 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Alice Moore akaberekerwa muParis, Illinois, June 18, 1850. Baba vake, Gen. Jesse Hale Moore, mudzidzi, mufundisi, murwi uye murume wehurumende, akafa achishumira hurumende yake seUnited States Consul muCallao, Peru, aive panguva yekuzvarwa kwake, purezidhendi weParis academy. Akabva kumhuri yekare yeVirginia vane madzitateguru aizivikanwa nokuda kwokugoverana kwavo muhondo dza 1776 na 1812. Amai vake, Rachel Hines Moore, chizvarwa cheKentucky, aive mwanasikana weimwe yemhuri dzeKentucky dzakakurumbira, dzaisanganisira mufundisi, William H. Thompson, uye gweta reIndiana, John W. Thompson. Kubva kumativi ose maviri emhuri yake, akagara nhaka kuravira mabhuku. 