Josiah B. Moore
Birth 1825
Pocahontas County, West Virginia, USA
Death 1907 (aged 81–82)
Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Using a combination of a quadrangulation of information found in primary source documents and DNA testing, it has now been conclusively proven that Josiah B. Moore (referred to in some sources as Joseph Moore, Jr.) is the son of Joseph Moore and Hannah Cady Moore of Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
The quadrangulation of sources is as follows:
(1) In the 1850 Federal Census Josiah Moore, age 26, and his family are shown living next door to Joseph Moore, age 55, and his family. Joseph Moore's spouse, referred to as "H. Moore," lists her birthplace as Vermont.
(2) In the 1860 Federal Census, Josiah Moore is found living in Nicholas County, WV with his family.
(3) In the 1900 Federal Census Josiah Moore is found living in Kanawha Co., WV with his second wife, Rebecca, and their children; he lists his mother's birthplace as "Vermont."
(4) In the book Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia by William Thomas Price, published in 1901, the author states that "Joseph Moore was a soldier in the war of 1812. During his service he met and married Hannah Cady, in East Virginia. She was a native of Connecticut, and was a school teacher, and is spoken of by the older people as a sprightly person." He goes on to say that "Their family consisted of five daughters and three sons: Hannah, Sarah, Matilda, Margaret, Abigail, Daniel, Joseph, and Henry Harrison....Joseph Moore, Junior, went to Braxton County."
Although he lists Hannah Cady's birthplace as Connecticut instead of Vermont, it is beyond reasonable doubt that our Joseph and H. Moore from the 1850 census record are the same Joseph and Hannah Cady Moore spoken of here. When the author says that "Joseph Moore, Junior, went to Braxton County," it is also beyond reasonable doubt that he is speaking of Josiah Moore, who we know relocated to Nicholas County. Braxton and Nicholas counties border one another, so the mistake would be an easy one to make. As for calling him "Joseph Moore, Jr." instead of Josiah Moore, names so similar were often used interchangeably; and considering that this book was published at least forty years after Josiah and his family relocated to Nicholas County, it is not surprising that some details would become hazy.
In addition to this source information, DNA matches between 3 descendants of Joseph Moore and Hannah Cady have been confirmed.
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