Dr. Max M. Moore was born at Lisbon, North Dakota, on November 15, 1892, the son of Mills Elijah and Ida Jane Heron Moore, pioneers in Ransom County.

Max Moore received his education in the Lisbon schools, graduating from High School in 1911. In 1914 he entered the University of North Dakota, to pursue a pre-med course. A member of the National Guard he was called into service on the Mexican Border in 1916 and upon returning, was called into Federal service for World War I, leaving Valley City on September 30, 1917. Two years later, January 1919, he returned from Army service and entered the College of Dentistry at the Univ. of Iowa. Upon graduation, Max Moore married Hilda Gardis Gotschall of Lisbon, North Dakota. Born September 13, 1893 in Marion, Indiana, she had come to Lisbon with her parents in 1910. She and Max graduated together and she taught school until her marriage on August 14, 1923.

Dr. Max Moore and his new bride began their married life in Valley City, where Dr. Moore had established a dental office.

Their only child, Harry Will Moore, was born February 22, 1926. He attended elementary school at College High .School and entered the U.S. Navy. He was assigned to the V-12 program and earned an Ensigns Commission. At the end of the war he entered college at Valley City State, receiving a B.S. degree in 1949. He attended Iowa University and the Illinois School of Optometry and in 1951 was recalled to active duty. He married Yvonne Catherine Larson of Ashland, Wisconsin on February 27, 1954. Their children are: Kirby Mills, born May 4, 1955; Katherine Lyn born June 17, 1956; Randall Sean, born April 4, 1960 and Maureen Ann, born January 15, 1962.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 162