Judge Napoleon Bonaparte Moore (Creek) was the son of William Moore and Lucy Chemulee of the Kussetah town.
He was educated in the public schools of the Creek Nation; served as a Lt. in Col. D. N. McIntosh's Reg in the Confederate Army, fighting throughout the Civil War. He was a revenue collector for the Creek Nation and was elected to the House of Warriors for 4 yrs. and to the House of Kings for 4 yrs; he was the judge of the Supreme Court of The Creek Nation. He was later elected Treasurer of the Muskogee Nation.
He married on 20 Nov 1882 at Oswego, KS, in the home of the Rev. John Elliott who read the marriage vows, Ann Augusta "Gusta" Robertson, daughter of Creek missionaries William S. Robertson and Ann Eliza Worcester, and sister of Alice Robertson, US Rep. from OK; they had no children.
Napoleon and "Gusta" made their home at his 200 acre "Mule Shoe Ranch" which was 3 1/2 miles from the present town of Haskell, OK. While no children were born to this couple, their home was a refuge for numerous orphans and Mrs. Moore helped to educate 20 young people.
In 1908, they built a stone church in the town of Haskell as a memorial to her parents called "Robertson Memorial Chapel."
When Napoleon was in bad health, "Gusta" took him to Battle Creek, MI, for an improvement in his health, and he died there on 10 Oct 1911.
He was educated in the public schools of the Creek Nation; served as a Lt. in Col. D. N. McIntosh's Reg in the Confederate Army, fighting throughout the Civil War. He was a revenue collector for the Creek Nation and was elected to the House of Warriors for 4 yrs. and to the House of Kings for 4 yrs; he was the judge of the Supreme Court of The Creek Nation. He was later elected Treasurer of the Muskogee Nation.
He married on 20 Nov 1882 at Oswego, KS, in the home of the Rev. John Elliott who read the marriage vows, Ann Augusta "Gusta" Robertson, daughter of Creek missionaries William S. Robertson and Ann Eliza Worcester, and sister of Alice Robertson, US Rep. from OK; they had no children.
Napoleon and "Gusta" made their home at his 200 acre "Mule Shoe Ranch" which was 3 1/2 miles from the present town of Haskell, OK. While no children were born to this couple, their home was a refuge for numerous orphans and Mrs. Moore helped to educate 20 young people.
In 1908, they built a stone church in the town of Haskell as a memorial to her parents called "Robertson Memorial Chapel."
When Napoleon was in bad health, "Gusta" took him to Battle Creek, MI, for an improvement in his health, and he died there on 10 Oct 1911.
Judge Napoleon Bonaparte Moore (Creek) was the son of William Moore and Lucy Chemulee of the Kussetah town.
He was educated in the public schools of the Creek Nation; served as a Lt. in Col. D. N. McIntosh's Reg in the Confederate Army, fighting throughout the Civil War. He was a revenue collector for the Creek Nation and was elected to the House of Warriors for 4 yrs. and to the House of Kings for 4 yrs; he was the judge of the Supreme Court of The Creek Nation. He was later elected Treasurer of the Muskogee Nation.
He married on 20 Nov 1882 at Oswego, KS, in the home of the Rev. John Elliott who read the marriage vows, Ann Augusta "Gusta" Robertson, daughter of Creek missionaries William S. Robertson and Ann Eliza Worcester, and sister of Alice Robertson, US Rep. from OK; they had no children.
Napoleon and "Gusta" made their home at his 200 acre "Mule Shoe Ranch" which was 3 1/2 miles from the present town of Haskell, OK. While no children were born to this couple, their home was a refuge for numerous orphans and Mrs. Moore helped to educate 20 young people.
In 1908, they built a stone church in the town of Haskell as a memorial to her parents called "Robertson Memorial Chapel."
When Napoleon was in bad health, "Gusta" took him to Battle Creek, MI, for an improvement in his health, and he died there on 10 Oct 1911.
He was educated in the public schools of the Creek Nation; served as a Lt. in Col. D. N. McIntosh's Reg in the Confederate Army, fighting throughout the Civil War. He was a revenue collector for the Creek Nation and was elected to the House of Warriors for 4 yrs. and to the House of Kings for 4 yrs; he was the judge of the Supreme Court of The Creek Nation. He was later elected Treasurer of the Muskogee Nation.
He married on 20 Nov 1882 at Oswego, KS, in the home of the Rev. John Elliott who read the marriage vows, Ann Augusta "Gusta" Robertson, daughter of Creek missionaries William S. Robertson and Ann Eliza Worcester, and sister of Alice Robertson, US Rep. from OK; they had no children.
Napoleon and "Gusta" made their home at his 200 acre "Mule Shoe Ranch" which was 3 1/2 miles from the present town of Haskell, OK. While no children were born to this couple, their home was a refuge for numerous orphans and Mrs. Moore helped to educate 20 young people.
In 1908, they built a stone church in the town of Haskell as a memorial to her parents called "Robertson Memorial Chapel."
When Napoleon was in bad health, "Gusta" took him to Battle Creek, MI, for an improvement in his health, and he died there on 10 Oct 1911.
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