{"id":815,"date":"2022-08-26T19:32:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T19:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themooresvillemuseum.org\/site\/?p=815"},"modified":"2023-11-16T20:40:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T20:40:06","slug":"mooresvilles-first-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themooresvillemuseum.org\/site\/2022\/08\/26\/mooresvilles-first-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"Mooresville&#8217;s First Couple"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"815\" class=\"elementor elementor-815\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-790549b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"13577\" data-id=\"790549b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d514403\" data-eae-slider=\"4337\" data-id=\"d514403\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5673413 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5673413\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On March 3rd 1873, the small village known as \u201cMoore\u2019s Siding\u201d was Incorporated by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly into the Town of Mooresville. The Charter had been organized by Mr. John F. Moore, his son in law Mr. John Robert McNeely, Mr. Isaac Harris, Mr. Robert McPherson, Mr. John V. Melchor, &amp; Mr. Joseph A. Templeton.<\/p><p>Much of the land for initial development &amp; also given for civic use came from John Franklin Moore (08\/13\/1822- 7\/26\/1877). Mr. McNeely was appointed as the 1st Mayor of Mooresville until the general election in which Mr. Harris became the 1st elected Mayor of Mooresville. Mr. &amp; Mrs. John Robert McNeely had 2 sons, Samuel Egbert McNeely &amp; Clarence Pharr McNeely.<\/p><p>C. P. 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