The Andrew John Cusac Family Newsletter
Issue #30 April 2009
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Contents:
1. James Moore Biography
2. John Porter Moore Biographies
3. James Madison Moore Biographies
4. Arthur Josiah Moore the first “Mayor” of Anchorage, Alaska
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1. James Moore (husband of Margaret Rodman, Roseann Cusac, Andrew John)
JAMES MOORE was born April 29, 1805, in Ohio, son of John Moore and Jane Porter Moore. He married Margaret Rodman on December 21, 1826, and their children were John Porter Moore, Rosannah J. Moore Padgett, Samuel Madison Moore, William R. Moore, Mary H. Moore Pitzer, and Sarah E. Moore Morrow. James Moore was a lieutenant in the 81st Regiment at Indianapolis in 1833. He died September 20, 1872, near Assumption. Mrs. Moore was born February 27, 1799, in Pennsylvania, daughter of John C. and Rosannah Rodman. She died July 14, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. James Moore and many of their descendants are buried in Greenwood Cemetery at Assumption. (REF: Family Bible, receipts and legal papers of James Moore.)
Illinois Sesquicentennial Edition of Christian County History, Book 1, 1880,
Production Press Incorporated, Jacksonville, IL, 1968 p. 602
James Moore is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IL.
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2. John Porter Moore (Margaret Rodman, Roseann Cusac, Andrew John Cusac)
JOHN PORTER MOORE was born November 2, 1827, in Ohio, son of James Moore and Margaret Rodman Moore. He married Mary Jane Brouhard on May 4, 1848. Their children were James Madison Moore, John W. Moore, Margaret H. Moore Johnson, Sarah (Sade) Elizabeth Moore Johnson (see history of Leo Johnson), Caanthus H. Moore, Albert Long Moore, Oliver Morton Moore, and Frank E. Moore. He was a retired farmer living at Assumption at the time of his death on February 9, 1910. Mrs. Moore was born December 28, 1827, in Ohio, daughter of James and Elizabeth Brouhard. She died September 7, 1907 (REF: Family Bible, 1904 Christian County History, and receipts and legal papers of John Porter Moore.)
Illinois Sesquicentennial Edition of Christian County History, Book 1, 1880,
Production Press Incorporated, Jacksonville, IL, 1968 p. 601
JOHN P. MOORE
After years of active labor, principally devoted to agricultural pursuits, John P. Moore is now living retired in Assumption. He was born in Ohio and is a son of James and Margaret (Rodman) Moore. The former was born in Ohio, April 29, 1805, and died on the 30th of September, 1872, in Shelby county, Illinois. The latter was a native of Pennsylvania and was of Scotch-Irish descent. Her birth occurred February 27, 1796, and her death July 14, 1866. In their family were six children, three sons and three daughters, but our subject, who is the oldest of the family, is the only son now living. His brothers were W. R. and S. M. Moore, both of whom were married and left families. His sisters ware Mrs. M. Padget, who resides in Rural township, Shelby county, Illinois; Mrs. C. D. Petzer, who is living in Assumption; and Mrs. Sarah Marrow, also of Rural township, Shelby county.
In his boyhood days John P. Moore accompanied his parents on their removal to Marion county, Indiana, being then but three years old. The family home was established in the midst of a forest in a country that was upon the frontier and as he grew to manhood he shared in all of the hardships and privations of pioneer life. In 1864 he came to Christian county, Illinois, settling four miles northwest of Assumption, in Assumption township. He purchased one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land on section 28 and at once began its cultivation. He tiled and improved it, adding many modern equipments and to-day it is one of the choice farms of the county. Mr. Moore continued to engage in general agricultural pursuits until 1891, when he put aside business cares and is now living retired in Assumption, enjoying a competence which he earned in former years. His farm is now operated by a tenant.
On the 4th of May, 1848, Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Brauhard, who was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, December 28, 1827, and they became the parents of eight children: James M., born April 20, 1849, is mentioned below. Margaret H., born January 25, 1855, is the wife of B. J. Johnson, of Owaneco. Sarah E., born July 20, 1857, is the wife of Leo Johnson, of Assumption township. Caanthus H., born February 29, 1860, is a merchant of Pana; Albert L., born June 16, 1862, is also represented in this volume; Oliver M., born June 16, 1865, is engaged in the livery business in Assumption; and Frank E., born February 13, 1868, is a traveling salesman living in Pana.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore are earnest and consistent members of the First Presbyterian church of Assumption, in which he is serving as deacon, and they are held in high regard by all who know them. Mr. More cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk and since the organization of the Republican party has been one of its stanch supporters, taking a deep interest in public affairs.
