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, Oscar Leopold (b. 1849) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Pages 520-521 OSCAR LEOPOLD MOORE, third son of George C. and Sarah A. Moore, born at Sago, six miles above Buckhannon on the Buckhannon River, November 10, 1849. Enlisted as a private soldier in Company M, Third West Virginia Cavalry, March 20, 1864. Was never at the dismounted camp, but served continuously with the mounted portion of his company. Was on the Lynchburg raid with Hunter; served in the Shenandoah VaUey with Sheridan in 1864; went with General Custer from Winchester to Appomattox in 1865. Taught common schools at Indian Camp. Brushy Fork, Glady Fork, Centerville, Oak Grove, Truby Run. Went to Dickinson County, Kansas in 1874, where he has since resided. Served one term as county attorney; elected Judge of the Eighth Judicial District of Kansas, composed of Dickinson, Geary, Marion and Morris Counties, in November, 1895, and is now serving his third term as judge of said district. Has filled numerous offices in the state encampment of the G. A. R., was Judge Advocate of the National G. A. R. in 1905. Grandparents on mother's side were James Bunten and Fanny Morgan Bunten, she was a daughter of Zedekiah Morgan and Ruth Dart of Connecticut. Zedikiah Morgan was an officer in Revolutionary War. He was son of James Morgan, son of Peter Morgan, son of Isaac, son of John, son of James, who came to America in 1807. O. L. Moore's wife was Ida Rhee Wilson, born in Ohio, married September 19, 1883. in Adeline, Kansas. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------