This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Moore/Miller/Howard/Bryant/Lent/Tilton/Hall/Hanna/Park/Cummings in Wilson Co. TN and Wabash Co. IL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UiB.2ACI/601.1 Message Board Post: Kevin, There is a remote possibility your Israel MOORE Sr. born 1765 and my John MOORE born 1772 could be brothers. 1 John MOORE ------------------------------ Birth 17 Jul 1772 Place unknown Died 20 Feb 1849 in Wabash Co. IL. Spouse Elizabeth last name unknown Birth 1781 Place unknown Died 27 Mar 1867 Wabash Co. IL Children of John and Elizabeth MOORE 1. James Moore Birth 16 Mar 1808 in Wilson Co. TN Died 16 Nov 1897 Boyd/Wasco Co. OR Lived in Lane Co. OR. Spouse Margaret Cummings Children of James and Margaret: a. Mary Jane born 12 Jan 1828/ Spouse Richard Tilton b. John Henry born 10 Aug 1829/Spouse Susan Ellen Hall c. Lucinda J. born 27 Feb 1832/Spouse John Hanna d. Elizabeth Ann born 21 Jul 1834/Spouse Azariah Park e. Henry Shively born 04 May 1838/Spouse Hannah J. Miller f. Geo Washington born 05 Jan 1842/Sp. Amanda Howard g. Hester C. born 28 May 1844/45/ Spouse Wm F. Bryant h. Alfred Wm born 12 Dec 1849/Spouse Mary Ellen Lent Hester and Wm F. Bryant line "g' are my line. 2. Eli Moore Birth about 1810 Possibly in Wilson Co. TN Spouse Fata or Philiphina Birth 1814 3. Israel Moore Birth about 1815 Possibly in Wilson Co. TN. Spouse Mary M. Turner Out of 8 children, 5 share or have the same names as your Israel and Elizabeth's Children. The John Moore Family re located to Wabash Co. IL where John and Elizabeth died. In 1853 the 3 brothers, James, Eli and Israel traveled by wagon train to Oregon where they settled in Lane Co. Eli and Israel went back to IL where they died. James remained in OR and married two more times after Margaret died. 2. to Elizabeth Osborne and 3. Nancy Lent Phelps/Phillips mother of Alfred Moore's wife Mary Ellen.