Past and present of Christian County, Illinois. Chicago:
The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1904. McBride, J. C. p. 517 - 518
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3. James Madison Moore (John Porter Moore, Margaret Rodman, Roseann Cusac, Andrew John Cusac)
JAMES MADISON MOORE was born April 20, 1849, in Indiana, son of John Porter Moore and Mary Jane Brouhard Moore. He was a graduate of college at Lincoln, Illinois and taught school in Christian and Shelby counties, Illinois, for 23 years, farming during summer months. He married Margaret Clawson on September 26, 1877, at Shelbyville, Illinois, and they had the following children: May Moore, Mary Eliza (Maizie) Moore Bugg (see history of K. E. Bugg), Grace Emma Moore McConkey, Josiah Arthur Moore, Nina Moore, James Wade Fitch Moore, Ada Marie Moore Reardon Cornell, and infant son Moore. Mr. Moore died November 4, 1930. Margaret Clawson Moore was born April 7, 1858, daughter of Josiah Clawson and Lucinda Ketchum Clawson. She died March 20, 1949. (REF: Family Bible and 1904 Christian County History.)
Illinois Sesquicentennial Edition of Christian County History, Book 1, 1880,
Production Press Incorporated, Jacksonville, IL, 1968 p. 600- 601
JAMES M. MOORE.
James M. Moore, an enterprising farmer of Assumption township, living on section 30, is a native of Indiana, his birth having occurred in Marion county, that state, near where the city now stands. His natal day was April 20, 1849, and he is the eldest son of John P. and Mary J. (Brauhard) Moore. He was quite young when his parents removed to Illinois, and he pursued his education in the public schools of Christian county, while later he attended the university at Lincoln, Illinois. For almost a quarter of a century he was identified with educational work, teaching in the district schools of Christian and of Shelby counties for twenty-three years for nine years of this time he was a teacher in the home district and he gave general satisfaction because of his ability to maintain discipline and also to impart with accuracy and clearness to others the knowledge he had acquired. He has devoted his attention exclusively to farming in recent years and formerly gave the months of summer to that work. He now owns eighty acres of land on section 29, Assumption township, just opposite his own farm, his residence being situated on section 30, Assumption township, where he has one hundred and twenty acres of good land. His farm is well tilled and improved with modern equipments and is very rich and productive tract. Mr. Moore did all of the ditching himself. He had ears of corn in 1903 which measured fourteen inches. His grain crop annually yields about forty-five or fifty bushels per acre and in 1903 the yield was from sixty to seventy bushels to the acre. Mr. Moore has seen great changes in the methods of farming. He has cultivated corn with a single shovel plow, to which was hitched one horse. In his boyhood days he cut grain with a cradle, but as the years have advanced he has been able to secure the latest improved machinery and his work has therefore been carried on along progressive lines that have produced excellent results. His firs home was destroyed by fire in 1893, but after two years he erected a modern and substantial residence and has recently also built a good barn upon his farm. He is engaged in the raising of graded stock, both horses and cattle, and he also feeds some stock.
On the 26th of September, 1877, Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Clawson, who was born in Christian county, Illinois, on the 7th of April, 1858, and is a daughter of Josiah and Lucinda (Ketchem) Clawson. Her mother is now deceased, but her father is living in Redlands, California, where he went about 1897, for the benefit of his health. He is an invalid, now seventy-four years of age, and at this writing Mrs. Moore is in California caring for him. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Moore have been born eight children, five of whom are yet living, namely: Maza, who is the wife of K.E. Bugg, a resident of Assumption township; Grace, at home; Arthur, who is a student at Millikin University, at Decatur, Illinois, having previously graduated from the district school near his home; and James and Ada, who are under the parental roof. Three of the children of the family died in infancy.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of the First Presbyterian church of Assumption and in his political views he is a stanch Republican, believing firmly in the principles of the party. Since 1893 he has served as a school director in his district and the cause of education ever finds in him a warm friend, his efforts having been effective, far-reaching and beneficial in behalf of the school system of this county and in places where he has labored as a teacher. His life has been honorable and well spent and those who know him respect him for his sterling traits of character. He is a man who keeps thoroughly informed upon all public questions of the day and current events. He reads broadly and thinks deeply and is a man free in his judgements and unbiased in his decisions and yet when he believes a course to be right he never falters in his adherence to it.
