Marker Inscription
The Rev. John Silliman Moore Born in Mississippi in 1840, John Silliman Moore attended college in Georgia before serving in the Civil War, where he was wounded at Seven Pines, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In 1870, after graduating from the Presbyterian seminary in Columbia, South Carolina, he pastored churches in Jefferson, Tyler, McKinney and then Sherman, Texas, where he led the First Presbyterian Church from 1879 until his death in 1903. He sat on Austin College's board of trustees from c. 1875 to 1902, helping relocate the school from Huntsville to Sherman. Recorded - 2002
About this site
The Rev. John Silliman Moore is a historical marker in Sherman, Grayson County, dedicated in 2002. It is one of 144 historical markers documented in Grayson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 208 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.6324, -96.6192 near Sherman. The nearest cataloged historic site is LeTellier, John Henry, Capt. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mangum, Aaron S., Olive Ann Oatman Fairchild, and Tom Randolph (Nov. 13, 1854 - Jan. 8, 1918).
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5181012896. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
