Inscription:

Robert B. Moore
Died Sept. 16 1875
Aged 68 Years

 
 

Father of Eudora Moore who in 1934 wrote an extensive account of everyday life at Indianola where she grew up. Robert B. Moore moved to Indianola in 1849 from Victoria County. A trained mechanic and building contractor he liked to collect oysters from Powderhorn Lake for his family. Survived a "light form" of yellow fever in 1867 according to Eudora Moore. Drowned by the 1875 hurricane.

 
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