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Rh Norfolk in 1866. In his youth he was with his father in the lumber business, subsequently was in the service of the Norfolk & Southern railroad, and then returned to the lumber trade. He embarked in business on his own account in 1895 and is meeting with creditable success. He is loyal to the heroic memories of Virginia and is the efficient commander of Neimeyer-Shaw camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans. In 1895 he was married to Cassandra D., daughter of W. H. H. Cory, a Confederate veteran.

John H. Moore, of Lexington, Va., a veteran of the Rockbridge artillery, was born at Lexington in 1836. He was educated at the Washington college, being graduated by that famous institution in 1856. In April, 1861, he entered the Confederate service with the Rockbridge Rifles, but was soon afterward transferred to the Rockbridge artillery. His service was interrupted, in 1863, by exemption under the law as a court commissioner, but, in 1864, he rejoined the artillery, and, with this exception, participated in its operations throughout the war. His record includes gallant service at the battles of Falling Waters, First Manassas, Port Republic, Winchester, Cross Keys, Cumberland Church, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill and Appomattox. He was wounded at Winchester, again at Malvern Hill and a third time at Cumberland hill. After the close of hostilities he returned to Lexington, and, with the exception of a period in which he taught school in Bath and Montgomery counties, has resided in his native city.

Captain John Preston Moore, a prominent citizen of Lexington, Va., was born in Rockbridge county, Va., February 26, 1841, and there reared and educated. He entered the military service of the Confederate States, in August, 1861, as second lieutenant of Company G, Fifty-eighth Virginia infantry. At the reorganization of the army, in May, 1862, he was elected and commissioned captain of his company, but had served but a short time with this rank, when, in the following month, he fell with severe and dangerous wounds, in the battle of Port Republic, at the close of Jackson's campaign of the valley. He was incapacitated for any service whatever, for one year afterward, when he became able to accept an assignment to duty, as enrolling officer of Bath county, Va. After a few months of service as enrolling officer. Captain Moore sought and obtained permission to return to his company, mounted, and participated in the second campaign of the Wilderness, in the spring of 1864; but, finding it impracticable to command an infantry company on horseback, and, being unable for field service, he was retired under an act of the Congress of the Confederate States, with his rank and pay as captain, and assigned to duty as commandant of the military post, at Lexington, Va., where he remained in charge, until the close of the war. During his service in the valley of Virginia, he was engaged in the battle near Harrisonburg, in which occurred the untimely death of the gallant Ashby, and, in the spring of 1864, participated in two of the battles of the Wilderness. After the close of hostilities, he engaged in farming for a time, in Rockbridge county, until he was appointed deputy sheriff of the county. He performed the duties of this office, until May, 1870, when he was made clerk of the county court. Such was his efficiency in this office that he was continued as clerk until July, 1893, a period of over twenty-three years. He was then admitted to the bar and