MOORE, John Thomas, physician; born Calfkiller, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1876; Scotch-English descent; son of Thomas Franklin and Elizabeth (Fraser) MOORE; father’s occupation farming; paternal grandparents William and Agnes (Stewart) MOORE; maternal grandparents Thomas and Nannie (Tucker) FRASER; reared on a farm and completed academic course in literary school at the age of seventeen; taught school two years, and then entered the Medical department University of Tenn., Nashville, Tenn., and graduated from same with degree of M.D. March 28, 1899; married Dorcas PINNOCK Nov. 12, 1903; ;member Masons, I.O.O.F., Knights of Pythias, American Medical Association and Tenn. State Medical Society; Democrat; member of the Methodist church; entered the practice of medicine at Algood, Tenn., 1899, and has practiced continuously at that place since; largely interested in real esate, and also has interest in drug business.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
