Mendocino County Biographies

James R. Moore

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

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	Was born in Kentucky December 22, 1833. His parents moved to 
Coles county, Illinois, and when he was about fifteen years of age he entered 
the office of the Charleston Courier as an apprentice. In 1850, he crossed the 
plains to California, arriving August 22d of that year. He moved about from 
�pillar to post,� being engaged in all manner of enterprises, including mining, 
packing, merchandising, etc., till February 1857, when he came to Ukiah, 
Mendocino county, and engaged in stock-raising till 1859, when he was appointed 
Deputy Sheriff under Dr. J. B. Price. Shortly after this he opened a billiard 
saloon where W. A. Hoffman�s drug store now is, which business he followed till 
1874. In the fall of 1875, he was elected Sheriff, which office he filled for 
four years. He married Mrs. Nancy J. Watson, a native of Illinois, who had one 
child, Lucy F., by her former marriage.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 657