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 MOODY. MOORE. 423 costing twenty thousand dollars, to which everyone was invited, and where a free gospel was dispensed. Other tabernacles were built for Mr. Moody in Boston, New York, Baltimore, Cleveland and many other cities, and for years the work of evangelization was carried on in the large centres of population, crowds filling these immense auditoriums to listen to the words of Mr. Moody, and the singing of his co- worker, the well-known Ira D. Sankey. Mr. Moody has been a great benefactor to his native town. He has established a flourishing school for girls, with all neces- sary buildings, including a fine library edifice. There are nearly four hundred pupils, representing all parts of the world, and the expenses are merely nominal. Op- posite this seminary, on the west bank of the Connecticut River, is the Mount Her- mon School for Boys, with about the same number of pupils, and conducted on very much the same plan. A thorough Chris- tian education for boys and girls, and a training that will fit them for the duties of life — this is the plan of his educational efforts. Mr. Moody was married, August 2S, 1862, to Emma Revelle. Of this union were three children. MOODY, William Henry, son of Henry L. and Melissa N. (Emerson) Moody, was born in Newbury, Essex county, De- cember 23, 1853. He was educated in the common schools of Danvers and Salem, Phillips Academy, Andover, and Harvard College, graduating from the latter in the class of 1876. He then took a law course in Harvard law school, studied law with Richard H. Dana, and was admitted to the bar in 1878. Mr. Moody, while being closely identified with the interests of the Republican party, has been too busily engaged in the practice of his profession to admit of his accepting many of the positions of trust for which he has been prominently mentioned. He was a member of the Haverhill school board, and is at present city solicitor, a position which he has held for the past two years. Though comparatively young in years, Mr. Moody has attained that prominence in his chosen profession which entitles him to just recognition among the leading at- torneys of Essex county. He enjoys a large and lucrative practice, and commands a prominent position professionally in the city of his adoption. He favors only those methods in political work that are honorable, and while disdain- ing political preference or undue promi- nence, he has always been an earnest worker in advancing the interests of the Republican party. Mr. Moody is unmarried. MOORE, HENRY M., son of Joseph A. and Abigail (Mead) Moore, was born in North Brookfield, Worcester county, Janu- ary 17, 1829. He secured a common and high school education, and worked on his father's farm until he began his business career in 1853, as clerk for James W. Lee & Co., wholesale hatters, Boston. In 1858 he went into the same business for himself, under the firm name of Moore, Smith & Co., which has become one of the leading houses in that line in the country ; the organization never having been changed except by the admission from time to time of three junior salesmen who had earned their promotion. Mr. Moore was married in Thompson, Conn., in 1849, to Mary A., daughter of Leander M. and Gratia (Knapp) Earle. Of this union are six children : Abbie M., Mary G., Emma M., Carrie Mead, Harrie, and Henry Sylvester Moore. Mr. Moore is a deacon and the chairman of the parish committee of the Franklin Street Congregational church, Somerville, where he resides ; was superintendent of its Sunday-school for some years ; has been a member of the Somerville school board thirteen years ; chairman of the Massachusetts state Sunday-school com- mittee ; chairman of the state committee of the Massachusetts Young Men's Chris- tian Association ; and a member of the international committee, Y. M. C. A. He is president of the Boston Hatters' Association ; trustee of the school of Christian Workers, Springfield ; trustee of the Mt. Hermon school, and also of the Northfield Seminary, both under the pat- ronage of D. L. Moody ; director in the Somerville Electric Eight Company, and in the Standard Cordage Company, Boston. Deeply interested in Christian work, he gives a great deal of time to the Sunday- school, and is a leader in the affairs of the Young Men's Christian Association. He is a great admirer of Mr. Moody and his methods of spiritual work, and has traveled extensively with him. Mr. Moore's enthu- siasm and reputation are not confined to the bounds of his parish, but his voice is heard, and influence prayerfully given in other communities which have learned to respect his fidelity, and recognize his ability in religious training.