Born in Sangamon County, Illinois, October 14, 1825, and passed his boyhood on his father's farm attending the common schools of the neighborhood for a portion of the time until 1843, when with his father and brother he came to Iowa locating in Poweshiek County in November. The following year he made a permanent settlement on a farm situated on Section 27. Mr. Moore also raised thoroughbred cattle and horses. On October 11, 1848, he was united in marriage with Miss Amelia P. Woodward. An enterprising agriculturist of Union Township, Poweshiek County, he filled numerous positions within the gift of the people. He was made Justice of the Peace in 1861 to fill the unexpired term of his predecessor. He served for several terms on the Board of Supervisors. In the fall of 1873, Mr. Moore was elected on the regular Republican ticket to the Fifteen General Assembly of Iowa, and after serving in that honored body for two years declined a second term and returned to the homestead. Mr. Moore has been among the foremost men of the county since its early history and by the qualities on intelligence, honest and generosity which were his to a marked degree, won the respect of all. Mr. Moore was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.