James Harvey Moore
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: May 19, 1864 - Macon County, Missouri
Death: Dec 2, 1899 - Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas
Burial: Dec 4, 1899 - Mt. Olive Cemetery, Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas
Parents
Father: Isaac Newton Moore
Mother: Martha Frances Runnels
Spouses and Children
1. *Sallie Clementine Evans
Marriage: Jun 8, 1892 - Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas
Children:
1. Daniel Franklin Moore
2. Johnnie F. Moore
3. Margaret Lillian Moore 1
Notes
General:
Buried: Mt. Olive Ceme, Pittsburgh, Crawford Co, KS.
Coal miner. Died in the Beck coal mine.
Moore Family Bible:
James H. Moore, born 19 May 1864.
Robert Lee Moore Family Bible:
James H. Moore was born 19 May 1864
1870 Macon Co, MO Census:
Page 4, Bevier Twp, P.O. La Plata, 28 July 1870
28/28 Isaac Moore, 42, male, white, mining coal, $300 real estate value, $300 personal property, KY
Martha, 33, female, white, keeping house, VA
Joseph, male, white, 18, mining coal, MO
Isaac, 14, male, white, at home, MO
Mary, 8, female, white, MO
James, 7, male, white, MO
Robert, 4, male, white, MO
Abbert, 1, female, white, MO
1880 Macon Co, MO Census:
375/392 Bevier Twp
Isaac Moore, 51, coal miner, KY KY KY
Martha, 39, wife, keeping house, VA VA VA
James, 15, son, coal miner, MO
Robert 13, son, coal miner, MO
Albert, 10, son, at home, MO
Daniel, 3, son, at home, MO
A. J. Fletcher, 26, boarder, coal miner, MO
Wilson Matkins, 22, boarder, farm laborer, MO
Newspaper Article:
(Picture of a group of miners including James Harvey Moore, Robert Lee Moore, Albert Shirley Moore and Daniel Rufus Moore.)
Bennets Shaft -- Before the turn of the century, it was a big event when the photographer came to call, lugging his bulky paraphernalia off his wagon to set up the contraption in the sun. At Bennets Shaft, Weir, everybody brought their dinner pails and sat very still for this photo in 1890.
Copy of Marriage License & Certificate, Cherokee Co., KS:
Book E, page 479
I, S. P. Evans in the County of Cherokee and State of Kansas being first duly sworn, on my oath declare, that I am acquainted with James H. Moore and Sallie C. Evans the parties applying for a Marriage License; that James H. Moore is 28 years of age, and Sallie C. Evans is 17 years of age; that they are not related to each other in the degrees prohibited by law, to wit: -- parent and child, grand-parent and grand-child of any degree, brother and sister of either the one-half or of the whole blood; uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, nor first cousins; and that there exists no legal impediment to said marriage. S. P. Evans
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 8th day of June 1892. John Stauffer, Probate Judge.
No. 86 Marriage License- Duplicate. Columbus, Kansas, June 8th A.D. 1892
To Any Person Authorized By Law To Solemnize Marriage:
You are hereby authorized to join in marriage James H. Moore of Cherokee County, State of Kansas aged 28 years, and Sallie C. Evans of Cherokee County, State of Kansas aged 17 years, and of such marriage you will make due return to my office within thirty days from date thereof. John Stauffer Probate Judge.
Record of Certificate of Marriage. The State of Kansas, County of Cherokee, ss.
To The Probate Judge of Said County: This is to certify that on the 8th day of June 1892 I united James H. Moore and Sallie C. Evans in marriage in accordance with the laws of this State, and by authority of License No. 860 issued by you.
John Stauffer, Probate Judge.
Tombstone Transcriptions of Crawford County, Book 3, by Wiliam C. Cuthbertson:
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Page 3: Block 1, Row 6. James Moore 1864 - 1899.
