William h MOORE
Birth:
Abt 1820
New York, both parents born in NY
Death:
Aft 1880
in or around Iowa?
Marriage:
Abt 1848
New York?
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
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Hannah (UNKNOWN)
Birth:
NY
Death:
Abt 1857
possibly near Portland, Michigan
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
24 Feb 1849
Andover?, Allegany Co., New York
Death:
5 Jul 1899
Hayes Center, Hayes Co., Nebraska
Notes:
Edwin G. Moore fell 256 feet into a well and met instant death. The village was startled on Friday morning last when word when word was brought in that E.G.Moore, residing 6 miles northwest, had fallen into his well from which he was pulling the pump. A number of our citizens repaired to the place immediately, and found the story only to true. It appears that the well needed cleaning out and Mr. Moore had engaged Will Thompson, a well repairer, to do the work. The work was to be done on Friday and on that morning Thompson had a few hours work to do before going to Moore's, so the latter thought to hasten the work by pulling the pump and 256 feet of inch and a half pipe before Thompsonarrived. He had succeeded in raising the pipe by means of pulleys until threejoints 18 feet long had been uncoupled and taken out. As the pipe was beingraised to remove the 4th section the chain around the pipe began to slip andthe pipe to disceed. Moore standing on the platform stooped over to tighten the pipe-tongs, but the pipe was going ro fast. When it slipped down to the knuckle joint at the end of the peipe it was going rapidly and the weight of the pipe broke the pulley fasteneing loose at the top and the whole weight of about 200 feet of one and a half inch iron pipe was brought to bear on the platform on which Moore was standing, smashing it in and carrying Moore with it into the well. This occurred at about 10 o'clock in the forenoon, but it was quite 1 o'clock before arrangements were perfected to remove the body. Then itwas discovered that the well had caved in places and it was thought to dangerous an undertaking for any man to risk his life in going down into the well.Preperations were made to curb the dangerous places, but along in the afternoon Dan Christner arrived at the scene of the accident and volunteered to godown and examine the condition of things. lBeing experienced in such work hewas lowered to the bottom of the well attached a rope to the lifeless body ofMoore and was soon drawn safely to the top. The death of Moore must have been instantanious soon after falling in and it is beleived that it occured within 50 feet of the top as the indication that he struck on the end of the 200 feet of lead standing in the well, his head and face being split open as if done by the end of the rod. Edwin G. Moore was born February 24, 1849 in Allegheny County, New York. His parents moved to Portland Michigan when he was 5 years of age, and his mother died when he was about 8 years of age. The father then moved to Freeborn, Minnesota where the deceased grew to manhood. He wasmarried April 14, 1869 to Miss Electa M. Towne, at Hartland, Iowa and in 1885 they removed to Cambridge, Neb, locating a homestead 6 miles northwest of Hayes Center in 1886, where they have since resided, Deceased leaves a widow and six children to morn his loss. He was an energetic citizen and a large manphysically being over 6 feet and weighing more than 200 pounds. The funeralwas held from the ME Church of Hayes Center and the remains consigned to thefamily lot in the village cemetery on Sunday afternoon, followed by lthe largest funeral procession ever seen here. The sermon preaced by Rev. James and the obsiquies conducted by the Odd Fellows, of which order deceased but recently become a member. [Northwood, Iowa and Marquette, Nebraska papers please copy]
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William h Moore - Hannah (Unknown)
William h Moore
was born at New York, both parents born in NY Abt 1820.
He married Hannah (Unknown) Abt 1848 at New York? .
They were the parents of 1
child:
Edwin Gershianham Moore
born 24 Feb 1849.
William h Moore died Aft 1880 at in or around Iowa? .
Hannah (Unknown) died Abt 1857 at possibly near Portland, Michigan .