Floyd D Moore
Submitted by:  Lynn Mack
 
Floyd D. MOORE, now serving for a second term as county clerk and
recorder of Polk county, is a courteous and obliging official,
thoroughly fitted for the work of his office, into which he has
introduced a number of new methods and short cuts which have greatly
facilitated the discharge of his duties, making his service very
valuable to the public.  He has also gained prominence as an educator
and is a man of broad culture and high intellectual attainments.
 
Mr. MOORE was born at Moorefield, Nebraska, May 4, 1888, and is a son
of A. A. and E. A. MOORE, natives of Illinois, where the father
followed farming pursuits. Subsequently he went to Nebraska and there
took up land, which he  cleared and developed, his father and two
brothers also becoming residents of that part of the state, and it was
upon a portion of this land that the town of Moorefield was later
founded, being named in honor of the family.  In 1901 A. A. Moore
drove across the country to Wyoming, settling in Wheatland, where for
three years he engaged in the transfer business.  He then made the
overland trip to Oregon, first locating in Merrill, where he conducted
a dairy for a year, at the end of which time he removed to Talent,
Oregon, and there resided for some time.  In 1912 he became a resident
of Monmouth, Oregon, purchasing a farm on which he still makes his
home, being now sixty-nine years of age, while the mother is
sixty-one.
 
Their son, Floyd D. MOORE, pursued his education in the schools of
Nebraska and Wyoming.  He accompanied his parents on their removal to
the Pacific coast country, driving a mule team from Wyoming to Oregon.
Desirous of securing the best education obtainable, he worked his way
through normal school at Ashland, Oregon, where he injured his hip in
a game of football.  His work in that institution later enabled him to
secure a life certificate by examination in 1917 as a teacher in the
schools of the state and he then filled various positions in Portland.
 
In 1910 he went to Portland and later followed work as foreman for a
contractor, doing concrete and excavation work.  In the year 1912 he
became injured while working in this capacity, which necessitated the
removal of the hip joint.  After recovery from this operation he
became engaged in teaching school in the state of Washington and later
was principal at Marquam in Clackamas county, Oregon.  He was
principal of the Sylvan school near Portland for two years.  During
this time he decided to enter the regular profession and became a
student in he night school of the North Western College of Law where
he remained for a year and also pursued a business course during the
same time in the Lincoln high school, attending the night sessions in
the above mentioned schools.  Subsequently he became assistant
superintendent of the schools of Polk county, in which position he
served for three years, most capably performing his work in that
connection.  Previous to this, however, he had still further qualified
for education work by attendance at the Monmouth (Ore.) Normal school,
where he was an active member of the council of the student body and
also gained prominence as an orator.  He thus became exceptionally
well fitted for his work as an educator, imparting clearly and readily
to others the knowledge that he had acquired and doing much to improve
the curriculum and the methods of instruction followed in the county.
He has ever held to high ideals in relation to the schools and has
contributed in marked measure to the educational advancement of the
state.  He has not, however, abandoned his desire to become a member
of the legal profession and is still pursuing his law studies.  In
1918 Mr. Moore was elected to the office of county clerk and recorder
of Polk county and his excellent service in that connection led to his
reelection without opposition, so that he is still in that office.  He
is systematic, prompt and accurate in his work and all departments of
the office are efficiently managed, his services proving most
satisfactory to the public.  He has also made investments in farm
lands and his determined spirit and laudable ambition have been
salient features in the attainment of success.
 
On the 24th of August, 1919, Mr. MOORE was united in marriage to Miss
Marion BLIVEN of Salem, Oregon, who for several years was a successful
teacher in the Polk county schools.  In his political views Mr. MOORE
is a republican, doing everything in his power to advance the welfare
of the party and promote its success. He is prominent and active in
public affairs in his section of the state and served as chairman of
the Roosevelt Memorial Association of Polk county, while for two years
he has been president of the local Chautauqua Association.  He is a
member of the city council and his influence is always on the side of
progress and improvement.  His wife is a member of the Methodist
church and her life is influence by its teachings.  Fraternally Mr.
Moore is identified with the Masonic order, in which he has held
office, and he also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, being a past
chancellor commander of the lodge.  He is also connected with Abd-Uhl
Atef Temple of the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan at
Portland and with the Modern Woodmen of America, serving as clerk in
the last named order at Dallas, Oregon.  Mr. MOORE is ever ready to
give his support to measures for the promotion of the public welfare
and as a county official he has discharged his duties in such a way as
to earn the encomiums of the general public.  He is a self-made man
and is deserving of much credit for what he has accomplished, for he
started out in life empty-handed and has worked his way steadily
upward by persistent energy and unfaltering enterprise.  His record
should serve to inspire and encourage others, showing what may be
achieved when there is the will to dare and to do.
 
History of Oregon, Biographical, Vol. II, The Pioneer Historical
Publishing Company, 1922, Pages 245-246.
 

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