Robert Moore and Matilda E. Linn

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Husband Robert Moore ¹

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           Born: 3 May 1843 - Loughbrickland, County Down, Ireland 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1928
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: George Moore (1799-1890) 1
         Mother: Mary Jane Shannon (1817-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Matilda E. Linn ²

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           Born: 1844
     Christened: 
           Died: 1928
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: James Linn (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Christine Ann Corbes (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Mary Jane Moore ³

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           Born: 1868
     Christened: 
           Died: 1909
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Stanley Loomis (1849-Bef 1919) 4 5
           Marr: 12 Oct 1893 - ? Venango Co, PA 3

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2 F Ella Linn Moore ²

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           Born: 1870
     Christened: 
           Died: 1932
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: David Evans (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1901 - ? Venango Co, PA

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3 F Alice H. Moore ²

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           Born: 1872
     Christened: 
           Died: 1904
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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4 M George William Moore ²

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           Born: 23 Oct 1876 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jan 1914 2
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Alice Young (      -      ) 2

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5 F Gertrude L. Moore ²

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           Born: 1878
     Christened: 
           Died: 1932
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Moore

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He was born near Loughbrickland, County Down, Ireland, the birthplace of his ancestors for several genera­tions. He was educated in his native country, his school attendance terminating with his studies in a school at Loughbrickland built by the Presbyterian denomination, and when fif­teen years and six months old he accompanied his uncle William T. Shannon to America. They made the ocean voyage in the steamship “City of Baltimore,” landed at New York and continued on to Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Moore re­maining a few weeks in that city, where the uncle had a wholesale dry goods establishment. The boy's first employer in this country was S. W. Spencer, a retail dry goods merchant at Zanesville, Ohio, with whom he gained his first experience as a clerk, and he continued with him and his successor, William M. Black, for a period of five years. At the end of that time he came to Oil City, Pa., in 1865, and forming an association with W. E. Stevenson, under the name of Moore & Stevenson, conducted the first general store in the Third ward, doing business at a location on Main Street for two and a half years. From that stand they re­moved to Center Street, on the east side of the city, occupying the block now used by the First National Bank, and later for five years having a store in the Drake block on Center Street. They then went to their final location, Center, Elm and Sycamore streets, buying the building and remodeling it to suit their special needs, and it was known from that time as the Moore & Stevenson block. Meantime the growth of the trade kept demanding more and better fa­cilities for handling it, and the firm changed and improved their accommodations and ar­rangements accordingly, the gradual evolution leading up to a modern department store, of which Oil City had just reason to be proud. The selling staff included twenty clerks, trained to give prompt, courteous attention to all pa­trons, whose appreciation was shown in the most substantial fashion. The partnership was only broken by the death of Mr. Stevenson, whose widow retained the interest for a time, eventually selling out to Edwards Brothers, Incorporated, to whom Mr. Moore disposed of his share in 1914. Moore & Stevenson had their full share of the best local trade, and made every effort to prove themselves worthy of the confidence and pa­tronage of their customers. In his personal relations with his fellow citizens Mr. Moore likewise endeavored to merit the utmost respect, and his high standing among them was the result of a consistent adherence to upright principles. He was a Republican on political questions, but did not take any direct part in public affairs. He and his family were associated with the Second Presbyterian Church in Oil City. Their home was at No. 211 West First Street, the beautiful residence being one of the most desirable in that part of the city. [CAB, 554]

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General Notes: Wife - Matilda E. Linn

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1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 554.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 555.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 421.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 49.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 418.