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Mooar, George – Moore, Alanson Wood
Mooar, George
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1830 in Massachusetts. He is a congregational clergyman, and professor in Pacific Theological seminary at Oakland, Cal., since 1870. He is the author of The Religion of Loyalty; and Prominent Characteristics of Congregational Churches.
Moody, Dwight Lyman
evangelist, author, was born Feb. 5, 1837, in Northfield, Mass. He is a celebrated evangelist. Among his more important writings are The Second Coming of Christ; The Way and the Word; Secret Power; The Way to God; Glad Tidings; Great Joy; To All People; Bible Characters; and How to Study the Bible.
Moody, Frank Sims
lawyer, banker, state senator, was born Oct. 29, 1849, in Tuskaloosa, Ala. In 1877 he was elected president of the First National bank of Tuskaloosa, Ala. He was elected in 1894 to the Alabama state senate.
Moody, Joel
lawyer, state senator, author, was born Oct. 28, 1834, in New Brunswick. From 1865-81 he served in the Kansas state legislature; for four years was assistant secretary of the senate; and then became a state senator and a regent of the university of Kansas. He is the author of Science of Evil; Junius Unmasked; and a vol-. ume of poems, entitled The Song of Kansas. His poems have also been included in several standard collections.
Moody, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 4, 1676, in Newbury, Mass.
He was instrumental in founding a congregational church in Providence, R. I., and possessed great influence among the churches. His publications include State of the Damned; Judas Hung up in Chains; and Election Sermon. He died Nov. 13, 1747.
Moody, William H
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 23, 1853, in Newbury, Mass. He was district attorney for the eastern district of Massachusetts from 1890 to 1895; he was elected to the fiftyfourth congress as a republican, at a special election, to fill a vacancy; and reelected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Moody, William Lewis
soldier, merchant, state legislator, was born May 19, 1828, in Essex county, Va. In 1866 he removed to Galveston and entered the cotton factorage business, his firm now being W. L. Moody and Co. He was president of the Galveston cotton exchange for thirteen years. In 1874 he was elected a representative to the Texas legislature, and during the same session became financial agent for Texas, for the sale of its bonds, and as such successfully negotiated the loan.
Mooers, Benjamin
soldier, state legislator, was born April 1, 1758, in Haverhill, Mass. In 1783 he settled in the vicinity of Plattsburg, N. Y., then a wilderness, was for eight years a member of the New York legislature, and held various other offices. He was a major-general of militia, and as such commanded at the battle of Plattsburg, in 1814. He died Feb. 20, 1838, in Plattsburg, N. Y.
Moon, John W
merchant, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 18, 1836, in Wayne county, Mich. He was elected to the Michigan state senate in 1884, and re-elected in 1886; and was elected to the fifty-third congress as a republican.
Moore, Alfred
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born May 21, 1755, in Brunswick county, N. C. In 1790 he was elected attorney-general of North Carolina; and was appointed judge in 1798. He was associate judge of the supreme court of the United States from 1799 to 1805. He died Oct. 15, 1810, in Belfont, N. C.
Moore, Alanson Wood
lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 14, 1838, in De Kalb county, Ga. He was elected to the Louisiana state legislature in 1892, and was re-elected in 1894. He has delivered lectures on Intellectual, Moral and Physical Culture; and is an ardent prohibitionist.