Jesse Haile MOORE

• Name	Jesse Haile MOORE
  Gender	Unknown
  _UID	80068A73E4BE3644A89F78C025F5E96485E9
  Person ID	I7360	Steeles_Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	James MOORE,   b. 1789
  Mother	Joicy STEELE,   b. Abt 1790, Va. ,   d. 29 Oct 1865  (Age 75 years)
  Married	29 Mar 1810	Belleville, St. Clair Cty, IL
  Family ID	F1389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  General Jesse (Hale) Haile Moore (Son of Joice Steele who was the daughter of John Steele, Sr.) By Betty Marty (Copyright © Curtis Media Corporation and St. Clair CountyGenealogical Society -- 1988. Originally published in the "History ofSt. Clair County, Illinois", by St. Clair County Genealogical Society,PO Box 431, Belleville, IL 62222-0431. Reprinted with permission andwith corrections made by author, Betty Marty.) Jesse Haile Moore, son of James Moore and Joice Steele, was born inthe old Union Grove settlement of St. Clair County, about a mile southof Summerfield, April 22, 1817. Jesse was named after the Methodistpreacher Jesse Haile, who was on the Illinois circuit at the time ofJesse's birth. Jesse Moore was a lifelong friend of Jesse Haile andwas with Reverend Haile at his death in 1844. James Moore was an early settler of St. Clair County. He served in theWar of 1812, purchased land in section 33 of Township 2 North Range 6West in 1814, and was active in the Union Grove Methodist Church. Hewas for many years Overseer to the Poor for Chambers Township. JamesMoore died on September 20, 1846, after being stabbed by John S.Edwards in Lebanon. Joice Moore, a native of Virginia, died at age 72in 1865. Jesse Haile Moore was an outstanding citizen. In his diary he oncewrote that he wished to be "true to God, true to man, and true tocountry". His life shows how well he fulfilled these aims. He was aneducator, a clergyman, a soldier, and a statesman. During hischildhood, Jesse worked on his father's farm and got his earlyeducation in the Union Grove log school house. He was graduated fromMcKendree College with a B.A. in 1842, later receiving an M.A. (1845)and an honorary L.L.D. (1871). He married Rachel Handley Hynes,daughter of Samuel T. and Elizabeth Hynes, of St. Clair County, onSeptember 13, 1842. Jesse Moore was very interested in the education of young people. Hefirst taught in Nashville, Washington County, then organized theGeorgetown Seminary in Vermilion County. He later was principal of theParis Seminary and Chaddock College in Quincy. Licensed to preach in1846, Jesse was also active in the Methodist Church. After preachingin several small towns, he became the pastor of the First UnitedMethodist Church of Decatur in 1856. He was very popular as a preacherand a patriotic speaker. In 1862, yielding to the urgings of fellowcitizens, he accepted a commission as Colonel and raised the 115thIllinois regiment. He received honorable mention for bravery atChicamauga, where his horse was twice shot out from under him. InApril, 1865, he was given the rank of Brigadier -- General byPresident Lincoln for "gallant and meritorious services during thewar". After the Civil War, Jesse Moore served as Presiding Elder of theDecatur District of the Methodist church. In 1868 and in 1870, he waselected a representative to the United States Congress from the 7th Spring 2007 Illinois District. Because of poor health, he declined to run in 1872,returning once more to the ministry. In 1881, President James Garfieldappointed General Moore U.S. Consul to Peru, where he served until hisdeath from yellow fever in 1883. At his death, Jesse Haile Moore had seven living children. His oldestdaughter, Sarah J. J. Moore, who married Major George R. Steele, wasan accomplished musician and several times sang the lead in theDecatur Opera. Her daughter, Jessie R., married Earnest E. Wangelinand lived in Belleville until her death. Jessie and Earnest were theparents of Richard Wangelin of Belleville. The oldest son, William Edward B. Moore, married Melissa M. Gore andmoved to Los Angeles, California. The second daughter, Alice S. Moore, married Charles Carroll McComas.She moved to California with her husband, who was the DistrictAttorney of Los Angeles County. Alice was the first woman in the stateof California to write a woman's column for a daily newspaper. Sheworked as a journalist for the Los Angeles Express and was active inthe Women's Suffrage Movement. General Moore's second son, Charles Brainard Taylor Moore, wasgraduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. Admiral C.B.T. Moore had adistinguished career in the Navy and was named Governor of theAmerican Samoan Islands in 1906. He married Helen Johns of Decatur andhad a son, Admiral Charles J. Moore, and a daughter, Frances, whomarried John Graham of Philadelphia. General Moore's youngest daughter, Helen, taught in the Decaturschools until her marriage in 1883 to James Toomer Saunders, a lawyerand educator in Georgia. The third son, Harry M. Moore, worked as his father's assistant formany years, taking over his duties in the Consulate in Peru on thedeath of General Moore. He returned to St. Clair County, where he diedin 1931. Jesse and Rachel Moore's youngest son, James F., attended medicalschool and became a doctor, practicing in Carollton, Illinois, untilhis death at the age of 24 in 1884. He was buried in GreenwoodCemetery in Decatur next to his father.