| 词条 | John Franklin Moore |
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| name = John Franklin Moore | image = File:John Franklin Moore.jpg | image_size = | caption = John Franklin Moore, about 1870 | birth_name = John Franklin Moore | birth_date = August 3, 1822 | birth_place = Iredell County, North Carolina | death_date = July 22, 1877 | death_place = Iredell County, North Carolina | death_cause = | resting_place = Willow Valley Cemetery, Mooresville, North Carolina | resting_place_coordinates = | known_for = namesake of Mooresville, North Carolina | education = | employer = | occupation = farmer, brick maker, developer | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | father = James Moore | mother = Esther | spouse = Elizabeth Rachel (Summerow) Moore | children = 4 | relatives = | box_width = }}John Franklin Moore (August 3, 1822--July 26, 1877) was visionary, pioneer citizen, and namesake of Mooresville, North Carolina.[1][2][3] Early lifeJohn Franklin Moore was born on August 3, 1822 in Iredell County, North Carolina. He was the son of James Moore (1775-before 1836) and Esther (Unknown) Moore. John had seven siblings. He married Elizabeth (Eliza) Rachel Summerow/Sumrow (1818-1900) in March 1846 in Iredell County. John is mentioned in his sister Jane Moore’s will in 1836 and his mother Esther Moore’s will written in 1845.[4] CareerJohn was a small planter in Iredell County before 1856. The Western North Carolina Railroad was incorporated in 1855 and by 1856, the railroad tracks were placed on a natural ridge that crossed near the land of John Franklin Moore. Moore set up a depot on his land, and encouraged others to help establish a small village on the location in the late 1850s. The little village, known as Moore's Siding was born. The U.S. Civil War hampered developments, however, with the railroads track being removed to aid the Confederate efforts in Virginia. After the war, the tracks were returned, and Moore's Siding slowly began to prosper. Shortly after the Civil War, John Franklin Moore saw the need for the village to incorporate into a town. The town was incorporated as Mooresville in 1873. Mr. Moore also helped to establish the first brick making factory in Mooresville, and built some of the first brick buildings on Main Street in Mooresville. John Moore died on July 22, 1877 and his wife, Rachel Summrow Moore, continued the development of the town. References1. ^Keever, Homer M.; Iredell Piedmont County, with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mildred Jenkins Miller, published for the Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark, copyright, November 1976, by Homer M. Keever 2. ^The Heritage of Iredell County, 1980, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 28677, {{ISBN|0-89459-087-1}}, 642 pages with index 3. ^The Heritage of Iredell County, NC Vol II, 2000, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 29866, LC # 00-110956, 574 pages with index 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.themooresvillemuseum.org/blog/history-2/moore-family-history-2/|title=Moore Family History|author=Will F. Lowrance|accessdate=February 15, 2019}}
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