OBITUARY of Mary (Richtstine) Moore
March 29, 1903. It was a notable pioneer who passed away when Mrs. Mary Moore died in Elmwood Illinois last Sunday afternoon. Mary Richtstine was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, April 30,1821. Of the family to which she belonged only one remains, her
sister, Margaret Richtstine. She came with her family by wagon from the Pennsylvania home to Butler County, Ohio, arriving in December, 1836. They came by way of Altoona over the summit of the Allegheny mountains, and further along struck the famous National Road upon which work was going on. She was married to David Moore January 31, 1840. He died January 3, 1892. So their married life had lasted nearly 52 years. Of their five children, one died in infancy. The living are George M., Mrs. Mary E. Martz, Jacob H., and Mrs. Susan A. Gooding. There are seventeen grand-children. Mr. and Mrs. Moore removed to Illinois in 1860, arriving in Elmwood Ill. March 14. They settled soon after in the French Grove neighborhood, where was their home ever after. Their son George having enlisted in the army in 1862 Mrs. Moore became deeply interested in work for the soldiers. She faithfully attended all the meetings held from house to house by the ladies of her neighborhood to make garments and do other work for the boys in blue as long as the Civil War lasted. On account of her skill and industry the cutting of the garments was turned over to her. Perhaps it will never be known to how great an extent the success of the Union armies was due to such devoted patriotic women. While spending a part of last winter with her son George and his family in Peoria, Mrs. Moore was received with great honor and reverence as an honorary member of the George A. Wilson Grand Army Circle of that
city. It was as a mother of a soldier that she was entitled to this distinction. At 16 or 17 years of age Mrs. Moore professed her faith in her Savior and became a communicant in the German Reformed or German Presbyterian church of Germantown, Ohio. She and her husband united with the French Grove Presbyterian church in February 1877. He was one of its ruling elders until his death, and she continued to the end one of its faithful members. The different pastors found her always a true friend and helper. Though quiet and unassuming, she nobly bore her part in the work of the church. Mrs. Moore was of German descent and could read both German and English. Her grandfather, a finely educated man, escaped from Germany to avoid military service, which he regarded as a tyrannical imposition. He was eighteen months on the ocean in a sailing vessel which it was once feared would never reach land. On arriving he was sold for a term of years to the highest bidder to pay the expense of this long passage. It was very interesting to hear from Mrs. Moore the events of days long past which were very firmly held by her fine memory. "At the same time she had a clear grasp of things that happened in later years, which is not common with people so old. She was taken with lung fever March 25 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Martz, where she died March 29, and whence her remains, after a hymn and prayer, were taken to the French Grove church Wednesday, April 1. Funeral services were conducted there at 1 o'clock in the afternoon by Rev. J.W. Keller and Rev. B.Y. George, and the mortal part of this good old woman was laid to rest in the French Grove cemetery.
March 29, 1903. It was a notable pioneer who passed away when Mrs. Mary Moore died in Elmwood Illinois last Sunday afternoon. Mary Richtstine was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, April 30,1821. Of the family to which she belonged only one remains, her
sister, Margaret Richtstine. She came with her family by wagon from the Pennsylvania home to Butler County, Ohio, arriving in December, 1836. They came by way of Altoona over the summit of the Allegheny mountains, and further along struck the famous National Road upon which work was going on. She was married to David Moore January 31, 1840. He died January 3, 1892. So their married life had lasted nearly 52 years. Of their five children, one died in infancy. The living are George M., Mrs. Mary E. Martz, Jacob H., and Mrs. Susan A. Gooding. There are seventeen grand-children. Mr. and Mrs. Moore removed to Illinois in 1860, arriving in Elmwood Ill. March 14. They settled soon after in the French Grove neighborhood, where was their home ever after. Their son George having enlisted in the army in 1862 Mrs. Moore became deeply interested in work for the soldiers. She faithfully attended all the meetings held from house to house by the ladies of her neighborhood to make garments and do other work for the boys in blue as long as the Civil War lasted. On account of her skill and industry the cutting of the garments was turned over to her. Perhaps it will never be known to how great an extent the success of the Union armies was due to such devoted patriotic women. While spending a part of last winter with her son George and his family in Peoria, Mrs. Moore was received with great honor and reverence as an honorary member of the George A. Wilson Grand Army Circle of that
city. It was as a mother of a soldier that she was entitled to this distinction. At 16 or 17 years of age Mrs. Moore professed her faith in her Savior and became a communicant in the German Reformed or German Presbyterian church of Germantown, Ohio. She and her husband united with the French Grove Presbyterian church in February 1877. He was one of its ruling elders until his death, and she continued to the end one of its faithful members. The different pastors found her always a true friend and helper. Though quiet and unassuming, she nobly bore her part in the work of the church. Mrs. Moore was of German descent and could read both German and English. Her grandfather, a finely educated man, escaped from Germany to avoid military service, which he regarded as a tyrannical imposition. He was eighteen months on the ocean in a sailing vessel which it was once feared would never reach land. On arriving he was sold for a term of years to the highest bidder to pay the expense of this long passage. It was very interesting to hear from Mrs. Moore the events of days long past which were very firmly held by her fine memory. "At the same time she had a clear grasp of things that happened in later years, which is not common with people so old. She was taken with lung fever March 25 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Martz, where she died March 29, and whence her remains, after a hymn and prayer, were taken to the French Grove church Wednesday, April 1. Funeral services were conducted there at 1 o'clock in the afternoon by Rev. J.W. Keller and Rev. B.Y. George, and the mortal part of this good old woman was laid to rest in the French Grove cemetery.
