John Marks Moore

His uncle was John Marks Davenport Moore (March 21, 1811 - August 20, 1892), a member of the Texas House of Representatives between 1875 and 1876.

[1] John Marks Moore attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and then attended law school at Cumberland University Law School in Lebanon, Tennessee.

[2] He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1883 and held the position until 1885.

[2] Moore died on September 28, 1902, at his home in Edna, Texas.

[6] The house is also a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark,[7] which it was designated in 1984.