The Search for James Moore (Family History:Part 9)

I was unable to locate Samuel McCullough and Sarah Moore McCullough (James Moore's wife) household after the 1880 census. Maybe Sam and Sarah died. If Sarah died in the 1880's she would have been in her fifties, so family history may be right that she did die young.

The marriage record that I found for James Moore and Sarah Phillips was dated in 1854. That is three years after my gg grandfather Burton Herman Moore was born. Was James Moore the real father of Burton Herman Moore? Did Sarah Phillips have Burton before she met James Moore? Was Sarah pregnant with Burton when she met James Moore? Was Burton adopted by James Moore? Or, did James Moore and Sarah have Burton before they got married? If James Moore was not the father of Burton Herman Moore, did Sarah ever tell her son the truth? These are good questions. I believe that Burton Herman Moore loved James Moore even if James wasn't his real father. Burton had a son named James Moore, and also on that 1870 and 1880 census Burton Moore was not living with or neighbors with his mother Sarah. It makes me wander if Burton Moore did not like the idea of his mother remarrying after James Moore did not come back. I will continue to stick to the Family History saying that James Moore was the father of Burton Herman Moore. But, What really happened to James Moore?

I have been doing some research on the military unit that James Moore joined during the Civil War. One week ago, I found the military service record of James Moore. The records indicate that James Moore:

- Enlisted on September 25, 1862 in Blountville, TN. (Sullivan County).
-Enlisted for 3 Years
-Recruited by James Alex Rhea. (James Rhea also lived in Sullivan County.)
- His service record states that James Moore was 30 years old on November 07, 1862.
-There was a quarterly muster of the deceased soldiers that ended on March 31, 1863. The record stated that James Moore from the 60th TN Unit; Company G; died at Vicksburg, MS. on January 31, 1863 from Typhoid Fever.