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Albert Moore was the Agriculturist at Flanner House during the late 1940's Click the link below to view a timeline of his activities and accomplishments.
Flanner House traces it's beginning back to 1898. Flanner House was named after Frank Flanner (1854-1912), a local philanthropist and mortician. In 1898, he donated a piece of property containing two buildings to the Charity Organization Society, a group operating a social settlement for the city's white population.
Albert Moore also traces his beginings back to 1898. In the 1910 Census, Albert appears on line 7 as a 12 year old, and his father William is on line 1 with his occupation listed as "Farmer".
According to our oral family history, William Moore was born William Gordon and was enslaved. William changed his last name to Moore to better find his siblings after the Civil War. Our Oral history has be confirmed by census and marriage records. Line 89 of the 1900 Census confirms William Moore's name after he changed it in 1885. The listing of marriage records shows William Gordon making a marriage bond with my grandmother, Ella Bolton in 1885, and marrying her a year later as William Moore.
Almost a half century later the arc of these two entities will intersect.
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