Moore.George.1806.Scott.BIOS GEORGE W. MOORE was born July 8, 1806, in Scott County, Ky., and is the fourteenth of fifteen children (fourteen of whom lived to rear families) born to Robert and Margaret (Mercer) Moore, natives of Ireland. The father was a farmer. Our subject grew to manhood on a farm, his educational advantages being very poor. At the age of eighteen, he commenced the struggles of life on his own responsibility. For three years he drove a stage-coach team, and carried the United States mail. He drove the fist four-house stage team ever driven from Lexington to Nashville, Tenn. He was agent for the United States mail line for four years, after which he engaged in farming, continuing five years. In the autumn of 1834, he came to Monroe County, Indiana, and settled in Bloomington Township. He farmed for three years, then sold out, and moved to Bloomington, where he embarked in the dry goods and grocery trade, following his business twenty-five years, after which he disposed of his business and purchased the farm of 250 acres of land on which he now resides (Van Buren Township, Monroe Co., Indiana). To this he has added twenty-five acres, which addition makes him the owner of 275 acres all in a high state of cultivation, and having all the modern improvements. Mr. Moore was married, August 31, 1831, to Elizabeth Mouser, of Kentucky, and daughter of Frederic Mouser. Four children were born to them, three of whom, John S., Ann A. (Fletcher) and Louisa (Otwell), are living. In Washington Territory Mr. Moore made a purchase of 157 acres of timber for $300, which he subsequently sold for $1,300. On his farm he has a saltpeter cave, which has been explored three-fourths of a mile. Mr. M. and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1831. In politics he is a Republican. "COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL" CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. 1884 Submitted by: Diana Flynn Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997