The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Liberty Township, pages 648-649
Risdon C. Moore, M.D., Belleville, Ind., is a native of North Carolina, born in Guilford County, April 3, 1820, the youngest of ten children of Thomas and Ann K. (Goldberry) Moore, natives of Maryland. In 1830 his parents moved to Hendricks County, Ind., and settled in Guilford Township, where they lived till their death. He was reared on a pioneer farm, and in his youth attended the old log-cabin schools. When seventeen years of age he began the study of medicine with his brother, S.G. Moore, a physician of Belleville, and took his first course of lectures at the Kentucky Medical College, Louisville. He began his practice at Belleville, and in 1849 attended a course of lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., from which he graduated in 1850. He then returned to Belleville, where he has since lived and has built up a large practice. He has been a hard student and has excelled in his profession, having now a reputation second to none in the county. He was married in 1846 to Emeline Green, who died in 1856 leaving one daughter, now deceased. In 1860 he married Allie R. Banta, daughter of Cornelius Banta. To them have been born ten children. Dr. Moore is a member of Belleville Lodge, No. 65, F. & A.M. and Belleville Lodge, No. 205, I.O.O.F. He and his wife are members of the Christian church.