U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Moore, Bryant Toliver ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 520 BRYANT TOLIVER MOORE, is a farmer, 67, years old, living near Holly Grove, and just where he settled when he first set up for himself, the present house, a two-story frame building, standing on the site of the original one-roomed, log house. At the age of 21, he was married to Sarah Frances Bartlett, who died in 1875, leaving a family of six children. The husband devoted himself to the task of keeping his children together and rearing them without a mother's care, and succeeded so well that all remained with him until they went out to establish homes of their own. The youngest son, Edward Arnold, died at the age of 18 years. The other two sons, Floyd L., and James E., are married and live near Holly Grove The oldest daughter, Flora A., is at home with her father. Mrs. Lizzie F. Carter, widow of the late Thomas A. Carter of Tallmansville, is a teacher in the Weston Schools. Mrs. Lucy H. Miles, whose home is at Weston, is the wife of William F. Miles, a B. & O. R. R. Conductor. Mr. Moore was born in Farquier County, Va., but came with his parents, James Bryant and Elizabeth (Palmer) Moore to Harrison County, when but a child, and about the year 1856 they moved to the present site of the village of Holly Grove, then almost an unbroken forest. While a man of very limited education, Mr. Moore keeps pretty well posted on current events as he reads a great deal, and has always been interested in the cause of education. He was a member of the board of education of Banks District for twelve years and has been school trustee at different times, and has furnished two school teachers. His oldest daughter taught for 20 years, in the public schools of Upshur County and his second daughter, who is still teaching has taught longer. Mr. Moore has been a life long Democrat and is a member of the Baptist Church. During the Civil War, he was one of the Militia who were captured by Rebel Forces and taken to Richmond, where he spent several months in prison, later was in Baltimore Hospital and afterwards brought home on a bed, and it has been frequently said by those who saw him, "He was the poorest person I ever saw." He has been almost an invalid ever since. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (wife of Bryant T. Moore) Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Page 36, Line No. 21) FULL-NAME: Sarah F. Moore BIRTH-PLACE: Fluvanna Co., Va. AGE-AT-DEATH: 38y-2m-8d DEATH-DATE: June 15, 1875 PARENTS: E. & F. R. Bartlett CAUSE-OF-DEATH: fever SPOUSE: B. T. Moore INFORMANT: B. T. Moore, husband ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------