Some information on early Chenango Co. Settler and family. Enjoy Pat R SYLVANUS MOORE, was b. Simsbury, Conn., May 14, 1771; m. 1st, Betsey, dau. of Solomon and Sarah (Landers) Curtis, at Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., Dec. 20, 1797. She was b. Spencer, Mass., Dec. 29, 1777, and d. McDonough, Chenango Co., N. Y., July 28, 1822. He m. 2d, Polly Coville, Dec. 19, 1824, at McDonough. She d. 1882, 93 years of age. The following is the biographical sketch of Sylvanus Moore, written by his son Lysander, when 93 years of age: "He was one of the early settlers of Chenango Co., making the first settlement in the town of McDonough, emigrating from Simsbury, Conn., in 1795. In Oxford he met Henry W. Ludlow from New York, who had come here for the purpose of promoting the settlement of a large tract of land owned by his father in the town. From overtures made by Mr. Ludlow, among them a promise to speedily erect a sawmill upon the tract, Mr. Moore concluded to look at the land. He penetrated 5 miles an unbroken wilderness, following a line of blazed trees before he found a suitable location. He contracted for two hundred acres in the southeast part of the town and immediately commenced the work of clearing the land where he lived till he was 81 years old, and where he was finally buried. "His wealth consisted of his clothes, an axe and a few shillings in money. With the latter he procured a few days rations in Oxford and started with a stout heart and an indomitable will to carve the future history of the Moore family in Chenango Co. He soon succeeded to the agency of the Ludlow lands in the county on account of the dissipation of the son. This brought him into prominence with the people of the town where he successively held all the offices in the gift of the people." There were 12 children, 8 by the first marriage and 4 by the last. All were b. in McDonough township, Chenango Co., N. Y. I. * ELIZA T. MOORE, b. March 25, 1799. II. * WILLIAM SANFORD MOORE, b. Oct. 18, 1800. III. * NATHANIEL L. MOORE, b. Feb. 9, 1802. IV. JOSHUA B. MOORE, b. Jan. 15, 1804; d. --, 1828. V. * LYSANDER MOORE, b. Sept. 24, 1805. VI. * CYNTHIA H. MOORE, b. June 15, 1809. VII. * SYLVANUS MOORE, b. June 7, 1812. VIII. * ANDREW J. MOORE, b. Nov. 21, 1814. IX. * MARY E. MOORE, b. Oct. 18, 1825. X. SARAH N. MOORE, b. Dec. 25, 1826; d. Feb. --, 1827. XI. THOMAS L. MOORE, b. Feb. 13, 1828; m. Maria Randal, March 7, 1854. She d. Nov. 7, 1861. M. 2d, (???), Jan. 11, 1866. He is a carpenter, 51 Catharine St., Utica, N. Y. (1898). XII. * GEORGE H. MOORE, b. Sept. 10, 1830.