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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Manley R. Moore
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Manley R. Moore
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| LAST NAME: Moore
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FIRST NAME: Manley
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MIDDLE NAME: R.
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| TITLE: Mrs.
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GENDER: M
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| BORN: 14 Nov 1847
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DIED: 21 Dec 1925
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BURIED: 23 Dec 1925
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OCCUPATION: Farmer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Wauwatosa, Milwaukie Co., Wisconsin
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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OSBH DC (Marion County 1925) #858 - Manley R. Moore, male, widowed (Sarah A.), retired farmer, b. 14 Nov 1848 in Nova Scotia, Wisconsin, d. 21 Dec 1925 in Salem, Oregon (13th & Missouri) at the age of 78 years, name of father Christopher Moore, interment 23 Dec, undertaker W. T. Rigdon, informant C. W. Moore of Salem.
1870 OR CENSUS - M. R. Moore, age 22, occupation farmer, b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with mother, E. Moore, age 63, b. Canada; and I. Sweagle, f. age 24, b. Kentucky
1900 OR CENSUS - Manley R. Moore, age 48, occupation farmer, b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with his wife of 26 years, Sarah A., age 47, mother of 4 children, b. Missouri, along with George, age 22, b. Oregon, and Edward, age 18, b. Oregon.
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OBITUARY:
TRIBUTE TO LIFE OF MANLY R. MOORE
He Saw Oregon Grow From Pioneer Times; He built the First Rock Road.
Manly R. Moore was born at Wauwatona, Wis., Nov. 14, 1847, married in Salem, Oregon, June 2, 1872, died at Salem, Oregon, Dec. 21, 1925, at the home of his son, Crawford Moore.
Christopher Moore, father of Manly R. Moore, came from Toronto, Canada, by the way of the Great Lakes to Wisconsin in 1846 and "settled" with his family in Wauwatona, a small village just north of Milwaukee, and Manly R. Moore, the youngest of the family of eight children was born the following year.
In the spring of 1852, becoming enthused after reading of the wonderful Oregon country, the father with his family, joined one of the many immigrant trains bound westward, and set out for Oregon. It was a hard, tedious journey. A large proportion of the wagons of emmigrant trains were drawn by oxen and those whose wagons were drawn by horses could go no further each day than the balance of the train, as they must stay together for protection against the Indians.
The family reached The Dalles during the last days of October. Three days before this, the family flour gave out on account of having divided rations with the ox team in order to sustain their vitality to the journey's end.
The last morning out from The Dalles the mother walked ahead of the train, and the little boy Manly was crying for bread, when she returned, her apron filled with biscuits which she had baked and the reader can imagine the family's joy and relief at meeting her.
The snow had already closed the mountain passes, so leaving the cattle to be wintered at The Dalles, the family proceeded by portage and flat boat, down the river to Portland, then to Oregon City, where they spent the first winter in the west.
The following spring the father located with his family on a donation land claim seven miles south of Salem. In the log cabin erected on this place, where later a modern home was built, the early missionary ministers often held services after the habit of the pioneers of that day.
After the death of his father, Manly Moore succeeded to the farm and became a successful farmer. He was one of the first to advocate permanent road improvement in Marion county, was road supervisor of the district south of Salem for many years, and while acting as such, long before the days of the automobile, built the first rock road south of Salem. He retired from farming some years ago and moved to Salem, where he has since resided.
He was married to Sarah A. Hayden, June 2, 1872, and to this union four children were born, Mrs. R. D. Gibson, Crawford W., George and Edward, all of whom grew to man and womanhood on the old homestead and one of whom now resides on part of it.
Besides the four children he leaves seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
His wife and life-long companion passed away just three weeks prior to his death, her funeral services being held at the same hour, the same day three weeks before. After that he seemed to lose all interest in life and several times expressed himself as being "ready to go now."
He was a devoted father and was one of the list of a fast disappearing generation who helped to develop and make the western country what it is.
Oregon Statesman January 3, 1926 p. 5:7-8
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INSCRIPTION:
MOORE
Manley R.
1845 - 1925
Father
(on same rose granite stone with wife Sarah A. Moore)
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SOURCES:
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IOOF Register of Burials
OSBH DC (Marion County 1925) #858
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Sidney, ED 140, sheet 8A)
OS January 3, 1926 p. 5:7-8
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| LOT: 411
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SPACE: 2 SW
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.184'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.829'
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