"Dr. V. L. Moore came to Watertown in the fall of 1849; is the son of Alexander R. Moore, who settled there in the fall of 1849; he was educated in the Old Homeopathic College of Philadelphia now the Hahnemann Medical College. Dr. Moore engaged in hospital practice a little over a year in Phildelphia, then came to Sparta, Wis, where he remained nearly a year, then went to Watertown; continued in practice there until he entered the United States service in 1862. He was in service about three years, and went out as one of the lay surgeons. June 16, 1865, he came to Waukesha and has been engaged in practice here ever since. Dr. Moore was married at Sparta, Wis., to Eliza Jane Phillips, daughter of Enos M. Phillips, one of the pioneers of Wisconsin; she was born in Pennsylvania. They have one child - Alice Mary."
Sources:
The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. MDCCCLXXX (1880). Obtained through www.wisconsinhistory.orggenealogy/ogrs
Dr. Moore, Alice, and Eliza Jane are buried at the Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha WI.
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