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GEORGE M. MOORE, a native of Boone County, Ky., was born August 12, 1844. His father, Edward J. Moore, a native of Culpeper County, Va., was born in 1798, and was a farmer and stone mason. At the age of twelve he came to Kentucky with his parents, who settled in Harrison County, where he grew to manhood, and married Nancy N. McAndless, of Pendleton County, Ky., daughter of John McAndless, who bore him ten children, the subject of this sketch being the ninth child. Edward J. Moore died in 1859, and his widow died May 27, 1883; both were members of the Christian Church. James Moore the paternal grandfather of George M., a native of Culpeper County, Va., settled on a farm near Cynthiana, Harrison County, about 1810, on what is known as Crooked Creek; he afterward removed to Pendleton County, where he died. George M. Moore received a good English education in the common schools of Gallatin County, and has always followed farming; he owns 175 acres of well cultivated land, which he successfully manages. He settled in Gallatin County in 1846 with his parents, who located near where our subject now resided. October 22, 1879, he married Liza West, of Boone County, daughter of James and Mahala (Dance) West. One daughter, Amanda C., has blessed their union. Politically Mr. Moore is a Democrat, and with his wife has been a consistent member of the Christian Church for many years.