Crawford Co., KS Cemetery Index:
James Harvey Moore 1864-1899
Mount Olive Cemetery, page 3
City Hall, Pittsburg, Crawford Co., KS:
James Harvey Moore 1864-1899. Mount Olive Cemetery. Buried 4 December 1899.
Tombstone, Mount Olive Cemetery, Pittsburg Co., KS:
James Harvey Moore 1864-1899
Obituary - The Pittsburg Daily Headlight, 2 December 1899:
Miner Killed
James Moore, an Employee of Beck's Coal Mine, Killed By a Fall of Rock.
James H. Moore, a miner employed at C. A. Beck's mine, was caught by a fall of slate this afternoon and killed. He was at work in his room at the time and was down on his knees digging and while in a stooping position the large rock which would weigh about two tons fell and landed on his back and forced his head and shoulders down between his feet. The rock rested partly on a pile of rubbish which prevented him from instant death. W. A. Cooper, another miner who worked in the adjoining room, heard the fall and Moore's smothered cries for help. He rushed to his assistance and when he got to him he was unable to speak but he was breathing heavily and was in a conscious condition. Cooper summoned help as quick as possible but nothing could be done for the unfortunate man until jack screws could be procured and a trip into the city had to be made before they could be had. Moore gradually stopped breathing and within fifteen or twenty minutes life was extinct. The accident happened about two o'clock and it was ten minutes past three before the body was got out from under the awful weight. No bones were broken nor were there any bruises to speak of. His face, however, was black showing that life had been crushed out of him by degrees. The body was taken to the home of W. A. Cooper, 311 West Forest Avenue, where he boarded. He was a brother of Dan Moore, employed in the Durkee Coal company at Weir City and also a wife and three children living in Doty, Missouri. They were notified by telegram of the accident immediately after the body was taken out.
The rock is what is known among miners as pot rock, and there is no guessing its thickness, as the sound is very deceiving when struck with a pick or hammer. Moore had thirteen cars of coal out for his days work ready to go up to the top and would have knocked off work for the day within twenty or thirty minutes longer. Justice Campbell was summoned as acting coroner and visited the scene and viewed the body and after an investigation into the fact decided that no inquest was necessary. He found the mine in splendid condition and safe in every particular.
Obituary - The Pittsburg Headlight, 4 December 1899:
Funeral of the Unfortunate Miner
Mrs. J.H. Moore, wife of the miner who was killed by a fall of rock at the Beck coal company mines Saturday afternoon, arrived from Doty, Missouri, yesterday afternoon on the Memphis route train. The brother of the unfortunate young man came in Saturday night. The funeral occurred this afternoon at 2 o'clock and the remains were interred in Mt. Olive cemetery.
Can anyone help? I'm at a brick wall.
I'm searching for information on a Sally Evans who married James Harvey Moore. I can't find their marriage record, but James Harvey Moore was born 19 May 1864 Macon Co., MO.
In the early 1880s James Harvey Moore moved from Macon Co., MO to Henry Co., MO. He resided in Henry and St. Clair Co., MO and worked the coal mines in Cherokee Co. and Crawford Co., KS.
I assume James Harvey Moore and Sally Evans married in either Missouri or Kansas, although I've yet to locate which county they married in. I don't know if Sally Evans was originally from Kansas or Missouri.
James Harvey Moore died in 1899 Crawford Co., KS. His wife Sally Evans Moore moved to London, Laurel Co., KY where she had family. James Harvey and Sally had two known children: Daniel Franklin Moore, and his sister Maggie Lillian Moore McFadden. Both lived in the London area and I know that Daniel Franklin died in London, Laurel Co., KY. There may have been other children born to James Harvey and Sally Evans Moore.
I need some clues on Sally Evans Moore. Where she was born, where they married, where she died. Who were her parents? Did she remarry after her move to Laurel Co., KY? Who were the relatives living in this area?
Any clues would be most appreciated. Thank you for any suggestions or help.
Cheryl Bell