Dr. Charles H. Moore
Dr. Charles H. Moore, son of James and Elizabeth Moore, was born in Cumberland County, New Jersey, April 1, 1842. He received his education in the schools of Wilmington, Del., and at Champaign, Illinois. July 10, 1861, he entered the army as a private in Company I, 2d Illinois Cavalry, and served as such near three years, or until the spring of 1864, when he reenlisted as a veteran in same company and regiment. Shortly after his reenlistment he was appointed as hospital steward, and while performing the duties of a steward he began the study of medicine during the latter part of the winter of 1864-5. Shortly after the close of the war he went with his company to Texas, and while in Texas he acted in the capacity of assistant surgeon until Jan. 1,1866, when he was honorably discharged from the service of the United States. He then returned to his home in Champaign, Ill., where he continued the study of medicine until he went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he attended one term of lectures, and from thence to Philadelphia, where he graduated in the class of 1868 in the Medical University of Pennsylvania. In 1869 he began the practice of his profession at Humboldt, Kansas, and two and one-half years later found him located in Hardin, where he has since been engaged in his professional labors. April 30, 1874, he married Miss Elizabeth A., daughter of Hugh and Mary E. Wilson, by whom he has one child, a. daughter.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883