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Moore, John, a High Councilor in the Nebo Stake of Zion, was born Oct. 4, 1838, in the village of Borrowash, Derbyshire, England, the son of Thomas Moore and Ann West. His mother died in 1840 and his father in 1844. Thus he was left an orphan to be raised by his grandfather, William West, who with his family embraced "Mormonism" and emigrated to America in 1851. They finally reached Great Salt Lake Valley in September 1853, and after residing temporarily in Bountiful, Davis county, Grantsville, Tooele county, and Provo, Utah county, they located in Spanish Fork in 1856. The subject of this sketch was baptized in October, 1854, by Jesse West; ordained a Priest, in 1855, by David Fullmer; ordained an Elder Dec. 1, 1857, by James Youd, at Spanish Fork; ordained a Seventy by Andrew Ferguson March 10, 1873, and ordained a High Priest and set apart as a High Councilor in the Nebo Stake Feb. 7, 1901. In 1860 (Oct. 1st) Elder Moore married Caroline Hicks who bore him eight children, three sons and five daughters. His wife died May 9, 1878. In 1891-93 he filled a mission to England, laboring in the Nottingham conference and afterwards presiding over the Scottish conference. In returning home in 1893 he had charge of a company of Saints and returning Elders. Elder Moore served Spanish Fork city for twenty years as councilman, alderman and city recorder. He also served as precinct justice of Spanish Fork four years and as a representative in the 31st session of the Territorial legislature in 1893, He labored as a Sunday school teacher for nearly thirty years, served as captain in the Nauvoo legion, in Utah county, and advanced to the rank of major. He has labored in many other positions, chief of which has been salesman in and officer of the Spanish Fork Co-operative Institution, which he assisted in organizing in 1867; he now acts as its secretary. For a number of years he served on its board of directors. This co-operative institution claims the distinction of being the first of its kind ever organized in Utah.
Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. Salt Lake City 2:162 |
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