The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-06-23
GEN. MOORE dies
AFTER OPERATION
ADJUTANT GENERAL PASSES
AWAY IN HOSPITAL IN
COLUMBIA

Columbia, June 16.-Brigadier Gen
eral William Woodbury. Moore, fifty
two years of age and since 1910 the
adjutant general of South Carolina,
died in local hospital this evening
shortly after O'Clock.
Although Gen. Moore has been ill
for several weeks he continued in his
office until Monday, when he was
forced to 60 to his home, He was suf-
fering from large carbunkle on the
back of his neck. This was operated
upon this morning and he never
reained consciousness. The immedi-
ate cause of his death, stated his ply
sicians, was diabetes from which he
has suffered for sorne time. Members
of his family were at his deathbed.
Expressions of regret were heard on
all sides when it became known that
Gen. Moore had died. He had en-
deared himself to the members of the
South Carolina National Guard, past
and present, for his conscientious
work in behalf of the state militia,
and the states official family realiz-
ed that South Carolina had lost one of
its most stalwalt officers.
Major Rufus W. Grant, assistant ad-
jutant general, early tonight commu-
nieated with the members of the de-
ceased's family. Capt. J. T. Moore,
the generals only son, stationed at
Bingham, Mass, in command of
company of marines. is on his way
from Boston and Mrs. w. E. Davis,
the only daughter, is en- route from
Clemson College, her home.
Gen. Moore is survived by his wi
dow and the following brothers and
sisters, Mrs. r. C.Kirkland, Barnwell;
Mrs. W. C. Milhouse, of Barnwell; G.
H. Moore, of Coosawatchie; Haskell,
Moore of Colleton county; Arthur M.
Moore, of Barnwell; James H. Moore,
of .Gilmania; Mrs. Kate White, of
Hendersonville, and Mrs. Ida Moore
Norton.
Gen. Moore was a defendant of a
family which has been identified with
the history of South Carolina for more
than a century,. His grandfather,
John A. Moore, was a native of Pet
erboro, N. H., but came to this state
in his early manhood, settling at Gil
lisonville, then part of the Beau
fort district. 1t was here that the
father of the deceased, DR.. Henry W.
Moore, was born in 1881. He mar
ried Miss Mary Elizabeth Rowell,
native of the old Beaufort district,
and from this union Gen. Moore was
born at Eendersonville, Colleton coun-
ty, December 80, 1868. He received
his primary education from the COM
mon schools of his native county, and
his academic education from the Cit
adel, which he attended in 1884-85.
He left the Citadel when he was sew
enteen years of age, entering upon
commercial pursuits. In 1887 he
moved to BarEwell where he was en-
Iloyed as clerk in q commercial es-
tablishment, and was Identified with
various commercial enterprises there
as an ,employe until 1S9e when he
went into the mercantile business for
himself. From 1901 to 1910 he was
cotton buyer and travelling sales
rlan for various firms.
Active in the Militia.
Since his college days the deceased
vas actively engaged with and dis
played intense interest in the organ
lied militia of his state. He became
member of the Barnwell Guards in
1889. Later he was first sergeant Of
the Brown Guards, of Barnwell, and
from 1891 to 1899 he was second lieu
tenant of this organization. He was
elected captain of Company E, Third
regiment, National Guard, May 12,
1904, resigning this commission Feb
ruary 16, 1907, at which time he was
appointed on the staff of Governor
Ansel. He held this appointment for
four years, until 1910, when he was
elected Adjutant General of South
Carolina, to fill out the unexpired term
of the late Gen. J. c. Boyd. He was
successively reelected Adjutant Cen
cral in all the biennial elections since,
and at his death was in the first year
Ct his fifth term.
November 5, 1890, Gen. Moore mar
ried Miss Louise NJ. Peoples, and to
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