Moore, Martha Missouri Bishop, 1837-1858.
Martha Missouri Bishop Moore, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Frances Brown Bishop, was born in Benton County, Missouri and died in Red Bluff, California. She married James Preston Moore in 1858 and two years later traveled overland with her husband and members of her family to California where they settled.
Frances Bishop Sweaney, Martha's niece, transcribed Martha's journal and tried in the 1930s to retrace by car her aunt's 1860 wagon trip.
From the description of Journal of a trip to California, 1860 / by Martha Missouri Bishop Moore, and typescript of the journal, 1934 by Frances Bishop Sweaney. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702134126
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| referencedIn | Frontier women microfilm set, 1849-1913, [microform]. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Frontier women microfilm set, 1849-1913, [microform]. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Moore, Martha Missouri Bishop, 1837-1858. Journal of a trip to California, 1860 / by Martha Missouri Bishop Moore, and typescript of the journal, 1934 by Frances Bishop Sweaney. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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Birth 1837
Death 1858
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