John H. Moore
born June 8, 1840 (per tombstone)
City of Boston Birth Records: No record of John Henry Moore in Boston 1800-48 or Annex Towns (1629-1912)

Enlisted in Company A 6th Regiment, Aug 1, 1861 at Battle Creek. Residence: Calhoun County. [Source: Michigan Volunteer Descriptive Rolls. Michigan State Archives (film L.D.S.)]

Enrolled in Company A 6th Regiment, Aug 20, 1861
born in Boston, MA.

Promoted to Corporal 25 May 1862
Promoted to Sergeant 6 Sep 1863

Reenlisted at Port Hudson, LA. 1 Feb 1864:
born in Boston, MA. aged 25, blue eyes, black hair, dark complexion, five foot eight inches

Promoted to First Sergeant 1 Jun 1865
Mustered out 20 Aug 1865, age 25.

Engaged in battles of Baton Rounge, Pontchatoula, Port Hudson. Bayou Sehca[?], Spanish Fort, Forts Hagen and Tracy [Source: Soldiers Discharge paper in homestead file]

Certificate of Marriage (copy of original owned by Kimball):
1 Apr 1864 Marshall, MI.
John H. Moore of Battle Creek aged 25
Celestia A. Burch of Battle Creek aged 21
married by David E. Millard, ordained Minister of the Gospel
witnesses: Wm Barney Jr of Marshall and Mrs Eliza Barney of Marshall.

Calhoun County Marriages 1836-1890 (at Willard Library):
Jno. Henry Moore and Celista A. Burch April 1, 1864.

They were married during 6th Regiment furlough back in Michigan. John Moore's writing book has the following written on it "Celestia Burch". (Margaret Jones has the writing book). Therefore John must have known Celestia before his furlough.

1860 Census: 1st Ward Marshall, Calhoun Co, MI.
William Barney 25 b. NY
Eliza Barney 20 b. NY
Warren Barney 3 b. MI


1870 Census: Pennfield Twp, Calhoun Co, MI.
John H. Moore 32 b. Rhode Island
Celestia 27 b. Rhode Island
Frederick 3 b. Mich
William C. 2 b. Mich

1880 Census: Pennfield Twp, Calhoun Co, MI.
John Moore 42 b. R.I. f.b. Mass m.b. [NH?]
Celestia 37 NY. NY NY
Fred 13 Mich R.I. NY
William 11 " " "
Ned 8 " " "
Myron 4 " " "


Homestead Claim: October 1884
2 June 1883 began living on NE 1/4 Section 18, Twp 127, Range 58 160 acres. House 16x32 feet, 8 ft posts of lumber, shingle roof, cellar 10x24 ft; sod stable 18x24 ft; corn crib 5x16 ft, 8 ft. high; well 13 ft deep; brocken and backset 35 acres, 13 acres of wheat, 5 acres oats, 4 acres corn. Total value $500.
Lived with wife and five children.
Homestead approved 6 Apr 1885, Patented 11 Feb 1887, Recorded Vol 4, p. 325.




1885 South Dakota State Census: (LDS film)
John H. Moore 49 b. NY/RI? fb. MA mb. MA
Celestia A. 42 b. NY NY NY
Wm C. 17 b. MI NY NY
Ned F. 13 " " "
Myron M 10 " " "
Winnie A 4 " " "


Invalid Military Pension application May 1891: Britton, SD.
5 feet, 8 inches, 128 pounds, aged 52 years, claimed "injury to knee while unloading gun at siege of Spanish Fort."
approved 3 Dec 1891 "disease of heart and knee joints" $8.00

1890 Vet Census: Burch, Miller Twp, Marshall Co, SD.
John H. Moore 1st Serg Co A, 6 Mich HA, enlisted 20 Aug 1861, discharge 20 Aug 1865

Wife Celestia A. Moore died 18 Dec 1888, Britton SD.

John Henry Moore died 31 Jan 1897 Britton, SD.
(Jan 31: per Estate papers and Pension papers;
Jan 30 per tombstone)
Frazen Funeral Chapel records: John Moore buried in Lot 73 of Britton Cemetery.







Children:

Frederick Henry b. 12 Oct 1866
back in Michigan in Feb 1888, in Astoria, OR. in 1897
m. 4 May 1896 to Anna J. Meridan
d. 20 Mar 1955


William C. born ca. 1868 (no birth record found)
to Riverside CA. by 1897, m. Mary Gerard


Ned F.
(Franklin H. Moore b.21 Jul 1872, father b.Rhode Island, m b.NY
1900 Census: in Astoria, OR.
single, died 17 Apr 1904 Riverside. CA.

Myron M Moore b. 9 Jun 1875, father b. Mass, mother b. NY
living in Aberdeen in jan 1897, married 14 Oct 1897, Abedeen, Brown Co. SD., moved to Oregon

Winnie A Moore b. 26 Dec 1880, father b.Rhode Island mother b. NY
1885/8 went to Battle Creek to live with relatives until ca. 1899
m. 14 Mar 1900 in CA. to Charles Alfred Cover
d. 20 May 1977 San luis Obispo, CA.