Kings County Biographies


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J. E. MOORE.
 
        Among those men of earnest purpose, upright life and persistent industry 
who have contributed their quota to the development of Kings county, none stands 
higher in the esteem of the people of their respective localities than does J. 
E. Moore, merchant and postmaster at Hardwick. Mr. Moore is a native of 
Pennsylvania, where he was born on the 12th of March, 1870. He is the son of 
John N. and Elizabeth (Kelly) Moore, both of whom were members of prominent old 
Pennsylvania families. Mr. Moore comes of a long line of sterling ancestors, 
running back to the Plymouth colony in New England.
        J. E. Moore was reared on his father's farm and secured a good education 
in the public schools. In young manhood he began clerking in stores and followed 
that line of work in Pennsylvania, Buffalo and Chicago up to 1897, when he came 
to California. Locating at San Francisco he obtained a clerical position with 
the Southern Pacific railroad and was also, later, a clerk in the post office at 
San Francisco. In 1911 Mr. Moore came to Hardwick and engaged in the mercantile 
business, in which he has met with splendid success. He carries a large and well 
selected stock f goods, gives courteous attention to every customer who enters 
his store and enjoys a large trade from a large radius of territory surrounding 
Hardwick. In 1917 Mr. Moore was appointed postmaster at Hardwick and is still 
holding that office. He is a wide-awake and energetic man, who, while advancing 
his own interests, is not neglectful of his duties to the community and gives 
hearty support to every movement for the advancement of the town along all 
legitimate lines.
        In 1900 Mr. Moore was married to Miss Loda Burner, who was born and 
reared near Carrville, Trinity county, California. By this marriage they had two 
daughters, Grace Dorethy Moore and Marjorie Lela Moore.
        An estrangement and separation followed in 1920, and later a divorce. In 
1923 Mr. Moore met and married Mrs. Ida Emory, of San Jose, California, who was 
formerly Miss Ida Rowe. She was born near San Juan, California, and attended a 
school in San Juan canyon. She is a descendant of the noted Twitchell family of 
San Juan canyon. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of the Presbyterian church of 
Hanford. Mr. Moore is a member of the Independent Order Odd Fellows and he and 
his wife are members of the Lady of the Lake Rebekah Lodge of Hanford, 
California. They reside in Hardwick, this state.
 
Source:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen 
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1926.
p. 621
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler