Lemuel C. Moore (Issaquena County)
State House: 1880-1881, 1884-1885
Born: c. 1852 in North Carolina
Listed on the 1880 census in Mayersville with wife Cornelia Dyson (m. 1874) and a young daughter. By the late 1880s, he had moved to Washington, DC, where he is listed with wife Mary on the 1900 and 1910 census. An outspoken supporter of the Democratic party, Moore was a prominent public speaker, poet, minister, and leader in the National Colored Personal Liberty League.
A 1909 issue of the Washington Bee described Mary Moore as “one of the most accomplished nurses in the United States, having taken the medal at the training school of Howard University. She is an expert needle-worker, and it is said that she has handled every known needle made. She is also an artist in drawing and painting, as well as an expert on the instrument. As a vocalist she cannot be surpassed.” Mary died unexpectedly in 1915, and Moore married a widow named Georgie Mason in 1919.
Note: I have done my best to make sure that the documents below refer to Lemuel C. Moore of Issaquena and not L. C. Moore of Bolivar. Lemuel C. Moore had moved to Washington, DC by the time L. C. Moore represented Bolivar in 1890.
This page was last updated on January 6, 2026.