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- Poughkeepsie Journal
January 4, 1954
Funeral services fir Banton Moore, 77, Hopewell Junction attorney, who died yesterday at Vassar hospital of injuries sustained in an accident at his home, will be conducted in Waco, Texas, Wednesday.
A native of Waco, he was the son of the late James I. and Zuleka Banton Moore. Educated in the elementary schools in Waco; the deceased attended Columbia Law school, after which he enlisted in Thodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, and later completed his studies at the University of Texas.
He was a life member of the New York City Lodge of Elks, No. 1; also a member of the Ex-students' association of the University of Texas and the Phi Delta Theta Alumni club of New York City. He attended the Hopewell Reformed church.
Coming to Dutchess county from the New York area, Mr. Moore lived in Hopwell Junction the last 25 years. He conducted a law office with his son, James I. Moore, at 44 Liberty street, New York City, known as the Banton Moore Law firm. In the World War he served as a member of the Draft board in the Bronx.
Surviving him are his wife, the former Margaret F. Latham, Hopwell Junction; two sons, James I., Hopewell Junction and William Banton Moore, Louisville, Ky., two daughters, Mrs. James R. McMillan, New York City and Mrs. William H. Green Jr., Albany, Tex., three sisters, Miss Genie Moore and Mrs. Ida Fergusson, Waco, Tex., and Mrs. Thomas Yarrell, Rockport, Rex., two brothers, William B. Moore, New York City and James I. Moore, Hillsboro, New Mexico, six granschildren and several nieces and nephews.
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