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    JOHN ORMOND MOORE

    JOHN ORMOND MOORE, whose business has been that of painter and paper hanger at Piqua for many years, resides on a beautiful farm on the Troy Pike, in Staunton Township. He was born in Lost Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio, September 5, 1860, and is a son of William and Maria (Shidaker) Moore, and a grandson of Philip Moore.

    Philip Moore, who probably was a native of Scotland, came west from Pennsylvania in a wagon to Miami County, Ohio, and here passed the most of his days. He and his wife, Rebecca, were parents of the following children: Ruth, deceased; Sallie. Susan, de ceased; George, who was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War; Charles, deceased; John; William, also deceased.

    William Moore, father of the subject of this record, was born in the eastern part of Miami County, and spent his boyhood days in the vicinity of Addison. He became a painter by trade and after his marriage settled on a farm in Lost Creek Township. Later they moved to Georgia, where he died, but his widow now lives at the old home in Lost Creek Township, aged seventy-five years. She was in maiden life, Maria Shidaker, and came from near Tippecanoe City, where her father was the owner of 300 acres of land. They became parent, of the following children: Minnie, wife of John Mann; Caroline, widow of Webster Shidaker; George, deceased; John Ormond; Savannah Ellen, who died at nine years; Rose, wife of Alva Gabriel; and Arthur E.

    John O. Moore spent his boyhood days on the farm and lived at home until his marriage in 1888, when he moved to Piqua and worked at his trade as painter and paper hanger. He continued there with uninterrupted success until 1895, when he purchased his present property of ten acres in Staunton Township, about three and a half miles north of Troy. He also owns three properties in Piqua, two of them on Boal Avenue, and one on South Avenue.

    Mr. Moore was married March 7,1888, to Miss Sedora M. Angle, a daughter of John P. and Sarah G. (Orr) Angle, both now deceased. Her father died in February, 1897, at the age of seventy-five years, and her mother on October 28, 1908 at the age of ninety years. Five children were born to bless the union of Mr. and Moore, namely: Bertha May, who is endowed with superior musical talents and has been an instructor on the piano since she was fifteen years old; one who died in infancy; Ormond A.; Gladys M. and Kenneth P. Miss Bertha May Moore is a graduate in music of the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, Michigan, and undoubtedly inherits a love of music from her father. She is the composer of three pieces of music of unusual merit. While he has received no musical training, Mr. Moore has the talent and has always played on the organ; his oldest son plays the cornet, and the three spend many pleasant evenings with their music. It is a very entertaining and hospitable family, as their many friends will attest, and in the summer there are few days passed which do not witness the arrival of crowds of young people from Piqua in search of entertainment in the beautiful little park and the fine bathing stream on their farm. In the winter many sled-loads come out to enjoy the hospitality of their home. Mr. Moore is a Republican in politics. In fraternal affiliation, he is a member of Piqua Lodge, No. 180, 1.O.O.F. Religiously, he and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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