Reverend james moore biography of williams

When William James Moore was born on 21 August 1870, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, his father, Samuel Moore, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Selina Fox, was 19. He married Levila Ellen Woolly on 4 November 1896, in Marlette, Sanilac, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Moore Township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died on 19 June 1955, in Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, United States.

William and James are both common names, as is Moore. Saying this family has been difficult to research is an understatement. I’ve made multiple trips back to Halifax County, Virginia over a period of 3 decades – each one unearthing new tidbits, but also adding more questions than answers.

Slowly, a painting of the life of William Moore has unfolded, in quite an unexpected way. But first, I had to figure out which William Moore was mine.

Multiple William Moores

There were at least five, count ‘em, five, William Moores in Halifax County, Virginia in the late 1700s, and at least two James Moores. Of course, every William and James had children named William and James, and Thomas too. Oh yea, there were Thomas Moores in Halifax connected to the Williams and James. By 1800, we had another 3 “disconnected” Williams, probably sons of the other Moore men.

I was pulling my hair out.

The only way to even begin to straighten this out is deeds

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Reverend James Moore

Like fellow Detroiter Thomas Whitfield, the Reverend James Moore, a noted gospel vocalist and recording artist, passed away in the prime of his career.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 1, 1956, Moore absorbed the music emanating from the Motor City. Detroit gospel legend and entrepreneur Elma Lois Hendrix Parham encouraged the young Moore to join the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), where he studied the music technique of Dr. Mattie Moss Clark.

Savoy Records released Moore’s first recording, I Thank You Master, in 1974 just months after the Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA) awarded him the Thurston Frazier Scholarship. Moore became a stalwart participant at GMWA and credited the organization for supporting his music ministry.

But, despite recording albums with the likes of the Hawkins Family and Daryl Coley, Moore did not break into the industry in a major way until his 1988 Malaco debut, Live. The album hit the Top 10 on Billboard’s