Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1904 — DEATH OF MRS. W. E. MOORE. [ARTICLE]

DEATH OF MRS. W. E. MOORE.

\ Diana Evans Moore, wife of Squire William E. Moore, died at her home on North Vanßensselaer street Thursday at 1 a. m. Deceased had been in poor health for some time. The funeral will be held to-day at 2:30 p. m., from the M. E. churchy [Mrs. Diana Evans 'Moore was born June 26, 1825, in Wayne county, Ind., and was the youngest child of John and Judith Evans, and the only surviving member of a family of sixteen chidren. Her father was a soldier of the revolutionary war, serving in a South Carolina regiment, in which state he then lived and where he owned a large plantation and several hundred slaves. He was twice wounded. Deceased was a member of General Vanßensselaer Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, and a real daughter. She was married to william E. Moore, March 18, 1848, and with her husband came to Jasper county in 1853, She was the mother of seven children, three boys and four girls, all of whom, with the husband survive her. She was a most excellent woman.]