George William Moore and Mary Alice Young

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Husband George William Moore ¹

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           Born: 23 Oct 1876 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: 27 Jan 1914 1
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Robert Moore (1843-1928) 2
         Mother: Matilda E. Linn (1844-1928) 1

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Wife Mary Alice Young ¹

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General Notes: Husband - George William Moore

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He acquired his preparatory education in the public schools of Oil City, PA. Gradu­ating from high school in 1895, he entered Amherst College that year and was graduated with all the honors of his class from that insti­tution in 1899, after which he read law in the office of Trax and Parker, at Oil City. For two years he was at Waldron Ridge, Tenn., as manager of the wagon lumber works owned by Berry Brothers, of Oil City, was admitted to the bar in Venango County in 1902, and sub­sequently became a member of the law firm of Speer, Weigle & Moore. He was the first city solicitor of Oil City elected under the new com­mission form of government (1912), serving during the administration of Mayor Siggins; was a member of the staff of Col. G. C. Rickards, 16th Regiment, N. G. P., being quar­termaster with the rank of captain; was a blue lodge Mason (raised a Mason in Tennessee); and held membership in the Second Presby­terian Church. When his untimely death occurred he had at­tained a recognized place at the local bar, and his funeral was attended by the bench and bar in a body, all the judges being present-an unusual mark of respect. The following tribute comes from the pen of Prof. C. A. Babcock:
In the death of George W. Moore Oil City sustains a loss it can ill afford. A young man identified in all its interests with his native town, and responding to her demands upon his time and loyalty, he will be greatly missed. Trained in our schools, and prepared for one of the foremost colleges, he reflected honor upon our institutions by his brilliant record. In scholarship he stood at the head, and he took the highest prizes given for oratory and for literary excellence. His eloquent talks at our school Alumni Association banquets are re­membered as efforts which would have been marked at any gathering of educated people. At the beginning of a career as a lawyer, of fine judgment and devotion to duty, his death is one more illustration that death does indeed love a shining mark. It is one of the mysteries of this our life, which we must blindly accept until a clearer vision than earth provides has been given to us. To his wife, whose devotion to him was absolute, and to his father and mother and sisters, in their grief, this entire community offers sympathy, and has with them a sense of loss. [CAB, 555]

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

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