George Moore (Medal of Honor)

Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.

Moore's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

Served on board the U.S.S. Rhode Island which was engaged in saving the lives of the officers and crew of the Monitor, 30 December 1862. Participating in the hazardous task of rescuing the officers and crew of the sinking Monitor, Moore after rescuing several of the men, became separated in a heavy gale with other members of the cutter that had set out from the Rhode Island, and spent many hours in the small boat at the mercy of the weather and high seas until finally picked up by a schooner 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras.^[3]

Moore died on July 24, 1904, in Trenton, New Jersey, of congestion of the lungs and was buried in Saint John's Cemetery in Trenton. The remains of George Moore, his widow Anna née Walters Moore and other Moore / Walters family members are interred in Burial plot: Section A, lot 321.

Moore's death notice in the July 25, 1904, Trenton Evening Times newspaper read:

George J. Moore - George J. Moore died at his residence, 238 Elmer street, last evening, after an illness of three days. He was about 45 years old. The widow and one son, George, survive. The arrangements for the funeral, in charge of Tilton, have not been completed.

Moore's funeral notice in the July 28, 1904, Trenton Evening Times newspaper read:

George Moore – George Moore was buried this morning in St. John’s cemetery. The funeral took place from his late residence, 238 Elmer street, with requiem high mass at Sacred Heart Church.