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384 and on the Utah expedition of 1857, was in the Cincinnati marine hospital in 1861-'2. He was promoted surgeon in June of the latter year, and assigned to the Army of the Potomac as medical director of the central grand division. He became medical director of the Department and Army of the Tennessee in May, 18(53, accompanied Gen. VVilliam T. Sherman on his march to the sea and through the Carolinas, and received the brevets of lieuten- ant-colonel for the Atlanta campaign, and colonel for services during the whole war. He was made assistant medical purvevor, with rank of lieutenant- colonel, 8 Oct., 1883, and on 18 Nov.. 1886, was appointed surgeon-general of the army, with the rank of brigadier-general, being retired in 1890.

MOORE, John, R. C. bishop, b. in Castletown- Delvin, County Westmeath, Ireland, 27 June, 1835. He came to Charleston, S. C, in 1848, and in 1849 entered the Collegiate institute of this city. He afterward studied theology in France and Rome, and was ordained priest, 9 April, 1860. Before leaving Rome he underwent a public examination for the degree of doctor of divinity, and received the cap of doctor of theology, which is conferred only upon distinguished theologians. He returned to Charleston in October, and was appointed first assistant at the cathedral, and shortly afterward pastor. During the civil war Dr. Moore was active in attendance at the hospitals, nursing the sick and wounded of both armies in many parts of the state, and especially at Florence. During the absence of Bishop Lynch in Europe he was appointed admin- istrator of the diocese of Charleston. In 1865 he became pastor of St. Patrick's church, and he was made vicar-general in 1872. His administration of the parish of St. Patrick's, which had become utterly disorganized during the war, was remarka- bly successful. He rebuilt the parish church and residence, revived the Sunday-school, which soon had more members than that of any other de- nomination in this city, and established a temper- ance society. He was consecrated second bishop of St. Augustine, Fla., by Bishop Lynch in the pro- cathedral, Charleston, on 13 May, 1877. The Ro- man Catholic church in Florida has made rapid progress under the administration of Bishop Moore. He has taken great interest in colonization, and has also paid much attention to the spiritual advance- ment of the colored population, establishing several associations for their benefit.

MOORE, Martin, clergyman, b. in Sterling, Mass., 22 April, 1790; d. in" Cambridge, Mass., 12 March, 1866. He was graduated at Brown in 1810, and held Congregational pastorates at iSTatiek and Cohasset, Mass. He edited the " Boston Recorder " twenty years, and in 1861-'6 was a vice-president of the iSTew England historic-genealogical society. He published a " History of Natick " (Natick, 1817), and •' Life of John Eliot " (Boston, 1842).

MOORE, Thomas Patrick, congressman, b. in Charlotte county, Va., in 1797 ; d. in Harrodsburg, Ky., 21 July, 1853. He removed to Kentucky in childhood, was educated at Transylvania univer- sity, and during the war of 1812 was private sec- retary to Col. John A. Campbell. After several terms in the legislature, he was elected to congress in 1822 as a Democrat, served in 1823-9, and at the latter date was appointed minister to Colombia. On his return to Kentucky in 1834, he was again a can- didate for congress, and received a certificate of election, but after much discussion that body gave his seat to Robert P. Letcher. He was Iteutenant- colonel of the 3d U. S. dragoons during the Mexi- can war, and a delegate to the Kentucky constitu- tional convention in 1849-'50.

MOORE, Thomas Vernon, clergyman, b. in Newville, Pa., 1 Feb., 1818; d. in Nashville, Tenn., 5 Aug., 1871. He was graduated at Dickinson in 1838, studied theology at Princeton seminary, and in 1842 was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian church in Carlisle, Pa. He subsequently held charges in Greenville, Pa., and Richmond. Va., in 1847-'68, and from the latter date till his death was in Nashville, Tenn. In 1867 he was mod- erator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church. Dr. Moore was an eloquent preacher and a voluminous writer. He edited, with Dr. Moses D. Hoge, the " Central Presbyterian " in 1856-'60, contributed to church literature, and published " Commentaries on Haggai, Zachariah, and Mal- achi " (Philadelphia, 1856) : " Last Words of Jesus " (1859) ; '• God's University, or the Family a School, a Government, and a Church " (Richmond, Va., 1864); "The Culdee Church" (1865); and "The Corporate Life of the Church " (1867).

MOORE, Walter Burritt, editor, b. in Bristol, Vt., 25 Sept., 1836. He was graduated at the Uni- versity of Rochester, N. Y., in 1861, and in that year became a captain in the 100th New York volun- teers. He was wounded at Fair Oaks, 31 May, 1862, taken prisoner, and confined in Libby prison, Rich- mond, Va. After his exchange he studied law, and was admitted to the bar of Chicago in 1864. Sub- sequently he removed to New York. With Paul A. Chadbourne he edited " The Public Service of the State of New York " (3 vols., Boston, 1881).

MOORE, William, statesman, b. probably in Philadelphia about 1735; d. there, 24 July, 1793. His father, Robert, came to this country from the Isle of Man. The son began a mercantile career, and on 11 Dec, 1776. was appointed by the assem- bly on the council of safety, which, on 13 March, 1777, placed him on the newly organized board of war. In the same year he was chosen a dele- gate to the Continental congress, but declined to serve. He became a member of the supreme ex- ecutive council of the state in 1779, was elected its vice-president, and in 1781 was chosen president and proclaimed "captain-general and commander- in-chief in and over the commonwealth of Penn- sylvania." His term as councillor expired in Oc- tober, 1782, and the constitution prohibited a re- election. Gov. Moore was commissioned a judge of the high court of errors and appeals in March, , and was chosen a member of the assembly in . In February of that year he was made a director of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and in July he was chairman of a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia that was convened to place the pub- lic debts on a permanent foundation. He was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania in 1784-'9. Gov. Moore during the Revolution was a friend and associate of Robert Morris. — His only daugh- ter, Elizabeth, married the Marquis de Marbois, French charge d'affaires in this country, who ne- gotiated the treaty for the sale of Louisiana to the United States.

MOORE, William Eyes, clergyman, b. in Strasburg. Pa., 1 April, 1823. He was graduated at Yale in 1847, studied theology with the Rev. Lyman H. Atwater at Fairfield, Conn., and became pastor of the Presbyterian church at West Chester, Pa., in 1850, and of that at Columbus, Ohio, in 1872. Since 1884 he has been permanent clerk of the General assembly. Marietta college, Ga., gave him the degree of D. D. in 1873. He is the author of the " New Digest of the Acts and Deliverances of the Presbyterian Church (New School) " (Philadelphia, 1861), and " The Presbyterian Digest (United Church) " (1873 ; new ed., 1886).