Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Gilpin MOORE
Moved to Rock Island, IL in 1845 & learned the trade of blacksmithing with his father until 1849; Endowed with more than ordinary mechanical ability, he apprenticed himself to a machinist in Rock Island; After his apprenticeship, he became Superintendent of the shops; In 1864, he went to work for the great plow factory of "Deere & Co"; He has been one of its VPs and Directors; Many improvements have been from him; Republican; Has traveled to every state except ME & OR & has spent some time in Europe; His home is one of the handsomest in Rock Island, IL
Gilpin Moore , Moline . Prominent among those who have became noted, by invention, is the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch. He was born in .Chester Co. , Pa. , Oct. 27, 1831 , his father's name being Hibbard and his mother's Jane (Gawthrop) Moore. His father was of English and his mother of Scotch descent.
Gilpin Moore remained in Pennsylvania at school until he was 14 years of age, and then came to Rock Island , Ill., to which town his father had come seven years before. His father was a blacksmith, and after his arrival in Rock Island he alternately attended school and worked in his father's shop, until he was 18 years of age. At that age, it had become evident that Mr. Moore naturally possessed more than ordinary mechanical and inventive ability and taste and, believing it would be desirable to learn thoroughly the machinist's business, he apprenticed himself for three years, in a machine shop in Rock Island, where he faithfully served his time, and after that took entire charge of the shops, as superintendent, until 1864, becoming noted in Rock Island and vicinity as a workman and inventor of rare ability.
During the year above mentioned his services were engaged by Deere & Co., Moline, Ill., manufacturers of agricultural implements; and when the now immense concern was organized as a stock company, in 1868, he became a partner therein and took the position of superintendent of the iron department, which he still holds, wherein his inventive genius has largely developed, and he has taken out numerous essential and important "patents for improvements in agricultural implements, not the least of which has resulted in the production of the splendid " Gilpin," a sulky plow which has carried the name not only- all over America, but also into foreign countries.
His work in his father's shop, his chances at the practical working of machinery, his schooling in mechanism, drafting and designing, tended to develop extraordinary inventive faculty and genius, not only in plows and cultivators, but also in engines, of all descriptions; in fact, in him, invention rises almost to inspiration, and he has been and is of marked and practical value to the colossal concern of which he is an active and energetic member.
Mr. Gilpin Moore was married March 3, 1853 , to Miss Ludica Crisswell, and they have four children, namely: Truesdale L., born July it, 1856; Charles E., born Feb. 13,1865 ; Adah, born July 17, 1868 , and Anna, born July 22, 1874 .
Though so closely identified with one of the towering industries of Moline , Mr. Moore has always been a resident of Rock Island , since coming here in 1845. Politically he has been a Republican ever since the organization of that great party.
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