Background
Moore, Walter Bedford was born on October 7, 1863 in York, South Carolina, United States. Son of Eli Peyton and Elizabeth Ann (Neely) Moore.
Moore, Walter Bedford was born on October 7, 1863 in York, South Carolina, United States. Son of Eli Peyton and Elizabeth Ann (Neely) Moore.
Student Kings Mountain Military School, York, 1876-1879.
Began as clerk, 1879. Merchant, 1885-1889; manufacturer of buggies, 1889-1895. Insurance business, 1895-1897.
General merchant and factor, 1897-1905.
Cotton textile manufacturer, with 3 mills at York, 1905-1928. President Peoples Building & Loan Association.
Director and president York Depository. Pioneer builder of telephone systems in the Carolinas, starting 1893.
Served as major in South Carolina. National Guard. Mayor of York several terms. Member sub-committee National Council of Defense, 1917.
Member Southern Spinners Association (president 1910-1925), Sons of the American Revolution Club: Crustbreakers (ex-president).
Donor of buildings and land of Protestant Episcopal Church Home Orphanage.
Married Annie Lee Adickes, October 22, 1884. Children: Walter Bedford, Marie (Mistress Joseph Everett Hart).