Biographical Sketch (1894):1164, p. 412. "In 1845 Mr. Moore married Miss Mary Butcher, who died in 1858. leaving three children, viz.: Cynthia, now the wife of John Richardson, a merchant in Spencerville, Allen County, Ohio; William A., who resides on a farm adjoining that of his father, and of whom mention is elsewhere made; and Eliza A., wife of John R. Carver, a farmer of Bennington Township, Licking County. The second marriage of our subject [i.e. Van R. Moore] occurred in 1859, uniting him with Matilda, daughter of Adam and Anne (Crowe) Patterson, and a native of Burlington Township, having been born in 1824 upon a farm adjoining her present home.

In the advocacy of his political views Mr. Moore has been active and earnest. In early life a Whig, he became a Republican upon the organization of the party, and has since cast his vote with that political organization. He was twenty years old when General Harrison was elected President, and took a lively interest in log cabin parades and in wearing the Buckeye clothing. He has held various official positions in Burlington Township, in all of which he has rendered efficient service to his fellow-citizens.

With Mr. and Mrs. Moore resides a granddaughter, Grace Moore, whose mother died when she was a child. She is now seventeen years of age and is well educated, having been a student in the Utica Normal School and Granville Female Seminary. The landed possessions of Mr. Moore at one time were large, but he has been liberal in his gifts to his children and now retains only one hundred and sixty acres. This, however, is finely improved, and constitutes one of the most valuable farms of Burlington Township."

1870 U.S. Census:2453
Licking County, Ohio (Burlington Township)
Enumerated 20 August 1870
Van R. Moore •• 48, male, white, farmer, real estate value $9,075, personal property value $1,682, born in Ohio, male over the age of 21
Matilda •• 47, white, female, keeping house, born in Ohio
Cynthia •• 22, female, white, helps mother, born in Ohio
William A. •• 17, male, white, works on farm, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Eliza •• 14, female, white, at school, born in Ohio, attended schools within the year

1880 U.S. Census:2106
Enumerated 10 June 1880
V. R. Moore •• white, male, age 58, married, farmer, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia
Matilda •• white, female, age 56, wife, married, keeping house, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia
Mother Ann Patterson2105 and son William A. Moore2107 were in adjacent households.

Did Van R. die 3 October 1896 or 6 October 1899? Which one is a typo?

1896 Tombstone:1276,1187, booklet 3, Burlington Township, p. 6. Patterson Cemetery, Burlington Township, Licking County, Ohio.
V. R. Moore
b. 10-30-1821
d. 10-3-1896

1899 Death Record:728 V. R. Moore, male, died 10/06/1899, age 77, died in Utica, born in Licking County, retired, white, died of heart disease, resided in Utica, Ohio.