Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1901 — "A REAL DAUGHTER"-MRS. WM. E. MOORE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

"A REAL DAUGHTER"-MRS. WM. E. MOORE.

Mrs Diana Evans Moor.’, the youngest child of John Evans and Judith Bunker Evans was born June 26, 1825, in Wayne county, Indiana, She is ■ now 75 years of age. She married William E Moore,March 18, 1817, tlins have they lived together 53 Before her marriage she lived with her mother, her father having died when she was seven years old Mr. and Mrs. Moore moved t<> Randolph county where they lived until 1853 when they’ became residents of Jasper county, and they have ever since lived in this county. Mrs Moore is the mother of seven childre , three boys and four girls, and the grandparent of 28 grand children and four great grandchildren. Mrs Moore has been in feeble health for many years, and is able to go outonly during the pleasantest weather She is a member of the General Van Rensselaer Chapter ot the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a real daughter of the revolution, and as su b is the pos eessor of a gold spoon, presented to her by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion. She has two daughters who are members of the Chapter, Mrs. Melvina Moore Parkison, of Rensselaer, Indiana, and Mrs. Martha Moore Paxton, of Kingman Kansas. John Evans, the father of Mrs. Moore, was born in South Carolina in 1761 and died in Randolph county, Indiana, in 1832. His father was Irish and his people on the maternal side were natives of Wales Early in life his people settled in South Carolina. John was one of eight children born to them. He was three times married and was the father of 16 children, all of whom are dead, sive Mrs Moore. At one time he was very wealthy, was the owner of a large plantation and 600 slaves. By making a bad security debt he lost his property but gave his slaves freedom He enlisted as a pri vate in the South Carolinian regiment, April 9, 1776. This regiment was commanded by Col. C. Pinckney.

Mr Ev.ui9w.is twice wounded, once in the head, the scar of which he always carried. Mrs Moore remembers the time when she as a very small c <ild sat on her father’s knee, and combed his hairand patting him saying “bad man to hurt daddie’s head.” Later on he received a musket wound in the leg He was a faithful, brave and valiant soldier and was given an honorable discharge. .Mrs. Judith Bunker Evans was born in 1783 She was a descendant of the Chase family who were English. Of this family there were four brothers, three of whom came to the United States. It is said that all of the< Chases ot this country are descendants of this family. Of these there have been several of some prominence, among them Chief Justice Chase of the United States Supreme Court. Another who is given a place in history is Judge Chase of Revolutionary times. Of the four Chase I brothers, the eldest remained in EngI land and accumulated a vast fortune, 'estimated at several million His ! heirs in the parent country died out after a great many years and frequent attemps have been made to get possession of this estate by his relations in this country but by some legal quibble have been unsuccessful. Of Mrs. Evans' fore parents on her mother’s side, but little is known, as the records have been recently lost. It is known, however, that they were people of good stock; were people of such force and endurance as help establish a good class of people in a pioneer country. They were a family ot Quakers, and did not depart fro m this faith until Judith Bunker, the mother of Diana Moore, married John Evans. Mrs. Evans died at the home of her son in law, Charles Burroughs, in Jasper county, Ind., and is buried in Crocket cemetery in the same county. The accompanying photograph of Mrs Moore is a new one, and an excellent likeness of a most excellent woman.

MRS. DIANA EVANS MOORE.