John M. Moore
Full Name: John Marks Davenport Moore
Date of birth: March 21, 1811
Date of death: August 20, 1892
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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30
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Jan 12, 1875 - Apr 18, 1876
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14th
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Democrat
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Corpus Christi / Nueces
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Bexar, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo, Kinney, La Salle, McMullen, Maverick, Medina, Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala, Encinal
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(1)
14th Legislature, 2nd C.S. - John M. Moore, member elect from the 30th Senatorial District, oath of office and added to committees, 1/12/1875, pp. 4, 9.
House Journal.
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John M. Moore, in special election 11/1874, succeeded P.F. Murphy, resigned 10/2/1874.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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MOORE, JOHN MARKS DAVENPORT (1811-1892).
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch of Harriet Eliza Moore, wife of John Marks Davenport Moore.
Old Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, 2001.
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Obituary, Col. John M. D. Moore, 9/16/1892.
Corpus Christi Caller.
Mentioned in "Slavery Was Not Widespread Here," 10/21/1998.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
Library collection includes: "The Moore Papers: Calendar of Events and documentation of historical happenings in the lives of the Moore family with emphasis on Col. John M. Moore's life including his issuing of a contract for the cutting of a ship channel between Corpus Christi and Aransas Pass in 1850s."
Corpus Christi Public Library.
Relatives: John Marks Davenport Moore - uncle; John Marks Moore [son of George Fleming Moore] - nephew, p. 9. Mary Garland Marks Moore, mother of John Marks Davenport Moore, was the step-sister of American explorer Meriwether Lewis, p. 8. Marks-Barnett Families and Their Kin.
HeritageQuest Online.
"Col. John M. Moore," reprint of Nueces Valley article, 11/14/1874, p. 2. "The election of Col. Moore to fill the unexpired term of Hon. P.F. Murphy will place in the Legislature a good citizen and an accomplished gentleman."
Old Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, 2001.
Mentioned in Chapter VIII, "When the War Ended," pp. 32-37,
The Story of Corpus Christi, 1917.
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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