John Hiram Moore was born the 20th day of June in the year 1894. He was
     the only son of James T. and Elizabeth Moore. He had four sisters, Bessie
     Johnson, Cora Nida, Rena Phillips and Ellen Earl. Their family lived and
     farmed in the Mingona neighborhood. John attended school at Mingona and
     helped his dad with the farm chores. When the rest of the family moved into
     Medicine Lodge, John stayed on the farm. The family sold the farm in a few
     years so John started out on his own. He worked for different ranchers and
     farmers until he had saved up enough money to rent a place of his own. He
     rented a farm just east of Medicine Lodge. He worked hard and saved his
     money and had acquired a considerable amount of farm machinery and horses.
       In theyear 1917 near the close of World War I, he deceided to sell out
     and volunteer for the Army. A few days before he was to go, the peace terms
     were declared and there he was without a farm and with no machinery. This 
     did not stop him, however; he started working and saving again.
       In the meantime he had met Lora Gail Urton, a young rural school teacher.
     She was the daughter of George and Margaret Urton. She had two sisters,
     Elizabeth Stone and Artie Phye. Lora had completed high school and had
     attended summer sessions at Emporia State Teachers College and was teaching
     at Deerhead School when John met her.
       After a long courtship, they were married and settled down to farming
     about six miles south of Medicine Lodge. Lora, being a town girl, found it
     hard to change to farm life but soon she bacame adapted to it and became
     an excellent farm wife.
       John lost an eye in a farm accident about 1929 or 1930. This was quite a
     handicap for a farmer but he seemed to manage. John and Lora bought a farm
     about 7 miles west of town. This is where they raised their family. They
     had two children, Vera (Mrs. Jack) Warwick and Harold, who passed away in
     Germany in the service of his country.
       Lora passed away in 1948 and John died in 1954. Friends and relatives
     remember this couple as truly honest, fun loving and good American citizens. 
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 336 
     Submitted by: Mrs. Vera (Moore) Warwick