1925 Biography - Coyt Moore

Coyt Moore, D. O., is one of the leading exponents of the science and profession of osteopathy in Louisiana, as is indicated by the fact that he is serving as treasurer of the Louisiana State Board of Osteopaths, and he is established in the success, the practice of his profession in the fair old capitol city of Baton Rouge, with finely appointed offices in Suite 35-36-38 of the old Reymond Building, on Third Street.

Doctor Moore was born at Hawarden, Iowa, August 15, 1885, and is a scion of the third generation of one of the sterling pioneer families of the Hawkeye State. He is a grandson of Samuel Moore, who was born near the City of Dublin, Ireland, and who was a young man when he came to the United States in 1846. He made his way by packet boat up the Mississippi River to Iowa and settled near Clinton, that state, where he reclaimed and improved a pioneer farm, and became a citizen of no minor prominence and influence in his community. His son Alexander, father of Doctor Moore of this review, now resides at Chico, California. Alexander & Moore was born near Clinton, Iowa, November 1, 1851, and was reared under the conditions and influences marking the pioneer history of the Hawkeye State, his youthful education having included a partial college course. After his marriage he was for some time engaged in the retail furniture business at Hawarden, that state, and he then moved with his family to the City of Council Bluffs, where he engaged in business as a contractor and builder. In the autumn of 1892 he removed to a farm near Malvern, Iowa, and in 1911 he traveled in Washington and Oregon, where he and his wife visited in the homes of various of their kinsfolk. In 1912 he purchased a fruit farm near Chico, California and there he and his wife have since maintained their home. Mr. Moore is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and Mrs. Moore of the Christian Church. Mr. Moore aligns himself as an independent republican in politics, and he was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. April 29, 1884, marks his marriage to Miss Minnie Dill, who was born in the historic old town of Chillicothe, Ohio, March 19, 1860, and of the children of this union Dr. Coyt Moore, of this review, is the first born; Vernon A., owns and conducts an automobile garage at Chico, California, and was a member of a California regiment that was in service in France in the World War from July, 1918, until April of the following year. Edward Lynn died at the parental home at Chico, California, August 2, 1912, at the age of nineteen years; and Gail Everett is associated with his brother Vernon in the automobile business at Chico.

The early education of Dr. Moore was acquired principally in the public schools of Council Bluffs and Malvern, Iowa, and thereafter he was a student in the preparatory department of Tabor College, Tabor, Iowa. In 1907 he entered the Amen School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, in this foundation institution of osteopathic school, he was graduated as a member of the class of 1910.

At the college he became a member of the representative student organization known as the Friars Cub. After receiving his degree of Doctor of 0steopathy he was for a brief interval engaged in practice at Malvern, Iowa, and for an equally short time at Paragould, Arkansas. In July, 1910, he engaged in practice at Hammond, Louisiana, and on the 13th of May of the following year he removed to Baton Rouge, which city has since continued the central stage of his successful professional activities. The Doctor was appointed by Governor L. E. Hall as a member of the Louisiana State Board of Osteopaths in January 1918, to fill out the unexpired term of Dr. W. A. McKeehan, and by reappointment under the administration of Governor R. G. Pleasant his term in this office has been extended to October, 1924. In his home city he and his wife are communicants of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, and are active in the work of this old and representative parish. He was formerly in active, affiliation with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The Doctor is (1924) vice president of the Tri-State Osteopathic Society (Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama) and is an influential member of the Louisiana State Osteopathic Society. He is a director of the Union Homestead Association of Baton Rouge, and he has made judicious investment in local real estate.

On the 1st of August, 1923, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Moore and Miss Elise E. Eckert, daughter of Philip and Blanche (Bessalyance) Eckert, the former of whom, a farmer and large real estate owner, died at Baton Rouge November 6, 1922, his widow being still a resident of the capital city. Dr. and Mrs. Moore are popular factors in the social life of Baton Rouge.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from A History of Louisiana, by Henry E. Chambers, published in 1925, volume 2, pages 52-53.