Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Henry MOORE 
Birth19 Feb 1847, Oneco, Stephenson, Illinois190, p 2
Death1886518 Age: 38
FatherGeorge MOORE (~1826-1847)
MotherMary O’BRIEN (1829-1901)
Individual Notes
• Born 1846 or 7.23, p G25
• Never married.36, p 3; line 125
• Now, George Henry [Moore] was a handsome tall boy - after Alice was just walking - never returned - he never saw me. Rosie Drake met him in Nevada - said he was handsome - and such a kindly man - always ‘coming home’ - always coming home 'when he made a fortune.' Mama [Mary O'Brien] never ceased to grieve for him - hoped each Xmas he would come - once he sent her money and a sweet letter. Emily and May both loved him, always spoke of his lovely disposition. He was named George after his father and Henry after an uncle who said “You will never call him ‘Henry’ - but he was never called anything but ‘George Henry’ - this uncle put $20,000 in the bank for him - this has never been collected. Mama wrote 'Do go get that money' but he never did. The greatest compliment Mama ever paid me was to say I had a forehead and eyes like George Henry. I began to feel this very important for I knew he was a favorite child. He never grew angry, but when Mama married the third time, [he] wrote with chalk on the barn “George Henry Moore, Clark, Walter, shit!”36, p 3; lines 106-117
• Papa took him on teaming trips and on one he shot off a rusty gun; it exploded and by the time they got back gangrene had set in. Papa took him to a doctor who decided the safest and cheapest thing to do was to amputate the hand. A bystander spoke up and said “That boy has a mother, you’d better save all you can” - he lost only two fingers - and Mama blamed Papa for having a rusty gun and of course he never heard the last of that.36, p 3; lines 119-123
• Died in mines.518
• Never married.36, p 3; line 125
• Now, George Henry [Moore] was a handsome tall boy - after Alice was just walking - never returned - he never saw me. Rosie Drake met him in Nevada - said he was handsome - and such a kindly man - always ‘coming home’ - always coming home 'when he made a fortune.' Mama [Mary O'Brien] never ceased to grieve for him - hoped each Xmas he would come - once he sent her money and a sweet letter. Emily and May both loved him, always spoke of his lovely disposition. He was named George after his father and Henry after an uncle who said “You will never call him ‘Henry’ - but he was never called anything but ‘George Henry’ - this uncle put $20,000 in the bank for him - this has never been collected. Mama wrote 'Do go get that money' but he never did. The greatest compliment Mama ever paid me was to say I had a forehead and eyes like George Henry. I began to feel this very important for I knew he was a favorite child. He never grew angry, but when Mama married the third time, [he] wrote with chalk on the barn “George Henry Moore, Clark, Walter, shit!”36, p 3; lines 106-117
• Papa took him on teaming trips and on one he shot off a rusty gun; it exploded and by the time they got back gangrene had set in. Papa took him to a doctor who decided the safest and cheapest thing to do was to amputate the hand. A bystander spoke up and said “That boy has a mother, you’d better save all you can” - he lost only two fingers - and Mama blamed Papa for having a rusty gun and of course he never heard the last of that.36, p 3; lines 119-123
• Died in mines.518
Census
• 1850 Census: Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 3, b IL.541, p 12,542, p 12
• 1860 Census: Sacramento, Sacramento, California. Age 14, b IL.543
• 1860 Census: Sacramento, Sacramento, California. Age 14, b IL.543
Research
• Could not find in 1870, 1880 censuses; Ancestry.com, 21 May 2005.