Past and present of Christian County, Illinois. Chicago:
The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1904. McBride, J. C. p. 519 - 520
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4. Arthur Josiah Moore the first “Mayor” of Anchorage, Alaska (James Madison, John Porter Moore, Margaret Rodman, Roseann Cusac, Andrew John Cusac)
Arthur Josiah/John Moore was born 10 Nov 1884 in Christian Co, IL and died 03 Sep 1961 in Arcadia, Los Angeles Co, CA. He was married twice, first to Bessie (__). He married Bessie (__) around 1915 and she died sometime between Sep 1918 and the 1920 census. He was married second to Dorothy Cox about 1921. He had one son Arthur James Moore.
“Miss Maude Johnson went to Decatur Tuesday to attend the commencement exercises at the Millikin university. Her cousin, Arthur Moore, is one of the graduates.”
Daily Review, The (Decatur, IL) Thurs 13 Jun 1907 p. 12
“J. A. Moore, on his initial trip to Alaska, arrived on the Evans. He comes to look over the homestead situation.”
Cook Inlet Poineer and Knik News (Anchorage, AK) 01 May 1915
“During the first five years of Anchorage’s existence, the town was managed by the Alaska Engineering Commission. In July 1915 J.A. Moore, who had been with the General Land Office in Juneau, was appointed temporary townsite manager. His position was unusual because the federal government, which was so new to the railroad business, had become involved in a town’s development and operation. The townsite manager’s responsibilities were directed to oversee development of utility systems, to layout street grades and to uphold the townsite regulations. After a year, Moore was reassigned to Juneau. J.G. Watts who had been townsite engineer took over as townsite manager. Like his predecessor, he was given the honorary title, “Mayor.”
Patterns of the Past, An Inventory of Anchorages Heritage Resources,
by Michael E. Carberry, Planning Department, January 1979, p. 11
TOWNSITE WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE
“The situation with reference to the opening of the new townsite is one that requires the working out of numerous details and the Interior Department is handling the matter as expeditiously as possible, with due regard for the public welfare. In the light of events and the progress of things, it is quite probable that the townsite will be available to the public at least a month sooner than at first anticipated, due to the activity and energy displayed by Lieut. Mears, of the Alaskan Engineering Commission; Chief of Field Division Andrew Christensen and Special Agent J. A. Moore, of the land department, who have immediate charge of the matter. It is among the possibilities that the lots will be ready for disposal by the 1st of July or very soon after that date…”
Cook Inlet Pioneer and Knik News (Anchorage, AK) 12 Jun 1915 p. 1
“It is learned from reliable sources that Chairman Edes will arrive here on the Mariposa, and he, Commissioner Mears, Mr. Christensen and Mr. Moore will make a selection of lots in the new townsite for public building purposes.”
Cook Inlet Pioneer and Knik News (Anchorage, AK) 19 Jun 1915 p. 1
Much Activity Displayed in the New Townsite
“… J.A. Moore, special agent of the land office department, has been designated as townsite manager. Mr. Moore has been here for the past few weeks and is conversant with local conditions. The selection meets with general approval…”
Cook Inlet Pioneer and Knik News (Anchorage, AK) 24 Jul 1915 p. 1
Census Taken Under Auspices Town Manager
A census of the new town, taken Tuesday under auspices of the townsite manager, gave the following returns:
Men – 593
Women – 208
Children – 193
“We figure that our enumerators got the names of only about 40 per cent of the male inhabitants of the new town,” said the townsite manager to the Pioneer, “because most of the men are away from their homes in the day time, when the census was taken. Our enumeration of the women and children is more nearly correct,” said he. “We have obtained the names of perhaps 80 per cent of the women and children. Our figures show 101 children of school age in town.”
Mr. Moore says the past week has been one of the best, in the way of issuing building permits since his office opened for business. From six to 12 applications for building permits have been issued each day this week. There are now, said the townsite manager, but few applications for tent habitations. Those now received are chiefly for structures to be built of lumber.
