Moore, Thomas Patrick – Morehouse, S. Thomas
Moore, Thomas Patrick
soldier, congressman, was born in 1797, in Charlotte county, Va. He was an officer in the war. He was a member of congress from 1823 to 1829 from Kentucky; and was minister to the republic of Colombia in 1829. He was lieutenant-colonel in the regular army during the war with Mexico; and his last public position was that of a member of the convention for revising the constitution of Kentucky. He died July 21, 1853, in Harrodsburg, Ky.
Moore, Thomas S
congressman, was born in Jefferson county, Va. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1840 to 1823.
Moore, Thomas Vernon
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 1, 1818, in Newville, Pa. He was a presbyterian minister of Nashville, and the author of Last Words of Jesus; God's University, or the World a School; The Culdee Church; Corporate Life of the Church; and The Last Days of Jesus. He died Aug. 5, 1871, in Nashville, Tenn.
Moore, Walter Burritt
soldier, lawyer, author, was born Sept. 25, 1836, in Bristol, Vt. He removed to New York and with Paul A. Chadbourne he edited The Public Service of the State of New York, in three volumes.
Moore, William
lawyer, was born in 1734, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1781 he was elected president of the executive council of Pennsylvania, resigning in 1782. He died July 24, 1793.
Moore, William
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 25, 1810, in Montgomery county, Pa. He was twice elected a judge of the court of common pleas for Atlantic county, N. J., serving in all ten years. He was elected a representative from New Jersey to the fortieth and forty-first congresses.
Moore, William Eves
clergyman, author, was born April 1, 1823, in Strasburg, Pa. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Columbus, Ohio, since 1872; and the author of New Digest of the General Assembly; and The Presbyterian Digest.
Moore, William Robert
merchant, congressman, was born March 28, 1830, in Huntsville, Ala. He was elected a representative from Tennessee to the forty-seventh congress as a republican.
Moore, William S
journalist, congressman, was born Nov. 18, 1822, in Bethlehem, Pa. He was elected to the forty-third congress from Pennsylvania as a republican.
Moore, William Thomas
clergyman, journalist, author, was born Aug. 27, 1832, in Henry county, Ky. He is a voluminous writer. Most prominent among the productions of his pen are, Views of Life, a beautiful book, full of practical thoughts on every-day subjects, and free from pulpit cant; and, the Living Pulpit of the Christian Church.
Moore, Zephaniah Swift
clergyman, college president, was born Nov. 20, 1770, in Palmer, Mass. He was president of Williams college in 1815; and in 1822 became the first president of Amherst college. He died June 30, 1823, in Amherst, Mass.
Moorehead, Warren King
archæologist, author, was born in 1866 in Italy. He is an archæologist of Italian birth, but American parentage, curator of the Ohio State Archæological Museum at Columbus. He is the author of Primitive Man in Ohio; Fort Ancient; The Great Prehistoric Earthwork of Warren County, Ohio; Waneta, the Sioux, a Story of Indian Life; and Field Work.
Moorhead, James Kennedy
congressman, was born Sept. 7, 1806, in Halifax, Pa. In 1836 he moved to Pittsburg, Pa.; there took an active part in improving the navigation of the Monongahela. He was made president of a company bearing that name, and established in that city the Union Cotton factory. In 1838 he received the militia title of adjutant-general. In 1859 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-sixth congress; and was reelected to the thirty-seventh, thirtyeighth, thirty-ninth, and fortieth congresses as a republican. He died March 6, 1884, in Pittsburg, Pa.
Morais, Sabato
clergyman, was born April 29, 1824, in Italy. He took an active part in the establishment of the conservative Jewish theological seminary of New York, opened in 1887, of which he was chosen president, and has been active in furthering Jewish charitable and educational progress in Philadelphia.
Moran, Jane Wormley Black- Burn
author, was born Nov. 14, 1842, in Spring Grove, Va. She is the author of Miss Washington of Virginia; What a Man Can do with a Woman's Life; and other works. She is the wife of Frank Bergen Moran, a son of the millionaire banker of New York city, who is well known by several remarkable books on government, free trade, and political economy. She resides in Charlottesville, Va.
Moran, Leon
artist, was born in 1863, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has exhibited numerous paintings at the National academy, which include Waylaid; An Interrupted Conspiracy; and An Amateur. Among his most successful works are The Duel; An Idyl; Eel Fishing; and Intercepted Dispatches.
