John W. Moore
John W. Moore is numbered among the pioneer ranchmen of Idaho who became early settlers in the vicinity of Ten Mile. He secured his present property as a homestead in 1895, at which time one hundred and sixty acres of sagebrush land came into his possession. It is today a well improved, irrigated ranch situated twelve miles southwest of Boise, and upon the property he built a house in 1895, for it was entirely destitue of improvements when he became the owner. Eight years passed before water was secured to irrigate the land, but in 1903 the New York canal was built. From that time forward the efforts of Mr. Moore have been crowned with substantial success, as he has carried the work of development and improvement steadily forward upon his place, which is today and excellent property yielding to him a gratifying annual income.
Mr. Moore is a native of Coles county, Illinois. He was born December 26, 1848, a son of John J. and Eliza Jane (Thornbrue) Moore. He was reared in Bremer county, Iowa, to the age of twenty years and then went to Osage county, Kansas. It was at Melvern, in Osage county, that Mr. Moore was married September 15, 1872 to Miss Elizabeth Rozella Ransom, who was bron near Vincennes, Indiana, October 4, 1855, a daughter of Israel and Mary (Still) Ransom. She was reared in Indiana to the age of fourteen years and then went with her parents to Osage county, Kansas. Following their marriage the young couple began their domestic life upon a farm in that county and for twenty-one years thereafter were identified with agricultural interests in that section. In 1893 they sought the opportunites of the northwest, coming to Idaho, and for two years were residents of Nampa. In 1895 Mr. Moore took up his homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, as previously indicated, and after living thereon for eight years they deeded forty acres of this land to their only son, William H. Moore, so that they now retain posession of one hundred and twenty acres. Their son was born in Melvern, Kansas, September 8, 1875, and on the 15th of June, 1909, was married to Miss Edna Parks, by whom he has three children: Guy, born June 19, 1910; Juanita Ruth, born June 30, 1912; and Zella, born March 11, 1915.
For several years after their marriage, while living in Melvern, Kansas, both Mr. and Mrs. Moore engaged in business, the former conducting a furniture and undertaking establishment, while Mrs. Moore was proprietor of a millinery and ladies' furnishing goods store. They are both advocates of republican principles and Mr. Moore has been clerk of the local school board for several years, still filling the position. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also of the Masonic fraternity, and Mrs. Moore is connected with the Daughters of Rebekah. This worthy couple are the oldest settlers in their neighborhood, having taken up their abode here several years before others came, and not to know "Uncle Johnny" Moore and his wife in their section of Ada County is to argue one's self unknown. Their friends are legion and they enjoy the highest respect of all.
**Published in the History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol 4 page 553-554 by James H. Hawley 1920**
John W. Moore is numbered among the pioneer ranchmen of Idaho who became early settlers in the vicinity of Ten Mile. He secured his present property as a homestead in 1895, at which time one hundred and sixty acres of sagebrush land came into his possession. It is today a well improved, irrigated ranch situated twelve miles southwest of Boise, and upon the property he built a house in 1895, for it was entirely destitue of improvements when he became the owner. Eight years passed before water was secured to irrigate the land, but in 1903 the New York canal was built. From that time forward the efforts of Mr. Moore have been crowned with substantial success, as he has carried the work of development and improvement steadily forward upon his place, which is today and excellent property yielding to him a gratifying annual income.
Mr. Moore is a native of Coles county, Illinois. He was born December 26, 1848, a son of John J. and Eliza Jane (Thornbrue) Moore. He was reared in Bremer county, Iowa, to the age of twenty years and then went to Osage county, Kansas. It was at Melvern, in Osage county, that Mr. Moore was married September 15, 1872 to Miss Elizabeth Rozella Ransom, who was bron near Vincennes, Indiana, October 4, 1855, a daughter of Israel and Mary (Still) Ransom. She was reared in Indiana to the age of fourteen years and then went with her parents to Osage county, Kansas. Following their marriage the young couple began their domestic life upon a farm in that county and for twenty-one years thereafter were identified with agricultural interests in that section. In 1893 they sought the opportunites of the northwest, coming to Idaho, and for two years were residents of Nampa. In 1895 Mr. Moore took up his homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, as previously indicated, and after living thereon for eight years they deeded forty acres of this land to their only son, William H. Moore, so that they now retain posession of one hundred and twenty acres. Their son was born in Melvern, Kansas, September 8, 1875, and on the 15th of June, 1909, was married to Miss Edna Parks, by whom he has three children: Guy, born June 19, 1910; Juanita Ruth, born June 30, 1912; and Zella, born March 11, 1915.
For several years after their marriage, while living in Melvern, Kansas, both Mr. and Mrs. Moore engaged in business, the former conducting a furniture and undertaking establishment, while Mrs. Moore was proprietor of a millinery and ladies' furnishing goods store. They are both advocates of republican principles and Mr. Moore has been clerk of the local school board for several years, still filling the position. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also of the Masonic fraternity, and Mrs. Moore is connected with the Daughters of Rebekah. This worthy couple are the oldest settlers in their neighborhood, having taken up their abode here several years before others came, and not to know "Uncle Johnny" Moore and his wife in their section of Ada County is to argue one's self unknown. Their friends are legion and they enjoy the highest respect of all.