Cook Inlet Pioneer and Knik News (Anchorage, AK) 04 Sep 1915
WATTS NEW MAYOR OF R.R. TERMINAL
Several days ago The Daily Times published an announcement from Manager Christensen in regard to the change in townsite managers for Anchorage. The offices of townsite manager and townsite engineer will be combined, with J.G. Watts, the present engineer, in charge, taking effect July 1st. J. A. Moore, the retiring townsite manager, will leave for Juneau within a few days to resume his former duties as special agent with the general land office.
Mr. Moore received his appointment as manager for the Anchorage townsite July 8, 1915, through the Alaskan Engineering commission upon the recommendation of A. Christensen. The office was temporary and was created at that time to conform to government regulations, as the situation was unique and without a precedent to follow, Anchorage being the only town under government supervision managed in this manner. The whole of Anchorage is willing to testify to the abilities of Mr. Moore and it is only necessary to look around to see the rapid advances the city has made and the marked civic improvements that have taken place within the past year.
In assuming the management of the Anchorage townsite Mr. Moore had a hard time in getting the wheels of routine established, as the active policy was no definitely laid out; he was handicapped by lack of funds and it was the only town in the United States whose municipal authority was directly under the Alaskan Engineering commission and there were no set rules or laws to govern the situation. His assistants and office force have been efficient, but it is to Mayor Moore, perhaps more than any other individual that the people of Anchorage are indebted for the present satisfactory status of municipal affairs.
Anchorage Daily Times & Cook Inlet Pioneer (Anchorage, AK) 29 Jun 1916
LUNCHEON GIVEN RETIRING MAYOR
The executive committee of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce gave a delightful luncheon at noon today in honor of the first mayor of the city, J.A. Moore. Mr. Moore will leave on the steamer Alameda for Juneau where he will assume his former duties with the land department. The luncheon was served in the Green Room of the Frisco café and was perfectly appointed; the table was decorated by a large centerpiece of ferns and Alaska wild flowers; flags and bunting were the overhead decorations and the whole affair was successfully carried out and a tribute to Anchorage’s retiring mayor.
The brilliancy of Depew and the wit of Mark Twain marked speeches and remarks complimentary to Mr. Moore and the whole was seasoned with humor, flavored with …. nd over all the feeling of good fellowship predominated.” In the …sing of Mayor Moore Anchorage unquestionably loses a man of exceptional high class qualities and the spirit of sincere regret as to his departure to the other fields of labor, together with an attempt of appreciation as to his efforts and the results accomplished for the good of Anchorage as expressed by the different speakers rang true and is the voice of the people of this entire community.
They always seem to go together; in one we lose; in the other we gain, for in the retirement of Mr. Moore which is regretted by all who know him, the reins of the city’s government fall into the competent hands of J. G. Watts, who has been well schooled under the efficient tutelage of Mr. Moore and the gentlemen present volunteered their hearty support to the incoming mayor.
Courtesy and efficiency has ever been the motto of J. A. Moore, and this policy will not be changed by the advent of J. G. Watts.
In addition to J. A. Moore, the guest of honor, who was seated at the head of the table, with J. Watts on his right and Judge Leopold David on his left, the balance of this farewell luncheon, were: S.D. Maxwell, J.T. Westerman, H.T. Fowler, Geo. W. Palmer, Sidney Anderson, J.L. Waller, A.J. Wendler, E. J. Warner, F.B. Wood, W.T. Normile, A.S. Koch, Chas E. Herron, J. E. Robarts, and E.L. Bedell.
Anchorage Daily Times and Cook Inlet (Anchorage, AK) 01 Jul 1916
”MAYOR MOORE MADE GOOD
The residents of Anchorage are sorry to learn
that Mayor Moore will shortly leave here and return to Juneau, there to resume
his former position in the general land office.
As an appreciation of his efforts in behalf of the town, since he has had charge
of the city government, Mayor Moore was tendered a luncheon on Saturday
afternoon by the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Upon this
occasion the retiring mayor was paid many deserved compliments for the efficient
and satisfactory manner in which he has handled all matters coming under his
jurisdiction and also for the excellent results attained. He has the proud
satisfaction of knowing that he made good in Anchorage, and he carries with him
the well wishes of all to other fields of labor.”
