Agnes Jane Moore

4 Agnes Jane Laird, b on Kerr s Creek, in Rockbridge Co., Va, Aug. 30, 1844=Capt. John Preston Moore, son of William. T. Moore and Nancy Welch Wilson, Sept. 29, 1868. Capt. Moore was b on Kerr s Creek, in Rockbridge Co., Va, Fob. 26, 1841, and was educated in Rockbridge and Augusta Counties, Va. He commanded a company of volunteers from Rockbridge County in the Southern army, in the war between the States, and was twice wounded (very severely), in the battle of Port Republic, Va, June 9, 1862. Being permanently disabled by his wounds from field service, in 1863, he was made enrolling officer of Bath County, Va, and, in 1864, was appointed by the secretary of War, commandant of the military post at Lexington, Va, and served as such until the end of the war. After its close he was deputy sheriff from Nov. 6, 1865, to May 2, 1870, when he became clerk of the county court of his native county, and served as such, continuously, until July 1, 1893—a period of more than 23 years. Soon after retiring from the clerk's office, he began the practice of law, in Lexington, Va, associating with him his son, under the firm name of Moore & Moore, and they together have since enjoyed an extensive practice,

• [a] Dr. John William Moore, born on Kerr's Creek, in Rockbridge Co., Va, Nov. 6, 1869, was educated at Washington and Lee University, and was graduated in medicine and surgery, from the University of New York and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, in May 1899. He took a post-graduate course in the Polyclinic Hospital and also in Bellevue Hospital, New York, graduating at the former Jan. 1, 1900, and at the latter Jan. 1, 1902.
• He has since been one of the examining physicians of the Equitable Life Insurance Co., at the general office in New York City.
• [b] Frank Moore, b in Lexington, Va, Sept. 14, 1871, was educated at Washington and Lee University, taking the degree of Bachelor of Law, in 1896. He has since practised his profession successfully, in Lexington, Va, being associated with his father under the firm name of Moore & Moore.
• [c] Mary Elizabeth Moore, b in Lexington, Va, June 20, 1876,
• [d] Martha Laird Moore, b near Lexington, Va, Dec. 19, 1882..... - - - III John Calvin Laird - pgs. 212-218 The Paxtons Their Origin in Scotland, and Their Migrations through England and Ireland, to the Colony of Pennsylvania, whence they moved South and West, and Found Homes in Many States and Territories: We Are One By W. M. PAXT0N, of PLATTE CITY, MO.,LANDMARK PRINT Platte City, Missouri 1903
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