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378 Virginia, and he held this office until his death. — His son, Samuel, congressman, b. in Philadel- phia, Pa., 9 Feb., 1796; d. in Lexington, Va., 17 Sept., 1875, was educated at Washington college (now Washington and Lee university), Va. In 1825 he was elected to the Virginia legislature, serving until 1833. He was a member of the con- vention of 1829 to amend the constitution of Vir- ginia, and was elected to congress as a Whig, serving from 2 Dec, 1833. till 3 March, 1835. Sub- sequently he was again a member of the legisla- ture. In 1861 he was elected to the convention of Virginia, and actively opposed secession, for which he was threatened with violence in Richmond. Notwithstanding this, he signed the ordinance, and served in the Confederate army.

MOORE, Andrew Barry, governor of Ala- bama, b. in Spartanburg district, S. C, 7 March, 1806; d. in Marion, Ala., 5 April, 1873. He re- moved to Perry county, Ala., in 1826, and after teaching for two years studied law in Marion, and was enrolled as a,n attorney in 1833. He was many times in the legislature after 1839, and served three terras as speaker. He was a Whig presidential elector in 1848, and a state circuit judge from 1852 till 1857, when he resigned to accept the Demo- cratic nomination for governor. He was elected and chosen again in 1859. In 1861 he directed the seizure of U. S. forts and arsenals before the seces- sion of the state, and aided greatly in the equip- ment of state troops. At the close of his term he was appointed special aide-de-camp to the new governor, John G. Shorter. He was confined in Fort Pulaski in 1865, and after his release prac- tised law in Marion till his death.

MOORE, Bartholomew Figures, lawyer, b. in Halifax county, N. C, 29 Jan., 1801 ; d. in Raleigh, N. C, 27 Nov., 1878. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1820, licensed to Sractise law in 1823, and, after residing first in Nashville, Tenn., and subsequently in Halifax, N. C, settled in Raleigh, where he afterward re- sided. He was in the legislature in 1836-'44, and, declining a renomination in 1846, devoted himself to his profession. He was attorney-general of North Carolina in 1848, and was appointed to re- vise the laws of that state in 1849-'54. During the civil war he was a strong Unionist, was a member of two constitutional conventions, and was one of the commissioners from North Carolina to confer with President Lincoln in 1865 as to the best mode of restoring the state to the Union. He was called the father of the North Carolina bar. Mr. Moore was a friend of public instruction, and left bequests to be applied to that purpose.

MOORE, Benjamin, P. E. bishop, b. in New- town, L. I., N. Y., 5 Oct., 1748 ; d. in Greenwich village (now part of the city of New York), 27 Feb., 1816. He entered King s (now Columbia) college, and was graduated in 1768. He then en- gaged in teaching Greek and Latin, and prepared for entering the ministry. He went to England in May, 1774, and was ordained deacon in the chapel of Fulham palace, 24 June, 1774, by the bishop of London, and priest in the same place the following day by the same bishop. Soon after his return he was appointed an assistant minister of Trinity church, and he was made rector of Trinity parish, 22 Dec, 1800. He received the degree of'S. T. D. from Columbia in 1789. Bishop Provoost re- signed his jurisdiction in 1801. and Dr. Moore was unanimously elected his successor. He was conse- crated bishop-coadjutor (during Bishop Provoost's life, which lasted till 1815) in St. Michael's church, Trenton, N. J., 11 Sept., 1801. He was also presi- dent of Columbia college from 1801 till 1811. Early in 1811 he was attacked by paralysis and disabled from further active service. Bishop Moore published a few single sermons and a controversial pamphlet in defence of his church. His son, Clement C. Moore, published se- lected sermons of his father's. — His son. Clement Clarke, educator, b. in New York city, 15 July, 1779; d. in Newport. R. I., 10 July, 1803, was graduated at Co- lumbia in 1798. Al- though educated and prepared for the min- istry, he never took orders, but devoted himself chiefly to oriental and classical literature. In 1818 he made a generous gift to the General theological seminary, just organized, on condition that its buildings be erected on the ground where they are now standing. He was appointed by the trustees professor of biblical learning in 1821, and afterward of oriental and Greek literature, and served the institution for nearly thirty years. In 1850 he was made professor emeritus. Dr. Moore published a "Hebrew and Greek Lexicon." the first of the kind in America (2 vols.. New York, 1809); "Bishop B. Moore's Sermons" (2 vols., 1824); "Poems" (1844); "George Castriot, sur- named Scanderbeg, King of Albania," a condensation of the old English translation of Jacques La- vardin's " Historie " of that hero (New York, 1850) ; and also at various times made contributions to journals and magazines. He was the author of the well-known ballad " 'Twas the Night before Christmas," and is considered the pioneer of He- brew lexicography in this country. — Benjamin's brother, William, physician, b. on Long Island, N. Y., in 1754; d. in New York, 1824, was educated by his brother. He went to London in 1778, and thence to Edinburgh, where he was graduated in medicine in 1780. He then returned to New York, where he practised for forty years, making a specialty of obstetrics. He was president of the New York county medical society and a trustee of the College of physicians and surgeons. He contributed to the " American Medical and Philosophical Register." to the " New York Medical Repository," and to the " New York Medical and Physical Joilrnal." — William's son, Nathaniel F., clergyman, b. in Newtown, L. I., 25 Dec, 1782; d. in the highlands of the Hudson, 27 April, 1872, was graduated at Columbia in 1802, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1805, and practised for a few years. In 1817 he was appointed adjunct professor of Greek and Latin in Columbia, and in 1820 was made professor, holding this chair until 1835, when he went to Europe. On his return in 1837 he was made librarian, and in 1839 again went to Europe, travelling also in the Orient. In 1842 he was made president of Columbia, which office he held until 1849, when he resigned and retired to private life. He was a trustee of Columbia from 1842 till 1851, and received the degree of LL. D. from that institution in 1825. His publications are " Remarks on the Pronunciation of the Greek Language," in reply to a pamphlet by