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CHARLES D. MOORE, farmer and legislator, died at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, August 6, 1947; born on a farm near Urbana, Benton county, Iowa, August 8, 1879, the son of Joseph L. and Mary E. Moore; engaged in farming and livestock business most of his life, although he taught school for a time, was in the life insurance business, served two terms in the legislature, was mayor of Urbana two years, and later secretary of the Benton county agricultural association, president of the Iowa fair managers association and lastly manager of the All-Iowa fair which he had directed since its inception; graduated from the Urbana high school in 1896 and from Schrader academy two years later, after which he attended Drake university; married in September 1917 to Birdie O. Berg, of Denison, Iowa, and is survived by his wife, a son, George R. Moore of Cedar Rapids; a member of the Christian church, the Masonic order and was a Democrat.