James Beach Moore

James Beach Moore (April 1, 1842 in Norwich, Canada West – August 29, 1931 in Waterford, Ontario) was born into a Canadian Quaker family.

According to his obituary in the Canadian Baptist magazine, "When Rev. Moore died, he was the oldest minister in the Baptist denomination of Canada and probably the only survivor of Canadian nationality who participated in the American Civil War ... Elder Moore, as he was more familiarly know in later life, occupied the pulpit in practically every Baptist church in the province [of Ontario] on one or more occasions."

He started a number of Baptist congregations in Ontario, for example Stouffville Baptist Church in Stouffville, Ontario.

James Beach Moore was born into a Quaker family in Norwich, Canada West. His great-grandfather, Samuel Moore had been a leader of the Quaker movement in Nova Scotia. His father, William Shotwell Moore, had moved from Rahway, New Jersey, to Upper Canada, where he married Rachel Tompkins, and together they had 16 children, James Beech Moore being the youngest. James' great-uncle, Elias Moore, though a leader in the Quaker community, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1835 to 1840, had been arrested for his part in the Upper Canada Rebellion. His great-uncles, Enoch and John, had also been arrested in the same rebellion. Another great-uncle, Lindley had been a leader in the abolitionist and temperance movements in Rochester, New York.

According to James' obituary in the Waterford Star newspaper,

when he was seventeen years old, he determined to enter the Gospel ministry, although he was opposed by his father who had been a Quaker in all of his training and his sympathies. The young man had the choice of leaving home or leaving the religious meetings. He chose the former and was baptized and united with the Baptist Church at Burgessville.

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