Anchorage Daily Times and Cook Inlet Pioneer (Anchorage, AK) 03 Jul 1916
Arthur John Moore b. 10 Nov 1884; works PF Collier & Son, 324 Dooly Blk, Salt Lake City, UT, salesman; Bessie R Moore, Perry Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT; med weight, med height, brown eyes, brown hair; 11 Sep 1918
WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917 – 1918
PROTECTION BOARD TO MEET IN OGDEN
First meeting of the regional forest protective board for Utah, Nevada, southern Idaho and Wyoming west of the continental divide; will be held in the U.S. forest service building, Ogden, on April 11, it was announced by E.T. Scoyen, superintendent of Zion park, who is also temporary chairman of the board.
The board is composed of members of federal government departments who are directly interested in forest protection work either because they have forest lands under their jurisdiction, or because their work brings them into touch with forest protection problems.
The board of this district, which is one of six appointed in the western United States, is composed of J. Arthur Moore, division inspector, general land office, Salt Lake; C. E. Norquest, meteorologist, weather bureau, Boise; R. Scott Zimmerman, in charge of rodent control work, biological survey, Salt Lake; J. C. Evenden, associate entomologist, bureau of entomology, Coeur d’Alene; Dr. E. P, Meineske, pathologist, bureau of plant industry, San Francisco; R.H. Rutledge, district forester, U.S. forest service, Odgen, and E.T. Scoyen, superintendent Zion National park.
Ogden Standard-Examiner, The (Ogden, UT) Fri 06 Apr 1928 p. 15
POST IS GIVEN SALT LAKE MAN
Arthur Moore Succeeds Ralph S. Kelley In Land Office
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. – (AP) – Arthur Moore of Salt Lake City today was appointed chief of the field division of the general land office at Denver, succeeding Ralph S. Kelley recently dismissed as a result of charges involving oil shale leases in western states.
He has served in the general land office 16 years, and has been chief of the division at Salt Lake City nearly seven years.
FROM ALASKA
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 22 – (AP) – J. Arthur Moore, named chief of the field division of the general land office at Denver, came to the Salt Lake land office in 1924. Prior to that time he had been chief of the land offices at Seattle and Portland, Ore., and in 1915 was mayor and townsite manager of Anchorage, Alaska. During the World war he was in an officers’ training camp at Portland, Ore.
Ogden Standard Examiner (Ogden, UT) 22 Nov 1930 p. 1
MOORE - J. Arthur Moore of 14B Bonita St., Arcadia.
Beloved husband of Dorothy C. and father of James A. Moore; brother of Maza Bugg,
Mrs. Grace McConkey and Mrs. Hiram A. Cornell. Services will be Thursday at 10
a..m. in Rainbow Chapel in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier. Rose Hills
Mortuary directing.
Star-News (Pasadena, CA) Tues 05 Sep 1961 p. 18
Services held for Former Federal Employe
Funeral services for J. Arthur Moore, a resident of Arcadia 10
years and who was the first townsite manager and mayor of Anchorage, Alaska,
were held Sept. 7 at Rainbow Chapel of Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier.
The Rev. William F. Thiele officiated at the rites. Mr. Moore, a
native of Illinois, died Sept. 3 at his home 14-B Bonita St., Arcadia.
He had lived in Southern California for 30 years. Mr. Moore was
a gradute (graduate) of Jones Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., in 1907, and
attended George Washington Law School.
He became an employe(e) of the United States Department of the
Interior in 1909 and spent the first six years of his government career in
Alaska. He later was stationed in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco and was in
charge of the general land offices in Salt Lake City and Denver for many years.
During his government work in California, Mr. Moore submitted a
comprehensive evaluation report on the Joshua Tree National Monument and
proposed the present name of the monument.
Mr. Moore was a member of the Kappa Sigma and Phi Delta Phi
fraternities and also was affiliated with the Blue Lodge at Taylorville, Ill.,
and Scottish Rite and Temple Shrine in Seattle. He was a World War I veteran.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy C.; a son, James A.; and
three sisters, Mrs. Maza Bugg of Assumption, Ill..; Mrs. Grace McConkey of
Covina, and Mrs. Hiram A. Cornell of Arcadia.
Star News (Pasadena, CA) Thurs 14 Sep 1961 p. 36
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