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 enough money to rent of place of his own.
      He rented a farm just east of Medicine Lodge. He worked hard and saved his
      money and acquired a considerable amount of farm machinery and horses.
        In the year 1917 near the close of World War I, he decided 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 became adapted to it and became
      an excellent farm wife.
        John lost an eye in a farm accient 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