BRAGG, CHICK, GRIFFITH, MOORE, SENSENEY "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Tuesday, August 24, 1915 THE END TO WILLIAM F. MOORE. William Franklin MOORE died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. K. GRIFFITH, 3114 Flora Avenue. He was born October 23, 1833, in Strasburg, Va., and moved to Sheridan County, Missouri, in 1854. He joined the Confederate forces under General PRICE at the beginning of the Civil War and served in the commissary department. He was held as a prisoner on Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie, the last twenty-six months of the war. Mr. MOORE married Miss Emma CHICK August 28, 1867, in Sheridan County. He was a pioneer in the live stock business. He organized the Metcalf-Moore Live Stock Company in St. Louis in 1873 and came to Kansas City January, 1888, where he established a branch office. He retired in 1891. Mr. MOORE was a Mason and belonged to the first lodge of Odd Fellows in St. Louis, Mo. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma CHICK MOORE; two daughters, Mrs. J. K. GRIFFITH and Miss Julia MOORE; four sons, William H. MOORE, 124 Hunter Avenue, assistant manager of the Evans-Snider-Buel Live Stock Company; Sidney MOORE, 4008 Holly Street, cashier of the Stock Yards National Bank, and Joseph S. MOORE and John B. MOORE of Katy, Tex.; three sisters, Mrs. Mary BRAGG, 346 North Lawndale Avenue; Mrs. Julia BRAGG, 3719 Robert Gillham Road and Mrs. Mary SENSENEY of St. Louis, and one brother, Strother M. MOORE of Mendon, Mo. The funeral will be at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the home of Mrs. J. K. GRIFFITH. Burial will be in Mount Washington Cemetery. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================