**Published in the History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol 4 page 553-554 by James H. Hawley 1920**
John W. Moore
John W. Moore is numbered among the pioneer ranchmen of Idaho who became early settlers in the vicinity of Ten Mile. He secured his present property as a homestead in 1895, at which time one hundred and sixty acres of sagebrush land came into his possession. It is today a well improved, irrigated ranch situated twelve miles southwest of Boise, and upon the property he built a house in 1895, for it was entirely destitue of improvements when he became the owner. Eight years passed before water was secured to irrigate the land, but in 1903 the New York canal was built. From that time forward the efforts of Mr. Moore have been crowned with substantial success, as he has carried the work of development and improvement steadily forward upon his place, which is today and excellent property yielding to him a gratifying annual income.
Mr. Moore is a native of Coles county, Illinois. He was born December 26, 1848, a son of John J. and Eliza Jane (Thornbrue) Moore. He was reared in Bremer county, Iowa, to the age of twenty years and then went to Osage county, Kansas. It was at Melvern, in Osage county, that Mr. Moore was married September 15, 1872 to Miss Elizabeth Rozella Ransom, who was bron near Vincennes, Indiana, October 4, 1855, a daughter of Israel and Mary (Still) Ransom. She was reared in Indiana to the age of fourteen years and then went with her parents to Osage county, Kansas. Following their marriage the young couple began their domestic life upon a farm in that county and for twenty-one years thereafter were identified with agricultural interests in that section. In 1893 they sought the opportunites of the northwest, coming to Idaho, and for two years were residents of Nampa. In 1895 Mr. Moore took up his homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, as previously indicated, and after living thereon for eight years they deeded forty acres of this land to their only son, William H. Moore, so that they now retain posession of one hundred and twenty acres. Their son was born in Melvern, Kansas, September 8, 1875, and on the 15th of June, 1909, was married to Miss Edna Parks, by whom he has three children: Guy, born June 19, 1910; Juanita Ruth, born June 30, 1912; and Zella, born March 11, 1915.
For several years after their marriage, while living in Melvern, Kansas, both Mr. and Mrs. Moore engaged in business, the former conducting a furniture and undertaking establishment, while Mrs. Moore was proprietor of a millinery and ladies' furnishing goods store. They are both advocates of republican principles and Mr. Moore has been clerk of the local school board for several years, still filling the position. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also of the Masonic fraternity, and Mrs. Moore is connected with the Daughters of Rebekah. This worthy couple are the oldest settlers in their neighborhood, having taken up their abode here several years before others came, and not to know "Uncle Johnny" Moore and his wife in their section of Ada County is to argue one's self unknown. Their friends are legion and they enjoy the highest respect of all.
**Published in the History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol 4 page 553-554 by James H. Hawley 1920**
John W. Moore is numbered among the pioneer ranchmen of Idaho who became early settlers in the vicinity of Ten Mile. He secured his present property as a homestead in 1895, at which time one hundred and sixty acres of sagebrush land came into his possession. It is today a well improved, irrigated ranch situated twelve miles southwest of Boise, and upon the property he built a house in 1895, for it was entirely destitue of improvements when he became the owner. Eight years passed before water was secured to irrigate the land, but in 1903 the New York canal was built. From that time forward the efforts of Mr. Moore have been crowned with substantial success, as he has carried the work of development and improvement steadily forward upon his place, which is today and excellent property yielding to him a gratifying annual income.
Mr. Moore is a native of Coles county, Illinois. He was born December 26, 1848, a son of John J. and Eliza Jane (Thornbrue) Moore. He was reared in Bremer county, Iowa, to the age of twenty years and then went to Osage county, Kansas. It was at Melvern, in Osage county, that Mr. Moore was married September 15, 1872 to Miss Elizabeth Rozella Ransom, who was bron near Vincennes, Indiana, October 4, 1855, a daughter of Israel and Mary (Still) Ransom. She was reared in Indiana to the age of fourteen years and then went with her parents to Osage county, Kansas. Following their marriage the young couple began their domestic life upon a farm in that county and for twenty-one years thereafter were identified with agricultural interests in that section. In 1893 they sought the opportunites of the northwest, coming to Idaho, and for two years were residents of Nampa. In 1895 Mr. Moore took up his homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, as previously indicated, and after living thereon for eight years they deeded forty acres of this land to their only son, William H. Moore, so that they now retain posession of one hundred and twenty acres. Their son was born in Melvern, Kansas, September 8, 1875, and on the 15th of June, 1909, was married to Miss Edna Parks, by whom he has three children: Guy, born June 19, 1910; Juanita Ruth, born June 30, 1912; and Zella, born March 11, 1915.
For several years after their marriage, while living in Melvern, Kansas, both Mr. and Mrs. Moore engaged in business, the former conducting a furniture and undertaking establishment, while Mrs. Moore was proprietor of a millinery and ladies' furnishing goods store. They are both advocates of republican principles and Mr. Moore has been clerk of the local school board for several years, still filling the position. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also of the Masonic fraternity, and Mrs. Moore is connected with the Daughters of Rebekah. This worthy couple are the oldest settlers in their neighborhood, having taken up their abode here several years before others came, and not to know "Uncle Johnny" Moore and his wife in their section of Ada County is to argue one's self unknown. Their friends are legion and they enjoy the highest respect of all.
**Published in the History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol 4 page 553-554 by James H. Hawley 1920**
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