Moore, Sidney LAST: Moore FIRST: Sidney MID:  GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE:  BORN: 1837 DIED: 5 Oct 1898 BURIED:  (Smith Cemetery) OCCUPATION:   BIRTH PLACE:  Missouri DEATH PLACE: Independence, Polk Co, Oregon NOTES:  1st MARRIAGE - to Amanda --- 1870 MO CENSUS - Sidney Moore (34y, b Missouri, works on farm); enumerated with him was Amanda (20y, b Kentucky) 1880 OR CENSUS - Sidney Moore (43y, b Missouri, occupation laborer) enumerated with him was wife Amanda I. (29y, b Kentucky), 3 children, Stewart (9y, b Missouri), Mary E. (7y, b Nebraska) and Esther J. (6m, b Nov 1879, Oregon) and a boarder Nettie L. Kiger (18y, b Oregon) ? 2nd MARRIAGE - Sidney Moore & Mrs Olivia V. Johnson m 2 Oct 1892, Polk Co, Oregon Headstone Application - Sidney Moore, veteran of Co B, 23 Mo Inf, died 5 Oct 1898, Independence, Oregon BIOGRAPHICAL - Sid Moore who flourished years ago as a gambler in this city, thinks he ought to have a pension. He has made application to the government, and Special Agent E.E. Hogue of Portland was in town the first of the week gathering up data on Mr Moore’s behalf. Sid claims he fought and bled for his country in the war of the rebellion. – Corvallis Times Polk County Observer, Friday, August 12, 1898, 1:4 OBITUARY:  INSCRIPTION:  Sidney Moore Co. B 23rd Mo. Inf. SOURCES:  1870 MO CENSUS (Johnson Co, Rose Hill, FA#86) 1880 ORCENSUS (Benton Co, Corvallis, ED 5, FA#150) Polk Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, Vol 3 Veterans Headstone Applications (FamilySearch.org) Polk County Observer, 12 Aug 1898, 1:4 CONTACTS:  ROW: 34-4