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Moses, Charles L – Mott, George Scudder

Moses, Charles L

agriculturist, congressman, was born May 2, 1856, in Coweta county, Ga. He was elected from Georgia to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses and re-elected to the fiftyfourth congress as a democrat.

Moses, F. J

governor. He was governor of South Carolina from 1873 to 1875.

Mosgrove, James

manufacturer, congressman, was born July 14, 1821, in Kittanning, Pa. He became president of the Kittanning Iron company; and also president of the First National bank of Kittanning, Pa. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-seventh congress as a democrat.

Mosher, Mrs. Jennie M

author, poet, was born Sept. 20, 1845, in New York (Orleans county). She is prominent in missionary and temperance work, and was president of the Missionary society of Independence, Iowa. She is the author of a volume entitled Story of the Bible in Rhyme.

Mosler, Henry

artist, was born June 6, 1841, in New York city. During the civil war he was an art correspondent for Harper's Weekly; and also painted portraits of a number of generals while in camp. His best known works are, Early Cares; Quadroon Girl; Wedding Morning; and The Last Sacrament.

Moss, John Calvin

inventor, was born Jan. 5, 1838, near Bentleysville, Pa.

He was the first to make photo-engraving a practical business success, and while his methods have never been patented, he is known as the inventor of what is called the Moss process; Moss new process; and the Moss-type process.

Moss, John R

lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 7, 1844, in Powhatan county, Va. He was a member of the Virginia legislature in 1869, and also in 1885. Since 1891 he has been county judge.

Moss, Lemuel

educator, journalist, college president, author, was born Dec. 27, 1829, near Burlington, Ky. In 1874-75 he was president of the university of Chicago, and in 1875-84 of Indiana university. He has written Annals of the United States Christian Commission, and various articles on educational and religious subjects. He also edited The Baptists and the National Centenary.

Moss, Leon F

educator, college president, lawyer, poet, was born Sept. 12, 1861, in Cuba. In 1882 he was president of the Western Normal college of Bushnell, Ill.; and in 1883-84 was city attorney at Ipava, Ill. He is the author of a number of poems.

Motley, John Lothrop

lawyer, diplomat, author, was born April 15, 1814, in Boston, Mass. He was a distinguished historian who was minister to Austria in 1861-67, and to England in 1869-70. He was the author of Morton's Hope, a romance; Merry Mount, a romance; The Rise of the Dutch Republic; The History of the United Netherlands; and Life and Death of John of Barneveld. He died May 29, 1877, in Dorchester, England.

Mott, Ferris O

jurist, state legislator, was born Jan. 9, 1850, near Ithaca, N. Y. He received his education in the common schools of Michigan; learned the carpenter's trade; and since 1878 has lived in Harper, Kas. In 1890 he was elected probate judge; and in 1894 was elected a representative in the state legislature.

Mott, George Scudder

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 25, 1829, in New York city. He is a presbyterian minister of Flemington, N. J.; and the author of The Prodigal Son; The Resurrection of the Dead; and The Perfect Law.