Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-23
Maj. S. ]. C. Moore.

I9Vo' al MS nome IN Berryville.
Va, surrounded by his family.
whose constant care and nursing
comforted and soothed his last
hours as far as it was in human
power to do so, all that was mortal
of Clarke's most distinguished sol
der. ). j. &. Moore, passed from
earth, and his brave spirit returned
to the God who gave it.
As gentle as child, with the
courage of a hero, the faith of a
Christian, he ran his course from
youth to hOary age. us a soldier. a
lawyer. and citizen; and when
the end came it found him at the
ripe age of SO, unembittered by
the stress of life, but weary of the
journey, and waiting for his re-
ward.
Maj. ). j. &. Moore was the son
of Mr.. Thomas Moore. who for
more than half century filled the
position OF Clerk of the County
Court of jefferson county. w. Va.
He was born in Charles Town on
June 26, 1926. and was educated
at the Charles Town Academy.
He adopted law as his profession.
moving to Berryville from his
native town i'm 1857. where he was
made Judge of the County Court
in 1894, serving with preeminent
satisfaction to both the bar and the
people until the County Court
system was abolished by the Con-
stitutional Convention OF 1902.
Maj. Moore was first married To
Miss Ellen O.. Scollay. Of jefferson
county, w. Va, ON December II.
1850, and by this union had one
son, Rev. ;. Scollay Moore. ID. ID.
a clergyman of the Episcopal
Church at Parkersburg, w. Va.
He subsequently married Miss
Ellen Kownslar, a daughter of the
late DR.. Randolph Kownslar, and
by this latter marriage had one
son, DIR. Lawson Ii. Moore, of
Natural Bridge, Va, and five
daughters, Misses Jane, Lille and
Nora Moore, of Berryville. Mrs.
William ;. Mott, of Gloucester
county, Va, and Mrs. Frank V.
Tilford, of Huntsville, Ala. Seven
children and fifteen grandchildren
survive him.
When Major Moore came to
Berryville as n young man he
identified himself with a military
company here, and later, as first
lieutenant of this company, took
part in the occupation of Harper's
Ferry directly after the passage
of the ordnance of secession by the
Virginia Convention.
When the inevitable conflict of
1861 came upon the South and
Virginia called upon her sons to
defend her soil he decided that his
allegiance was first due To his State.
He was son of Virginia. where
American liberty first raised its
voice. He believed with the other
intelligent citizens of Virginia that
the doctrine of State Sovereignty
was written into the organic law of
the Nation and that proper in
depreciation of that law gave To the
States the right Of secession.
Therefore, when the State deter
mined to exercise this right, he,
along with his fellows. consecrated
himself to her service and to the
defense of her homes and firesides.
In his military service he was at
one time connected with Jackson's
Division, and always with his
Corps. The mighty genius of that
great soldier so far overshadowed
that of his subordinates that it is
hard to secure for them their pro-
per place in history; but with weak
men he could not have accomplish,
ed his military triumphs, and his
stupendous marches would not now
be held up to the young soldiers OF
every civilized country on the globe
as object lessons. His success was
builded on the valor and skill OF
manly and able men, and it is moi
error, therefore, to group around
the superb chieftain those intelli.
gent subordinates who bravely anC
intelligently carried out his com.
mands; and Maj. S. J. G. Moore
was one of these.
Subsequent to the capture o.
Harper's Ferry, his company wa.
assigned, rs Company |, to the
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