Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Christopher S. Moore ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Christopher S. Moore
LAST NAME: Moore FIRST NAME: Christopher MIDDLE NAME: S. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: Abt Apr 1800 DIED: 4 May 1869 BURIED: 6 May 1869
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  Ireland
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
DLC #2196, b. 1798/99 Ireland; Arr. Ore. 6/15 Nov 1852; SC 1 Apr 1853; m. Elizabeth [Crawford] 4 Aug 1828, Toronto, Upper Canada. Awarded Cit. 19 Dec 1853, Dist. Court Marion Co. Location T8S R3W sec 30, 325.31 acres.
1860 OR CENSUS - C. Moore, age 61, occupation farmer, b. Ireland, is enumerated with E., age 59, female, b. Ireland, along with C. W., male, age 35, b. Canada, J, female, age 18, b. Canada, L., female, age 16, b. Canada, M., male, age 14, b. Canada
OBITUARY: 
DIED--At the family residence in Salem, May 4th, Christopher Moore, aged 69 years. The funeral ceremonies will take place at the M. E. Church to-day at 11 o'clock, a.m.
Daily Unionist 6 May 1869 3:1
INSCRIPTION: 
Christopher Moore
Died
May 4, 1869
Aged
69 yrs, 1 mo
Why do we mourn upon departing friends
Or shake at death's alarms
'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call them to His arms
 
[shares West face of monument shared with wife Elizabeth Moore]
SOURCES: 
LD
DLC Vol. 1
DAR pg 34
1860 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Santiam, FA #3380)
DU 6 May 1869 3:1
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 411 SPACE: 1NW N½ LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.184' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.829'
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