William appears to have have stayed in Illinois when other members of his family moved to Dallas, Texas.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M85S-BFT : accessed 23 January 2015), Wm J Moore in household of Hulda Moore, Scott county, part of, Scott, Illinois, United States; citing family 976, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3JN-LHS : accessed 23 January 2015), William Joseph Moore, 27 Sep 1926; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,613,443.
Acknowledgments
Moore-15353 was created by Dawn Griffis through the import of Griffis Ragland Alsford Wrighton Family Tree_2014-01-29.ged on Jan 29, 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: