Last Sunday night (September 25th) Dr. C.D. Moore, who was one of the best known men in the Green River section of Kentucky, died at his country home, near this place. Had he lived until the 17th of next April he would have been eighty-five years old. He was a native of Greensburg, but for many years was a citizen of Adair county. Since he became a citizen of Adair County he has made many warm personal friends.

He was a very intellectual man and at one time a very eminent physician and surgeon. He was a classical scholar, and was a most entertaining conversationalist. For many years he was one of Green county's most prominent physicians, but in 1900 he gave up the practice, not for lack of health or vitality, but because he could use his time more profitably.

When the Mexican War broke out he enlisted in Capt. Squires' Company (the May, 1906 article noted it was Capt. Moss'es Company) and served until peace was declared. [H]e took up the study of medicine, and in 1850 he graduated from the University of Louisville. Some years later he took a course in medicine in Philadelphia and also in New York.

He successfully practiced his profession in his home town until the Civil War broke out. He espoused the cause of the Union, enlisted as a surgeon in Hobson's regiment, and served until the hostilities ceased. During the four years of that bloody strife he amputated one hundred limbs of wounded soldiers.

He also made application to raise a company for the Spanish-American war.

It is related by an old soldier that in hotly contested battle in the South, and while Dr. Moore was dressing the wounds of disabled soldiers, smoking a pipe, a ball struck his pipe, knocking it from his mouth. The doctor remarked, "That was a very poor marksman," and continued his surgery as though nothing had happened.

He was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Spenser, a sister of Mesdames Bettie Atkins, M.D. Baker and G.A. Kemp, of this city. Only one child was born of this first union, Mr. W.R. Moore, of Lampasas, Texas, who was visiting his father a few weeks ago. His last wife (the former Miss Martha W. Lane) and five or six children also survive him.

The interment was at Cane Valley, this county, this morning (probably Tuesday, September 27th, the day the News went to press) at ten o'clock, many friends being present.