Birthname: | William Orville Moore |
Birth Date: | February 17, 1841 |
Birth Place: | Wythe, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Wytheville, Virginia, U.S. |
Office: | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Wythe County |
Term Start: | January 10, 1912 |
Term End: | October 3, 1913 |
Predecessor: | Harry G. Robinson |
Successor: | John H. Crockett |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Adeline Pearson Jones Page Taylor |
Branch: | Confederate States Army |
Serviceyears: | 1861–1865 |
Rank: | Colonel |
Unit: | 22nd Virginia Cavalry |
Battles: | American Civil War |
William Orville Moore (February 17, 1841 – October 3, 1913) was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing his native Wythe County for one session until his death in 1913.[1]
Moore enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 22nd Virginia Cavalry. He served until the end of the war, being promoted up to colonel just before the fall of Richmond.[2]
. Earl Gregg Swem. Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918. January 27, 2016. 1918. Virginia State Library. Richmond.