Joseph Moore
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Joseph Moore is a Revolutionary War Veteran buried in a small cemetery on the Lake Erie shore in Avon Lake, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM5G3G
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2009
Views: 13
Joseph Moore was born in Southwick Hampden County, Massachusetts and trained at West Point. In the war he was a soldier in the MA Continental. He is also listed as having served as a bodyguard to George Washington. He and his wife Hannah (MIller) had eleven children and moved to Avon Township in Ohio in 1819. He was the only Revolutionary War veteran to settle in Avon Township.
Location type: Single Grave
Date of Birth: 1764
Date of Death: February 19, 1846
Cause of death: Died Later
Grave Marker Text:
His stone reads:
Joseph Moore
Died February 19, 1846
In the 82 year
of his age.
Ranks:
Private
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