Dear Beth,
Yes, I think we definitely need to be in touch with each other. I'm not sure whether you are a family member or a researcher. In either case, I'm interested. My knowledge of the Moore family is very spotty, and I've learned a lot online. I wasn't aware of the Salvation Army association until recently, though I know he was a devout evangelical Christian.
I have the death notice, stating that Thomas E. Moore died on January 9, 1898 at 57 years old. I still don't know his birthday. I have very yellowed newspaper clippings describing the event. And I have the Bible that he had on the pulpit when he died--as well as the bloodstone ring that belonged to his wife, Ellen Maria Hogg Moore.
My father was Carrie's (Caroline Alice Moore McGinnis's) grandson, and she was a very important presence in his life until she died when he was ten. My father and my grandmother, who hailed from Omaha, Nebraska, are long gone. My grandmother died in 1997, and my father in 2007. The only one of Carrie's siblings that my father knew well was his Uncle Will, who lived in Lincoln, Nebraska. I'm not sure exactly when he died, but I suspect it was the early '60s.
I can't lay my hands on it now, but I have Caroline Moore's birth certificate somewhere, giving the address at which she was born in Forest Gate, and listing her father's profession as "Professor of Religion." I know I have also seen another document somewhere that described him as a "jewel merchant." I was told that he had some connection to Tiffanys in New York.
Beyond that, I'm in the dark. I've always wanted to know more of the story.
Best wishes,
Carol
