Clarence was the youngest son of Jesse B. Moore & Mary Jane Beal. His first wife, was Emma Louise King. They married in Sheldon (Iroquois County), Illinois on September 6, 1894. They had at least three children all dying prior to 1910. After Emma's death in June of 1934, Clarence married Mrs. Julia Feltham on June 3, 1937 in Saint Petersburg (Pinellas County), Florida. They had no children and she proceeded him in death.
OBITUARY NOTICE: Wateska Republican; Watseka, Illinois. Article dated July 10 (?) 1940. Excerpt " . . . Early in his twenties he secured a secretarial position in New York City, where on account of his general efficiency, he was rapidly promoted. For twenty years he held a position of responsibility and trust as private secretary for the vice president of General Electric company in New York. Here he was associated with Owen D. Young, Gerard Swope, Ansel Buchard and other leaders in the business world. After working a few years in New York, he was married to Emma King, of Sheldon. When her health failed, he retired in order to make her last days more pleasant, and after an European tour they settled in St. Petersburg, Florida. Ever thoughtful of others, he gave his wife loving care through months of sickness until her death June 2, 1935. . . . In his early manhood he joined the Methodist church, and all who knew him felt his Christian influence. He lived his religion in his home and among his fellow men, in his business and social relations. His kindness, courtesy, and gentleness were ever combined with the strength and nobility of manhood. He was known as a man of unquestioned honor, integrity, and morality. To know him was to feel his sincere, truthful nature, and to love him. Like St. Paul he could truly say: 'I have fought a good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith.' . . . "
OBITUARY NOTICE: Wateska Republican; Watseka, Illinois. Article dated July 10 (?) 1940. Excerpt " . . . Early in his twenties he secured a secretarial position in New York City, where on account of his general efficiency, he was rapidly promoted. For twenty years he held a position of responsibility and trust as private secretary for the vice president of General Electric company in New York. Here he was associated with Owen D. Young, Gerard Swope, Ansel Buchard and other leaders in the business world. After working a few years in New York, he was married to Emma King, of Sheldon. When her health failed, he retired in order to make her last days more pleasant, and after an European tour they settled in St. Petersburg, Florida. Ever thoughtful of others, he gave his wife loving care through months of sickness until her death June 2, 1935. . . . In his early manhood he joined the Methodist church, and all who knew him felt his Christian influence. He lived his religion in his home and among his fellow men, in his business and social relations. His kindness, courtesy, and gentleness were ever combined with the strength and nobility of manhood. He was known as a man of unquestioned honor, integrity, and morality. To know him was to feel his sincere, truthful nature, and to love him. Like St. Paul he could truly say: 'I have fought a good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith.' . . . "
Clarence was the youngest son of Jesse B. Moore & Mary Jane Beal. His first wife, was Emma Louise King. They married in Sheldon (Iroquois County), Illinois on September 6, 1894. They had at least three children all dying prior to 1910. After Emma's death in June of 1934, Clarence married Mrs. Julia Feltham on June 3, 1937 in Saint Petersburg (Pinellas County), Florida. They had no children and she proceeded him in death.
OBITUARY NOTICE: Wateska Republican; Watseka, Illinois. Article dated July 10 (?) 1940. Excerpt " . . . Early in his twenties he secured a secretarial position in New York City, where on account of his general efficiency, he was rapidly promoted. For twenty years he held a position of responsibility and trust as private secretary for the vice president of General Electric company in New York. Here he was associated with Owen D. Young, Gerard Swope, Ansel Buchard and other leaders in the business world. After working a few years in New York, he was married to Emma King, of Sheldon. When her health failed, he retired in order to make her last days more pleasant, and after an European tour they settled in St. Petersburg, Florida. Ever thoughtful of others, he gave his wife loving care through months of sickness until her death June 2, 1935. . . . In his early manhood he joined the Methodist church, and all who knew him felt his Christian influence. He lived his religion in his home and among his fellow men, in his business and social relations. His kindness, courtesy, and gentleness were ever combined with the strength and nobility of manhood. He was known as a man of unquestioned honor, integrity, and morality. To know him was to feel his sincere, truthful nature, and to love him. Like St. Paul he could truly say: 'I have fought a good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith.' . . . "
OBITUARY NOTICE: Wateska Republican; Watseka, Illinois. Article dated July 10 (?) 1940. Excerpt " . . . Early in his twenties he secured a secretarial position in New York City, where on account of his general efficiency, he was rapidly promoted. For twenty years he held a position of responsibility and trust as private secretary for the vice president of General Electric company in New York. Here he was associated with Owen D. Young, Gerard Swope, Ansel Buchard and other leaders in the business world. After working a few years in New York, he was married to Emma King, of Sheldon. When her health failed, he retired in order to make her last days more pleasant, and after an European tour they settled in St. Petersburg, Florida. Ever thoughtful of others, he gave his wife loving care through months of sickness until her death June 2, 1935. . . . In his early manhood he joined the Methodist church, and all who knew him felt his Christian influence. He lived his religion in his home and among his fellow men, in his business and social relations. His kindness, courtesy, and gentleness were ever combined with the strength and nobility of manhood. He was known as a man of unquestioned honor, integrity, and morality. To know him was to feel his sincere, truthful nature, and to love him. Like St. Paul he could truly say: 'I have fought a good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith.' . . . "
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