OBITUARY of Mary (Richtstine) Moore
March 29, 1903. It was a notable pioneer who passed away when Mrs. Mary Moore died in Elmwood Illinois last Sunday afternoon. Mary Richtstine was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, April 30,1821. Of the family to which she belonged only one remains, her
sister, Margaret Richtstine. She came with her family by wagon from the Pennsylvania home to Butler County, Ohio, arriving in December, 1836. They came by way of Altoona over the summit of the Allegheny mountains, and further along struck the famous National Road upon which work was going on. She was married to David Moore January 31, 1840. He died January 3, 1892. So their married life had lasted nearly 52 years. Of their five children, one died in infancy. The living are George M., Mrs. Mary E. Martz, Jacob H., and Mrs. Susan A. Gooding. There are seventeen grand-children. Mr. and Mrs. Moore removed to Illinois in 1860, arriving in Elmwood Ill. March 14. They settled soon after in the French Grove neighborhood, where was their home ever after. Their son George having enlisted in the army in 1862 Mrs. Moore became deeply interested in work for the soldiers. She faithfully attended all the meetings held from house to house by the ladies of her neighborhood to make garments and do other work for the boys in blue as long as the Civil War lasted. On account of her skill and industry the cutting of the garments was turned over to her. Perhaps it will never be known to how great an extent the success of the Union armies was due to such devoted patriotic women. While spending a part of last winter with her son George and his family in Peoria, Mrs. Moore was received with great honor and reverence as an honorary member of the George A. Wilson Grand Army Circle of that
city. It was as a mother of a soldier that she was entitled to this distinction. At 16 or 17 years of age Mrs. Moore professed her faith in her Savior and became a communicant in the German Reformed or German Presbyterian church of Germantown, Ohio. She and her husband united with the French Grove Presbyterian church in February 1877. He was one of its ruling elders until his death, and she continued to the end one of its faithful members. The different pastors found her always a true friend and helper. Though quiet and unassuming, she nobly bore her part in the work of the church. Mrs. Moore was of German descent and could read both German and English. Her grandfather, a finely educated man, escaped from Germany to avoid military service, which he regarded as a tyrannical imposition. He was eighteen months on the ocean in a sailing vessel which it was once feared would never reach land. On arriving he was sold for a term of years to the highest bidder to pay the expense of this long passage. It was very interesting to hear from Mrs. Moore the events of days long past which were very firmly held by her fine memory. "At the same time she had a clear grasp of things that happened in later years, which is not common with people so old. She was taken with lung fever March 25 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Martz, where she died March 29, and whence her remains, after a hymn and prayer, were taken to the French Grove church Wednesday, April 1. Funeral services were conducted there at 1 o'clock in the afternoon by Rev. J.W. Keller and Rev. B.Y. George, and the mortal part of this good old woman was laid to rest in the French Grove cemetery.
March 29, 1903. It was a notable pioneer who passed away when Mrs. Mary Moore died in Elmwood Illinois last Sunday afternoon. Mary Richtstine was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, April 30,1821. Of the family to which she belonged only one remains, her
sister, Margaret Richtstine. She came with her family by wagon from the Pennsylvania home to Butler County, Ohio, arriving in December, 1836. They came by way of Altoona over the summit of the Allegheny mountains, and further along struck the famous National Road upon which work was going on. She was married to David Moore January 31, 1840. He died January 3, 1892. So their married life had lasted nearly 52 years. Of their five children, one died in infancy. The living are George M., Mrs. Mary E. Martz, Jacob H., and Mrs. Susan A. Gooding. There are seventeen grand-children. Mr. and Mrs. Moore removed to Illinois in 1860, arriving in Elmwood Ill. March 14. They settled soon after in the French Grove neighborhood, where was their home ever after. Their son George having enlisted in the army in 1862 Mrs. Moore became deeply interested in work for the soldiers. She faithfully attended all the meetings held from house to house by the ladies of her neighborhood to make garments and do other work for the boys in blue as long as the Civil War lasted. On account of her skill and industry the cutting of the garments was turned over to her. Perhaps it will never be known to how great an extent the success of the Union armies was due to such devoted patriotic women. While spending a part of last winter with her son George and his family in Peoria, Mrs. Moore was received with great honor and reverence as an honorary member of the George A. Wilson Grand Army Circle of that
city. It was as a mother of a soldier that she was entitled to this distinction. At 16 or 17 years of age Mrs. Moore professed her faith in her Savior and became a communicant in the German Reformed or German Presbyterian church of Germantown, Ohio. She and her husband united with the French Grove Presbyterian church in February 1877. He was one of its ruling elders until his death, and she continued to the end one of its faithful members. The different pastors found her always a true friend and helper. Though quiet and unassuming, she nobly bore her part in the work of the church. Mrs. Moore was of German descent and could read both German and English. Her grandfather, a finely educated man, escaped from Germany to avoid military service, which he regarded as a tyrannical imposition. He was eighteen months on the ocean in a sailing vessel which it was once feared would never reach land. On arriving he was sold for a term of years to the highest bidder to pay the expense of this long passage. It was very interesting to hear from Mrs. Moore the events of days long past which were very firmly held by her fine memory. "At the same time she had a clear grasp of things that happened in later years, which is not common with people so old. She was taken with lung fever March 25 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Martz, where she died March 29, and whence her remains, after a hymn and prayer, were taken to the French Grove church Wednesday, April 1. Funeral services were conducted there at 1 o'clock in the afternoon by Rev. J.W. Keller and Rev. B.Y. George, and the mortal part of this good old woman was laid to rest in the French Grove cemetery.
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