in Nauvoo the following August. They attended the Nauvoo second ward. The 1842 tax list gives the location of their land as 6N 8W. Their second daughter was born in Montabello, also in Hancock county. John and Clarrissa and their daughters were forced to leave Illinois with the other Saints and their first son was born in Lee County, Iowa, in March 1847. Their next child was born across the state in Big Pidgeon, Pottawattamie county. John took his family to Utah in 1852 with the 3rd Company under Captain C.D. Howell. His parents were part of the same company. They lived first in Provo and then in Sanpete county before they settled in Payson. The town was still wild when they arrived and John had to help defend the settlement during the Indian wars. He married a young widow with a baby daughter 9 May 1856. Her name was Polly Lucina Sheffield. She would give him two more sons. That fall, he was sent out to meet the handcart companies who had been delayed and were trapped by the weather. Both of his feet were frozen. John H. Moore's Cons Deed2 Be it known by these presents that I John Harvey Moore of Payson City, in the county of Utah and Territory of Utah, for and in consideration of the good will which I have to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, give and convey unto Brigham Young, Trustee in Trust for said Church, his successors in office & assigns all my claim to the following described property to wit: Lot 3 in Bl 4 containing 64/160 of an acre in the Payson Survey of Building Lots with an adobie House thereon value $300 00 also commencing at the N E corner of Lot 3 in Block 68 thence W. 50 rods thence S. 32 rods thence E. 50 rods thence N. 32 rods to the place of beginning containing ten acres in the Peteetneat Survey of Farming Land. 80 00 Also the hole corner of the W. half of Lot 5 in Block 86 (ie) all the land lying N.E. of a slough which runs diagonal thr'o the W. half of said Lot containing five acres (more or less) in which Peteetneat Survey of Farming Land. 50 00 One span of Horses, wagon & harnes 300 00 4 cows @ $30 & 4 calves @ $6 144 00 1 Heifer @ $20 & 20 head of sheep @ $5 120 00 Household Furniture Bed Bedding etc 200 00 1 cooking stove $50 & 1 gun $10 60 00 Farming tools $50 Garden Vegetables $75 125 00 36 1/2 Bush. of wheat @ $2 per Bush. 73 00 22 " " corn " 1.50 " " 33 00 2 Ton " Hay " 6 " Ton 12 00 20 lbs " woolen yarn @ $1 1/4 per lb. 25 00 1 Doz of Towls 3 00 Total amount of Jn H. Moore's Property 1525 00 Fifteen hundred and twenty five dollars In 1858 he took a third wife, Mary Soar Taylor who had come to Utah with the Martin Handcart Company. In May 1860 he took his wives to the Endowment House to be sealed to him. His second wife Lucina wanted to be sealed to her first husband instead and the matter resulted in their divorce. He tried to keep their sons with him but her brother persuaded him to let the children go with her. On 1 May 1874 the "Order of Enoch" was established in Sanpete county. J.H. Moore was Treasurer and L.H. Jackman of Salem, Utah county, was the Assistant Secretary. John was a prominent resident of Payson. He and his family operated the Moore Hotel at what is now 94 W 1st N. Clarrissa was often called away to act as midwife. John also worked a farm. A story about the Moores has been repeated many times. John and Clarrissa owned several geese that they kept in the yard of the hotel. They were fed table scraps. A neighbor who made grape wine occasionally gave them her scraps as well. One day as they prepared for church Clarrissa looked out and saw the geese lying dead in the yard. There was no clue as to what had killed them. They decided to pluck the feathers before church. They left the pile of carcasses in the yard. On the way home a friend stopped them and asked what was wrong with their geese. To which John replied "They're dead. That's what's the matter." But the man had seen them stumbling about the yard with all their feathers missing. The geese weren't dead, they were dead drunk! Death of John Harvey Moore, a Veteran and Pioneer Payson, Utah Co., Nov. 16,?Last night John Harvey Moore passed quietly to his rest, after a short illness of about eight days, of old age and general debility. Father Moore, so-called by his old acquaintances here, was one of the pioneers of Payson, coming here in 1852, accompanied by his wife and four children, who yet survive him--now his descendants number 127, as follows: 12 children, 92 grandchildren, and 23 great grandchildren. Brother Moore was born April 9th, 1816, at Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio, making him 83 years at the time of his decease--his wife surviving has been his partner for 58 years. In his boyhood he saw President U.S. Grant, then a boy of his own age, driving the horse to turn the bark mill in his father's tan yard. Brother Moore was baptized at Far West in June, 1837; passed through the troubles of the Saints in Missouri and Illinois; was in the government's service as teamster during the Mexican war. In the early days of Payson he was presiding Elder over one of the districts of the town; filled positions in the city council; was city treasurer for many years, and was identified with all the public business of the town through all his long life, and won the respect of his fellow citizens, and his numerous acquaintances throughout the State. The funeral services will be held at the Payson tabernacle on Sunday next at 1:20 p.m