Mrs. M. Maria Moore, as the repreentative of old and highly respectable families, and by reason of her own position as a large landowner and competent business manager, Mrs. Moore is deserving of representation in this volume. She has demonstrated the ability of a lady to maage agricultural and other qualities of mind which are typically feminine. She has the prettiest farm in Milford Township, both in location and appointments, and also owns a large amount of land in Lyon Township. The home farm comprises two hundred and sixty-eight acres, and the other three hundred and twenty-three, and Mrs. Moore oversees both. She is shrewd, energetic and far-seeing, and proppers as she deserves. She occupies a large brick residence, elegantly furnished, tastefully arranged, and ever hospitably open to her friends and acquaintances. The farm buildings are numerous and commodious, and orchards and shade trees beautify the land.

The father of Mrs. Moore was John Everitt, who was born at Ft. Decker, on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey line, in april 1809. He came west in his early manhood, and entered three hundred and twenty acres of land for his father, Marshall Everitt, i nWayne County, which was then beyond civilization. He had made his way with a team and wagon through Canada and into the primeval wilderness, and after securing the necessary papers to hold the land, returned East for a short sojourn. The next year he came back, built a house of hardwood timber and established himself, workinh hard to prepare the land for cultivation. He finally sold his share of the homestead, and in 1847 came to lyon Township, this county, He bought two hundred and forty acres of farm land, improved and added to it, and finally had five hundred and sixty acres well improved and supplied with firstclass buildings. He carried on general farming, but made a specialty of sheep=raising, and did as extensive work in that line as any one for many miles. He died November 12, 1869.

The mother of Mrs. Moore bore the maiden name of Mary Harvey, and was born near Rochester, Monroe County, N. Y. She was a daughter of Luther Harvey, a New York farmer, and Martha (Fullam) Harvey. The father enlisted in the War of 1812, raising a company of which he took command. He was sent to defend the line, was injured, taken sick, and soon died, leaving his widow with two young children. About 1830 she brought her family to this state and made her hoe in Livonia Township, Wayne County. Mrs. Everitt died in 1867, leaving tow children, both of whom survive. The elder is the subject of this sketch.

Mrs. Moore was born in Livonia Township, Wayne County, Dec 22, 1840. She was seven years old when her parents came to Lyon Township. She attended the district school and select schools in Plymouth and Northville and when eighteen years old entered the Michigan State Normal School at Ypsilanti, Where she pursued the higher branches two years. April 4, 1860, she gave her ahnd in marriage to James Moore, the ceremony being performed at her home in Lyon Township. In 1862 she came into possession of a part of her father's farm, and she and her husband located there and futher improved the property. In 1873 Mr. Moore rented the place and bought an improved farm of two hundred and sixty-five acres, south of Milford. This was operated until 1876, when the family removed to Mrs. Moore's present home in Milford Township, making a purchase of the farm. Since the death of her husband Mrrs. Moore has continued the work in which he was engaged, raising grain and stock in large quantities and good grades. She keeps full blooded Merino sheep, thoroughbred registered Short-horn cattle, full-blooded Chester-White hogs, fine poultry, and full-blooded and graded Percheron horses and some Hambletonians.

The late Mr. Moore was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., Mar 14, 1826. His father, henry Moore, a native of the Empire State, cae west in 1833, and is numbered among the early settlers of Pine Lake, this county. After a few years' residence there he bought and began to improve. He died not long after, when his son James was fifteen years old. The youth remained with his mother, caring for her and looking after her interests, and finally bought out the other heirs and became the possessor of the one hundred and twenty acres comprising the homestead. He continued the work of improvement, and from his youth showed the qualities of true manhood and an excellent knowledge of th work to wich he gave his thought. His mother, formerly Sarah Wilsey, was born in Herkimer County, N. Y. and died in Milford TOwnship. She was a daughter of James Wilsey, an early settler here. Mr. Moore was an active member in the Milford Fair Association, and held the office of Director. He often took the first premium at the fairs, On the tock in which he took pride. His death occurred Oct 21, 1887, and was caused by an accident which occurred three days before, when the horse he was driving ran away.

To Mr. and Mrs. Moore there cae three children, the youngest of whom, J. Everitt, is at home and ably assisting his mother in her business affairs. The eldest Kittie, is the wife of Dr. E. A. Lodge, of Milford; the second Zelia, is at home. The daughters are graduates of the Milford High School, and Miss Zelia made a special study of music at Monroe. They are cultured and refined as befits desendants of the old Knickerbocker blood of the east and have all the firmness of character which would well be developed in such surroundings as they have had. The daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which their deceased father was also a communicant. He was a Royal Arch Mason, and member of the Republican party. Mrs Moore's great grandfather in the paternal line was an indian fighter and a Revolutionary soldier. His ancestors came from Holland during the first settlement of New York, and he belonged to the old stock of the Vans.