Born: 23 Oct 1787 at ?, Vermont
Father: Joseph? DUNSMORE (176?-1???) [Joseph had a son Wm, so Moores' bro?] Spouse: Cynthia AVERY b. c1795 d. 1822 Jefferson Co., NY
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Moors owned a barge that was used to remove dirt when the Erie Canal was dug. Moors and Cynthia would have been married ca. 1810, probably in Jefferson County, NY. Moors died at the home of his daughter Ruth at Three Mile Bay, Jefferson Co., NY.
W STEVENSON wrote on genforum (23 Jun 1999) "I have a newspaper clipping that reads: 'DUNSMORE - In Three Mile Bay, at the residence of L. D. ACKERMAN, May 23d 1869, Moores DUNSMORE, a soldier in the war of 1812, aged 81 years and 7 months.' No other info. This was in a book of clippings belonging to Delia A PRATT."
Moores apparently left America for Canada (Yonge, Leeds Co., Ontario) during the Revolution (c1783 being a Loyalist, or at least m. into to a Loyalist family).
Family History Library film number 1000291
History of Harrison county Missouri
by George W. Wanamaker
Historical Publishing Company
Topeka - Indianapolis
1921
Page 360:
William Avery MINER - The late William Avery MINER of Ridgeway, MO, was, during his lifetime a leading factor in the development of Harrison co. ... Mr. MINER was born at Brodhead, Green county WI, May 8, 1861. He was a son of Samuel Elbert and Maria C. (KELLY) MINER. The MINERs belong to one of the old New England families. Rev. Samuel Elbert MINER, father of William Avery MINER of this review went into WI during its pioneer days well equipped with educational and other qualities which he rendered his labors effective among the builders of the commonwealth ...
Page 361:
Rev. Samuel Elbert MINER was born at West Halifax, Vermont in Dec 1815, and had a long line of New England ancestors who were factors in the Colonial life of Stonington and Groton, CT. His father was Samuel Holman MINER and his mother was Anna AVERY. The latter was a daughter of Captain Thomas AVERY, a first lieutenant of the First CT regiment of Rev. troops. Samuel HOLMAN and Anna Avery MINER were the parents of 9 children, several of whom lived beyond the years of 'three score and ten', and one of them passed the century mark of time. Rev . Samuel Elbert MINER married Maria C. KELLY who died in July 1861, and their children as follows: Charles E., who died in the uniform of his country at Gettysburg as a member of Colonel CUSTER’s famous 7th MI Cavalry, and is buried in the National Cemetery there; Edgar S. of Bethany, MO; Mrs. George A. RICHARDSON, deceased, of Gilman City MO; Mrs. B. F. BAKER, a resident of Clark Lake Iowa; Mrs. F. W. STUMP of Redfield, South Dakota, and William AVERY of this review.
From Beverly ACKERMAN (Mon, 29 Aug 2005 "bob ackerman"
Beverly ACKERMAN (desc. from Ruth dau of Moores/Cynthia) writes later? (date?) on genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/dunsmore/342/ that she believes Moores' father may've been Joseph, also the father of (so Moores' bro) William, but no proof, just proximity (Clayton, Jefferson, NY) and hunch.
Sources:
I found Moores DUNSMOORE in the Yonge, Leeds County, Ontario census (probably with wife Cynthia AVERY) in 1810, and 1811 census, with William DUNSMORE, Joseph DUNSMORE, William AVERY and Nehemiah AVERY next door or nearby. Moores is listed as a witness to a marriage, along with Samuel AVERY in Yonge. In 1808 Yonge census Moores must be living with either William or Joseph DUNSMORE as they are listed and he is not (it is a head of household with numbers type). AVERYs are nearby. AVERYs are in the 1802 & 1803 & 1804 census, DUNSMOREs are not. By 1819 Nehemiah and James AVERY are there, but no DUNSMOREs. I have a hunch William AVERY and Deliverance (?) are Cynthia's parents. He is described as a Loyalist who fled the US to Canada in 1783 or 1785. The DUNSMOREs may have originally come from Vermont, and Ireland or Scotland before that. Cynthia AVERY was born about 1795. Ruth DENSMORE ACKERMAN lists her parents on a census as being from Vermont (father, Moores) and New York (mother, Cynthia). She was born in Canada in 1812. There is a Corporal Moors DUNSMORE 46 Reg't (Coxe's) NY Militia for the War of 1812. I have seen where people think he was buried in Prescott, Ontario, but I have a cemetery inscription for Mores Dunsmore died 20 May 1871 82 years buried in Three Mile Bay Cemetery, Jefferson, NY.
