Montgomery, William B – Moore, Audrey C
Montgomery, William B
missionary, author, was born about 1790, in Danville, Pa. In 1833 he completed an elementary book that contained translations of various passages of Scripture. This was the first work written in the Osage language, and was published in Boston after his death. He died Aug. 17, 1834, in Union Station, Kan.
Montgomery, William Read- Ing
soldier, was born July 10, 1801, in Monmouth county, N. J. He took part in the war with Mexico, and was promoted to major in 1852. In 1861 he was commissioned a brigadier-general of volunteers, and subsequently became military governor of Alexandria, Va. He died May 31, 1871, in Bristol, Pa.
Montgomery, William Watts
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 11, 1827, in Augusta, Ga. In 1872 he was appointed judge of the supreme court of Georgia.
Montgomery, Zachariah
gressman, was born March 6, 1825, in Nelson county, Ky. In 1856 he was appointed district attorney of Sutter county, Cal.; and was re-elected. In 1860 he was electconed a representative in the California legislature; ana in 1885 was appointed United States attorney-general for the department of the interior.
Monti, Luigi
educator, author, was born in 1810 in Sicily. He is an educator of New York city who appears in Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn as The Young Sicilian. He is the author of An American Consul Abroad; and Leone, a novel.
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, Gideon C
soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Oct. 16, 1832, in Cortland, N. Y. He moved to Dakota in 1864; was a member of the house of representatives of Dakota territory in 1867-69, and in 1874; and was speaker of the house in 1868-69 and in 1874. He was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Dakota territory in 1878, and served as such until April 1, 1883. He was elected by the legislature which assembled under the constitution of 1885 as one of the United States senators for the state of South Dakota; was again elected one of the United States senators for the state of South Dakota in 1889, under the provisions of the act of congress admitting South Dakota and other states into the union. He took his seat Dec. 2, 1889; his term of service expired March 3, 1891.
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.
Moody, Zenas F
soldier, surveyor, merchant, state legislator, governor, was born May 27, 1832, in Granby, Mass. He settled in Oregon in 1851; was a surveyor; and in 1856 was appointed government inspector of the United States surveys in California. For many years he was a mail contractor between The Dalles and Portland. In 1880 he was elected a member of the state legislature; and was speaker of the house the following session. In 1882 he was elected governor of Oregon, and served for four years.
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 Austin
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 22, 1855, in Albemarle county, Va. He was elected attorney for the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1881 and 1882; and was appointed special circuit judge in 1889, and twice reappointed, and held the office continuously under special commissions until 1891. He was appointed as regular judge for the fourth circuit, and held under this commission until 1892, when he was elected circuit judge; and was reelected in 1894 for a term of eight years. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress.
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.
Mooney, Edward Ludlow
artist, was born March 25, 1813, in New York city. He executed six admirable copies of Inman's portrait of Martin Van Buren. He was elected an associate of the academy in 1839, and an academician in 1840. Among them were likenesses of Commodore Oliver H. Perry and of Governor william H. Seward, the latter now in the state house at Albany, also that of Achmet Ben Aman, the commander of the Imam of Muscat's frigate Sultan, purchased by the common council of New York. He died July 10, 1887, in New York city.
Mooney, Samuel L
railroad president, was born June 14, 1813, in Powhatan, Ohio. Since 1881 he has been president of the Bellaire, Janesville and Cincinnati railroad.
Moor, Wyman Bradley Sevey
lawyer, state legislator, United States senator, was born Nov. 3, 1814, in Waterville, Maine. He was a member of the Maine legislature in 1839; and was attorney-general of that state from 1844 to 1848. By appointment he succeeded John Fairfield as a senator in congress, serving from January to June, 1848. He subsequently devoted much attention to the railroad interests of his state; and in 1857 was appointed consul general for the British American provinces. He died Feb. 16, 1869, in Lynchburg, Va.
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.
Moore, Andrew
congressman, was born in 1752 in Canniscello, Va. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1789 to 1797, and again from 1803 to 1804, when he was appointed to the United States senate. He died April 14, 1821, near Lexington, Va.
Moore, Andrew B
educator, governor. He was governor of Alabama from 1857 to 1863. He died April 5, 1873, in Marion, Ala.
Moore, Mrs. Annie Aubertine
[WOODWARD], author, was born Sept. 27, 1841, in Montgomery county, Pa. She is a Wisconsin translator of note from the Norse; co-translator with Anderson of Björnson's novels, and editor of Echoes from Mist Land.
Moore, Audrey C
journalist, physician, was born March 12, 1867, in La Grange, Mo. He is a prominent physician of Anaheim, Cal.; and is the editor and owner of the Osteopath, a medical journal. He is vice-president of the Pacific School of Osteopathy, and demonstrator in osteopathy in that institution.