Alfred Stibbs Moore and Cecelia Richardson
Husband Alfred Stibbs Moore 1 2 3
Born: 13 Sep 1846 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Alfred Robert Moore (1819-1902) 1 2 4 Mother: Jane Small ( - ) 1 2 3
Marriage: 18 Oct 1882 - Washington Co, PA 5
Wife Cecelia Richardson 5
AKA: Celia Richardson 6 Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1910 Buried:
Father: Harrison Richardson (1820-1884/1885) 5 7 8 9 Mother: Sarah Letherman (1820-1906) 7
Children
General Notes: Husband - Alfred Stibbs Moore
He was reared in Beaver, Pennsylvania, attended the common schools and the Beaver Academy. When his father was elected register and recorder, he became clerk in his office, and continued till 1864, when he entered Jefferson College, at Canonsburg. He was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College with the class of 1867. Immediately upon his graduation he went west, and engaged in railroading, and soon worked up to the position of conductor. He resigned in 1869, returned to his native town, studied law under S. B. Wilson, and was admitted to the bar in 1871. He then went to Warren County, Pennsylvania, where he practiced for a few months. In March, 1873, he removed to Butler County, where he practiced his profession till the close of 1875. He then returned to Beaver County. In 1880 he was elected district attorney for the county, and served three years. Following this he was successfully engaged in the practice of his profession in connection with his brother, Winfield S.
He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he was a trustee and a teacher in the Sabbath-school. In politics he was a Republican.
In 1902 he was appointed United States district judge at Nome, Alaska, by President McKinley.
1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 698.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 85.
3 Editor, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 439.
4 Editor, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 437.
5 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 699.
6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1065.
7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 350.
8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1096.
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Editor, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 42.
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