Moore, Pierre Albert M. D.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Pierre Albert Moore, M. D. A physician and surgeon who has practiced in New Orleans for thirty years, Doctor Moore is related to a number of the most prominent and historic families of Louisiana. His individual career in its service and attainments has measured up to a most honorable tradition of the older generations of his family. Doctor Moore was born at Opelousas, Louisiana, in 1870, son of Judge Joseph M. and Annette (Wartelle) Moore. His mother was of French ancestry, her father having been a soldier under the great Napoleon in the Italian and Russian campaigns. The Moores are an old and prominent family of W. Virginia. Doctor Moore's great-grandfather was related to the Randolphs, Harrisons, Lewises, Henshaws and others, his home place, Moorefield, being named for the family. He left Virginia about the beginning of the nineteenth century, first settling in Kentucky, where the grandfather of Doctor Moore was born. During the latter's early childhood the family removed to Louisiana. Doctor Moore's grand father became owner of a rich plantation that now includes the site of Morgan City. The Moores have always been people of substance and property. Through intermarriage the family is related to the Kings, Overtons, Wartelles and other names well known in Louisiana. Judge King was on the supreme bench of the state and another of that family was minister to Spain. Judge Joseph M. Moore, father of Doctor Moore, reached many of the positions and honors respecting brilliant ability in the law and personal character. He was a native of Opelousas, served as a judge of the Court of Appeals, and was democratic candidate for Congress in reconstruction days, being counted out by the returning hoard. He also served in the State Legislature and as a young man was in charge of the state land office for a time. Those who knew him had a high opinion of his wisdom, integrity and exalted character. Doctor Moore grew up at Opelousas, and is a graduate of the Louisiana State University. For two years he was an instructor in time Kentucky Military Institute and then entered Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, graduating from that old and honored school of medicine in 1895. Since that year he has been busy with a general practice of medicine in New Orleans. His offices are in the Godchaux Building. He is a member of the Orleans Parish. Louisiana State anti American Medical Associations. Doctor Moore married Miss Louise Gibbons, of St. Louis. They have a son, Pierre Albert Moore, Jr., a young man who has given promise of living up to the best traditions if his family. He is now attending preparatory school at Asheville, North Carolina. getting ready for his advance education in the University of Virginia.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 24-25, by Henry E. Chambers. Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 192