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Willis Wilson Moore

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Willis Wilson Moore

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12 Jul 1951 (aged 89)
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Jasper, Newton County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Newton County News
Judge Wilson W. Moore is one of the best known figures in Newton county. The keen interest which he has in other people as he makes his daily walks about the square belie his 87 years.
Judge Moore was born three miles north of Gaither in what is now Boone county in 1861. When he was five years old the moved with his family to Sulpher Mt. east of Marble City. On Sept. 13 1883, he married Miss Margaret Thompson, and soon afterward went in to the mercantile business at Marble City.
He was postmaster at Marble City and was a partner in the Buffalo Stave and Lumber Company.
Judge Moore was elected county clerk and moved to Jasper in 1906.
Four times Judge Moore was elected to represent Newton county in the state legislature-in 1900, in 1902, in 1912 and in 1918. He also was mayor of Jasper for four years.
Jude Moore served as county judge in Newton county for six years-from 1926 to 1932.
Judge and Mrs. Moore were the parents of five children, Mrs. Effie Shinn, John Wilburn Moore, Victoria Moore Hurd, who died in 1919, Dr. O.A. Moore and Mrs. Dovie Pruitt.
Judge Moore has 14 grandchildren and says that he believes his great grandchildren total 14 too-he's not quite sure.
One of the main changes in the country which Judge Moore has observed since early days ins the change in the weather. He says winters are not nearly so cold here now as they used to be.
Judge Moore tells of remembering times when the Buffalo river was frozen over solid so that huge blocks of ice were cut from it and stores for future use.
Many people refer to Judge Moore as an authority on dates of early day happenings and on the relationships of various families in Newton county.
Newton County News
Judge Wilson W. Moore is one of the best known figures in Newton county. The keen interest which he has in other people as he makes his daily walks about the square belie his 87 years.
Judge Moore was born three miles north of Gaither in what is now Boone county in 1861. When he was five years old the moved with his family to Sulpher Mt. east of Marble City. On Sept. 13 1883, he married Miss Margaret Thompson, and soon afterward went in to the mercantile business at Marble City.
He was postmaster at Marble City and was a partner in the Buffalo Stave and Lumber Company.
Judge Moore was elected county clerk and moved to Jasper in 1906.
Four times Judge Moore was elected to represent Newton county in the state legislature-in 1900, in 1902, in 1912 and in 1918. He also was mayor of Jasper for four years.
Jude Moore served as county judge in Newton county for six years-from 1926 to 1932.
Judge and Mrs. Moore were the parents of five children, Mrs. Effie Shinn, John Wilburn Moore, Victoria Moore Hurd, who died in 1919, Dr. O.A. Moore and Mrs. Dovie Pruitt.
Judge Moore has 14 grandchildren and says that he believes his great grandchildren total 14 too-he's not quite sure.
One of the main changes in the country which Judge Moore has observed since early days ins the change in the weather. He says winters are not nearly so cold here now as they used to be.
Judge Moore tells of remembering times when the Buffalo river was frozen over solid so that huge blocks of ice were cut from it and stores for future use.
Many people refer to Judge Moore as an authority on dates of early day happenings and on the relationships of various families in Newton county.

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