W. Harry Moore

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Husband W. Harry Moore ¹

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           Born: 13 Feb 1836 - Walker Twp, Juniata Co, PA 1
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         Father: Robert C. Moore (1798-1850) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth E. McAlister (1806-1889) 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - W. Harry Moore

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After attending the public schools of Van Wert, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and finishing his studies at the high school of McAlisterville, he learned tanning with his father, and was occupied in working at that trade for a number of years. After the death of his father, he farmed in Walker township. Entering into partnership with his brother, John, they conducted the tannery and the farming interests together until his brother's death. Mr. W. H. Moore then carried on the farming. He was an excellent manager, attending successfully to the cultivation of three farms, two in Walker and one in Fayette township, on which were several productive orchards, and to the raising of the stock, in which he was largely interested as breeder and as dealer.
He was a lover of music; for years, he taught singing in the district school; he was also for a long time leader of the choir in the Presbyterian church at McAlisterville.
Like many others of his family, he had a war record. He enlisted in August, 1862, at Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, first under Colonel Elder, afterwards under Col. D. Watson Rowe, of Chambersburg, and Captain Martin. He took part in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863, and several minor engagements at other places. He was wounded in the chest, the bullet passing through twenty-one folds of blanket, through his coat, vest and shirt, before striking his breast-bone, making twenty-seven holes on its way. It was a narrow escape; but he was only for a short time in the hospital. After ten months of patriotic service, he was discharged at Harrisburg, in June, 1863. Another narrow escape was his fall from a load of hay, in June, 1893, which, however, seriously crippled him, his right hip being fractured, which resulted in the permanent shortening of the leg, by an inch and a half.
In 1893, Mr. Moore was elected commissioner of Juniata County on the Republican ticket, receiving a large majority. He won respect by his conduct in office, and was president of the board. He was also assessor and tax collector. He was a charter member of Wilson Post, No. 134, G. A. R., Mifflintown, and was an enthusiastic member of the A. P. A., of the same place. Mr. Moore was a member of the Presbyterian church; was treasurer and trustee of the church for nine years.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 912.

2 Editor, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 834.