The log cabin Democrat., 1917-01-27
COUPLE CELEBRATE
 DIAMOND WEDDING
JAMES MOORE AND WIFE
Observe Sixtieth Anniversary of Their Marriage, Which Occurred
 January 27, 1857.

| What is believed to be the first
 diamond or sixtieth wedding anniver-
 sary of couple ever attained in Con-
 way is being celebrated here today | by MT. and Mrs. James Moore, par
 ents of Mrs. John w. Holt, at the
 home of Judge and Mrs. Holt, 400 College avenue. MT. and Mrs. Moore
 were married January 27, 1857, in
 McMinn county, Tenn. Justice of the
 Peace James Baker pronounced the ceremony.
 Mrs. Moore, who is over five years
 older than her husband, will reach
 her 90th birthday next October Her
 maiden name was Julia A. Mitchell
 and she was born in Taswell county, Va, October s, 1927. In spite of her
 great years, Mrs. Moore is active and energetic and is an omnivorous read
 rent events as we'll as studying the classics. After reading with glasses
 for many years, for the past seven or eight years she has been enjoying a 'second eyesight" and reads easily
 without the aid of spectacles. Mr. Moore was born in East Tennessee in May, 1883. The next year after their
 marriage, in 1858, the couple emi-
 grated to Arkansas. The only rail road in the state at that time was line running from West Memphis to the St. Francis river. The couple, however, made the trip by steamboat, coming down the Mississippi and up the White and Red rivers. to Searcy Landing and making their way thence overland to Quitman. They lived for short time on farm south of Quit man in what is now Faulkner coun- ty, but soon removed to a homestead
 seven miles north of Quitman, where
 they lived happily for more than half-century, coming to Conway
 about a year ago to make their home
 with their daughter, Mrs. Holt.
 It is interesting to consider how the
 life of this aged couple links the
 present with the far-distant past.
 When Mrs. Moore was born there
 were still living many veterans of
 the American revolution and the sec ond war with Great Britain was comparatively recent event. The year preceding her birth, Thomas Jetfer- son and John Adams both died on the
 same day, the fiftieth anniversary of
 the signing of the declaration of in-
 dependence, of which the former was the author and both were signers.
 There were only "A states in the
 union, of which John Quincy Adams
 was president, and the population of
 the nation was about 12,000,000.
 When Mr. and Mrs Moore settled
 in Arkansas their nearest trading :, points were Quitman, which boasted
 of one store; Springfield, then the
 county seat of Conway county, and
 Little Rock, village which had only
 recently become the capital of new
 state. "Deer and turkey were as plentiful everywhere as birds are
 now" said MT. Moore yesterday, "and
 the present high cost of living didn't
 bother us any then, because we pro
 duced everything we used. A big black bear came into our barnlot one night and had a fight with our dogs, which finally drove him away" Mr. and Mrs. Moore have been the parents of seven children, of whom only three are now living. They are Mrs. Ellen Parrish of Morganton, w. M. Moore of near Quitman and Mrs. Holt. They have living P grand children and IA great-grandchildren. The anniversary today is saddened by the death of one of the grand children, Miss Lula Holt, which oc- cured last Tuesday.
 The aged couple are both life long members of the Baptist church and MT. Moore has for many years been member of the Masonic fra ternity.
 Their many friends here are con-
 graduating them today upon achiev- ing the rare distinction of celebrat- l ing a diamond wedding anniversary and are wishing that they may live to pass many other milestones in life's journey together.