DR. CHARLES MEEKS MOORE
Born in White County Tennessee
14 Feb. 1866 to parents William Madison and
Marion Moon Meeks, Charles
was brought to Coryell County as a very young
child following the Civil
War, the family evidently settling around the Coryell City
area of the county near
a place at that time called Waldo, , later moving into nearby
McLennan Co. Charles first
studied the law and was for a time the City Attorny in
Gatesville. He later became
interested in medicine, as had 3 brothers, and
studied at Lewisville Medical
College in Kentucky. his first medical practice
began in Hurst Springs in
Coryell County in 1894.He married Bertha Georgia
Amelia Albertson, daughter
of Elif Albertson, prominent merchant of Tyler,
Smith Co. TX on 15 Nov.
1894. To this union were born children: 1. Elif Albertson
Moore born 14-9-1895. 2.
Fred William Moore born 11-10-1900. 3. Bruce Vivian
Moore born 23-1-1903, died
14-10-1912. The young doctor's practice began at first
on horseback, later by horse
and buggy and finally by newly invented automobile.
For a number of years his
practice was in an office above the Corner Drug Store
in Clifton and the Santa
Fe Railroad knew him as their doctor on call. Clifton had
no hospital and Dr. Moore's
patients were placed in a Temple hospital by train.
About 1930 Dr. Goodall began
practice in Clifton and Dr. Moore retired to his
ranch at Hurst Springs,
still practicing medicine until his death December 4, 1940.
Mrs. Moore died Oct. 18,
1942 and they are buried in the Clifton Cemetery.
Biography by great-granddaughters
Carol Lange and Linda Hughes