Joseph Pierce "Bud" Jr. Moore

Joseph Pierce "Bud" Moore was born 16 September 1845

near Paris, Arkansas, during a brief move south. After serving in

the Civil War, he prospected for gold in Yellowstone, Wyoming,

Joseph Pierce, Jr. "Bud" Moore, father of

Lottie Moore Crouch

Nan Moore (sister of Lottie Crouch).

and Montana, between 1865-1870. Then in the 1870s he was one

of the first traveling representatives for the Singer Sewing

Machine Company. He also farmed, and hauled White River

rock from a quarry, to be used in the construction of Old Main,

on the new University of Arkansas campus. At Mt. Comfort on 3

July 1892, Bud Moore married Nancy Ellen Lamons. She was

born 12 May 1873 at Greenville, Tennessee, as were her parents,

Isaac Newton and Clara Ellen (Wright) Lamons. (The parents

moved to Arkansas in 1877, and both were buried at Westville,

Oklahoma.) Bud and Nancy Ellen Moore had two girls, Lottie

Lee born 15 July 1893, and Nan born 3 August 1895, on the

Moore family farm. Later that same year, the mother Nancy died.

Once more, the pioneer grandmother Matilda took on the job of

raising small girls, although she was 82 and nearly blind. The

girls attended the Deane School and later the Meadow Valley

School, which stood where the U. A. Agri Park is now. In 3

November 1906, Matilda went to a well deserved rest, and hers

was the last burial in the small cemetery on the farm. Then 13

year old Lottie and 11 year old Nan took over the job of running

the home for their father. Their log home burned in 1910, and

was replaced by the two story frame home which now stands,

surrounded by tall trees. Their father never remarried, and died

25 March 1919. Nan Moore began teaching in 1914, but earned

her degree from the University of Arkansas in 1947. Nan was a

school teacher for 46 years, including 34 years at Tuscon,

Ariwna. She retired in 1961 and lived on the home place with

her sister until she died 24 January 1987.