An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 453

	FROCKWOOD MOORE is one of the liberal-minded, public-spirited and
progressive men of Spokane, Washington, and has probably done as much or more
than any one man to advance the interests of this place.
	Mr. Moore was born in Wisconsin in 1852, son of Joseph Lewis and Sarah
(Rockwood) Moore, natives of New York. His parents moved to Wisconsin in 1837
and located at Oshkosh, where they reared a large family of children. His father
was a merchant. He lived to be sixty-six years old and died in 1866: the mother
passed away in 1856. They were members of the Episcopal Church.
	The subject of our sketch received his education at Racine (Wisconsin)
College, and in 1872, at the age of twenty, came West and was engaged in
business in Portland and San Francisco. In 1878 he was a member of a party that
visited Spokane Falls, and he was so well pleased with the place that he located
here in the spring of 1880, and engaged in railroad constructing and general
merchandising, which he continued until 1883. He at once ranked with the
foremost citizens, and he has steadily climbed the commercial and financial
ladder until he now stands upon the highest round. In 1882 he joined the
organization of the First National Bank, of which he was the first president. He
is president of the Washington Water Power Company, vice-president of the Cable
Railway Company, director in the Electric Light Company, director in the Spokane
Street Railway Company, president of the Last Chance Mining Company, their mines
being in Wardner, Idaho, -- and is a large owner in the South Side Railway
Company.
	Mr. Moore has accumulated a considerable fortune, being among the most
extensive property owners. His wealth, however, is at the disposal of every
enterprise which can in any way effect the progress and advancement of this
city. He is one of those citizens who are always consulted on matters
appertaining to the public welfare, and his voice is always heard in defense of
those measures which can benefit the city and country. Mr. Moore was one of the
most enthusiastic supporters of the Northwestern Industrial Exposition, to which
he contributed liberally, and of which he is now treasurer. In 1890 he built his
handsome residence under the bluff at the head of Howard street, from which a
magnificent view of the city and surrounding country is secured.
	He was married in 1878, to Miss Frances Sherlock, of Portland, Oregon, a
member of the Episcopal Church.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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