Moran, Mrs. Mary Nimmo
artist, was born May 10, 1842, in Scotland. She has attained eminence in America as a successful artist; and is the wife of the well known landscape painter.
Moran, Percy
artist, was born in 1862, in Philadelphia, Pa. He excels in portraying female heads and figures, and his touch is crisp and decided. Among his recent paintings are Divided Attention, for which he received the first prize at the New York academy of design in 1886; A Corner of the Studio; and The Wood Cutter's Daughter.
Moran, Peter
artist, was born in 1842 in England. He is a successful artist of Philadelphia, Pa.
Moran, Thomas
artist, was born Jan. 12, 1837, in England. Among his important works are The Pass of Glencoe; The Mountain of the Holy Cross, which he exhibited at the Centennial of 1876, and for which he received a medal and diploma.
Mordecai, Alfred
soldier, author, was born Jan. 3, 1804, in Warrenton, N. C.
He was a soldier and military engineer; secretary of the Pennsylvania Canal company since 1867; and the author of Digest of Military Laws; Ordnance Manual; Reports of Gunpowder Experiments; and Artillery for United States Land Service.
He died Oct. 23, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Morden, William J
inventor, was born in 1832. He was the inventor in 1868 of the first U plate frog and crossing, which invention is now in use on every railroad in America. At the time of his death he was president of the Morden Frog and Crossing works, a plant which covers five acres at South Chicago.
He died Feb. 27, 1897, in Chicago, Ill.
More, Paul Elmer
educator, author, was born in 1864 in Missouri. He is an instructor in Sanskrit and Greek at Bryn Mawr college; and the author of The Great Refusal: Being Letters of a Dreamer in Gotham.
More, Thomas Roman
stockman, poet, was born Sept. 27, 1856, in Santa Barbara, Cal. After graduating from the Ann Arbor high school, he attended the Michigan university. He is a successful stockman, and the owner of several large ranches in California. His poems have appeared in various newspapers and magazines, and in several standard works.
Morehead, Charles R
merchant, banker, was born Feb. 28, 1836, in Richmond, Mo. He attended the Masonic college of Lexington, Mo. He was assistant general agent and chief clerk of the United States Transportation company in the Utah expedition of 1857; and in 1868- 69 was mayor of Leavenworth, Kan. He has been president of the State National bank of El Paso, Texas, since its organization in 1881; was president of the board of education in 1893-94; and since 1860 has been a successful merchant and banker. In 1895 he was elected knight commander of the Court of Honor, Scottish rite masons, by the supreme council at Washington, D. C.
Morehead, Charles Slaugh- Ter
lawyer, legislator, congressman, governor, was born July 7, 1802, in Nelson county, Ky. He was elected to the Kentucky state legislature, serving during 1828 and 1829. In 1832 he was appointed attorney-general of Kentucky, which office he held five years. In 1838-40 he was again returned to the legislature, officiating during the latter year as speaker. He was re-elected and made speaker in 1841. He was again re-elected in 1842 and 1844, and for the third time chosen speaker. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1847 to 1851; in 1853 was once more returned to the legislature; and in 1855 was elected governor of Kentucky. He died Dec. 23, 1868, in Greenville, Miss.
Morehead, I. T
congressman. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1851 to 1853.
Morehead, James Turner
lawyer, legislator, governor, United States senator, was born May 24, 1797, in Covington, Ky. He served three years in the Kentucky state legislature; in 1832 was elected lieutenant-governor of Kentucky, and in 1834 became governor. In 1837 he was again elected to the legislature. In 1838 he was appointed president of the board of internal improvements, which office he held until 1841, when he was elected to the United States senate for the term of six years. He died Dec. 28, 1854, in Covington, Ky.
Morehead, John Motley
lawyer, legislator, governor, was born July 4, 1796, in Pennsylvania county, Va. He served in the North Carolina legislature, and early became a whig, being a warm friend of Henry Clay. From 1841 till 1845 he was governor of North Carolina. He died Aug. 28, 1866, in Rockbridge, Va.
Morehouse, S. Thomas
journalist, was born Nov. 13, 1849, in Walton, N. Y.
He received his education in the Walton academy, and soon after entered journalistic work. He is the editor and publisher of the Evening Star of Ridgway, Pa. the first and only daily paper in Elk county. He was the founder and editor of the Reporter of Walton, N. Y.; and is also the editor of the Elk Democrat. 1 A