- Isaac R. Moores
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office = Member of theOregon Territorial Legislature
termstart = 1855
termend = 1856
constituency = Lane County
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office2 = Delegate to theOregon Constitutional Convention
constituency2 = Lane County
termstart2 = 1857
termend2 = 1857
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birthdate =March 23 1796
birthplace =Madison County, Kentucky
deathdate = death date and age|1861|4|15|1796|3|23
deathplace =Eugene, Oregon
party = Democrat
spouse = Jane AlexanderCol. Isaac R. Moores (March 23 1796 –April 15 1861 ) was an American soldier and politician inIllinois andOregon . A native ofKentucky , he would serve in theSeminole War and theBlack Hawk War before immigrating to theOregon Territory . In Oregon, Moores served in the Territorial Legislature and at theOregon Constitutional Convention . His son,Isaac R. Moores, Jr. would become Speaker of theOregon House of Representatives .Early years
Isaac Moores was born in
Madison County, Kentucky , onMarch 23 1796 . [http://www.open.org/pioneerc/pg31.html Burial Details.]Salem Pioneer Cemetery . Retrieved onMarch 24 2008 .] His father, Henry, was a veteran of theAmerican Revolutionary War . Moores grew up in the south and in 1814 he enlisted in theUnited States Army to fight in theSeminole War . In 1818, he served under future presidentAndrew Jackson in the Seminole War, fighting two campaigns.Hodgkin, F. E., & Galvin, J. J. (1882). "Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon". Portland, Or: Farmer and Dairyman Pub. House. pp. 153-154.]In 1818, he married Jane Alexander (
December 27 1793 -January 28 1868 ) inTennessee . They would live for a time inAlabama before moving north toIllinois . Moores was a friend ofSam Houston and the later attempted to recruit Moores for settlement inTexas . The Moores family would settle inDanville, Illinois , in 1824. During theBlack Hawk War in 1831 he was selected as a colonel and led the 4th regiment of the Illinois Volunteers. Moores also formed a company of soldiers to serve in theMexican American War , but never enlisted as the state had reached its quota for soldiers.Oregon
Isaac Moores and his family left Danville in March 1852 and traveled the
Oregon Trail to theOregon Territory in a wagon train of 70 wagons. The family arrived in Portland in November 1852. Col. Moores moved to the southern end of theWillamette Valley , settling in Lane County. There he acquired a farm totaling 1,710 acres.In 1855, Moores was elected to represent Lane County as a Democrat in the Oregon Territory House of Representatives. [ [http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/legislative/histleg/territorial/1855reg.htm Oregon Legislative Assembly (7th Territorial) 1855 Regular Session.] Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on
March 24 2008 .] Moores was elected as a delegate to theOregon Constitutional Convention in 1857. Held in Salem, the convention created a constitution as Oregon prepared to become a state. Moores represented Lane County again as a Democrat, serving on the military affairs committee. [http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/exhibits/1857/during/bios/moores.htm Biographical Sketch of Isaac Moores.] Oregon State Archives. Retrieved onMarch 24 2008 .]Later years and family
Opposed to slavery, he would become a Republican when that party organized. The Republican Party nominated him for the
Oregon State Senate in 1860, but he lost the election. Moores’ children were John H. (June 26 1821 -December 16 1880 ), Martha A. (February 1 1824 -March 23 1847 ), Mary Matilda (January 21 1826 -April 20 1864 ), Charles W. (November 2 1828 -June 10 1864 ), and Isaac Ross Moores (February 14 1831 -July 25 1884 ). Isaac R. Moores, Sr. died in Eugene onApril 15 1861 , at the age of 65 and was buried in theSalem Pioneer Cemetery .References
External links
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=1SALAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA228&dq=isaac+moores&lr=&ei=nvrnR5i1BIjgswPb3eXcBA Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library]
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