Born: February 19, 1856, Wheeling, Indiana.
Died: September 1942. His obituary appeared in the Bellville Star, Richland County, Ohio, September 10, 1942.
Buried: Bellville Cemetery, Bellville, Ohio.
Charles was the son of Dr. Addison Moore and Nancy Kirley; husband of Georgianna Wilson of Agosta, Ohio; and a descendant of a brother of hymnist Thomas Moore.
While very young, Moore showed an intense interest in vocal music. There was no music in the public schools in those days, but he attended every singing school he could reach. Soon he was conducting singing schools and working with concerts, traveling for many years with the Leslie Concert Company as tenor soloist.
Later, he was a pioneer in the field of public school music. He taught in the public schools of Winchester, Indiana; Marion, Ohio; and Champaign, Illinois. He taught for 15 years in Champaign, and in towns surrounding the city for 10 years more.
While living in Champaign, he was a member of the First Methodist Church, where he conducted the music in the Sunday School. In 1926, he joined the Butler Methodist church.
When he retired, he moved to a small farm near Butler. He still maintained his interest in music: He and his friend J. S. Garber sang duets at funerals, revivals and religious conventions over most of Richland County until a few years before his death.
Moore was well known as a composer of hymns and songs for schools. In collaboration with three of his brothers, all music teachers, he wrote the music book The Regulus, and later wrote Musical Gems with his brother Marcellus.
His other works include:
If you know where to get a good photo of Moore (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),