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 424 MOORE. MOORE. MOORE, IRA LORISTON, the eldest son of Ira and Mary Gordon (Brown) Moore, was born in Candia, Rockingham county, N. H., November 24, 1824. He is descended on his father's side from General Moore, one of Washington's generals, and on his mother's side he traces his lineage back to the Browns, linen merchants of London, England, who came to this country in 1637, and settled at Hampton, New Hampshire. In 1840 he went to Lowell, and after attending the public schools, he fitted for college under the late Hon. Harvey Jewell and the Rev. Dr. Cyrus Mann. He entered Amherst College in 1S47. After leaving college he studied medicine with Dr. John Wheelock Graves of Lowell, and entering the Jefferson Medical College at Philadel- phia, was graduated at the head of his class of two hundred and twenty-seven. IRA L. MOORE. After graduating he went into co-part- nership with Dr. Graves, and after a year or more went into business for himself, and by close attention and remarkable skill in his profession, he soon attained a practice equal to that of any physician in Lowell. Dr. Moore was particularly successful in the treatment of typhoid fever, cholera, cholera infantum, cases of poisoning, and midwifery. In 1856 Dr. Moore was elected a repre- sentative to the Legislature from Lowell, being the first Republican who was elected in Middlesex county, who had not been a member of the American party. In 1S58 he received the nomination of state senator, but was defeated in the election by Gen- eral B. F. Butler, by a small vote. He was twice elected director of the Lowell public library. In i860 Dr. Moore removed to Boston, where for ten years he practiced his profes- sion. He has been twice a delegate to the national medical convention. In 1S61 he was elected a member of the school com- mittee of Boston for three years. In 1865, '66, '70, and '71 Dr. Moore was elected from Boston as a representative to the Legislature. While in the Legislature in 1857 from Lowell, Dr. Moore was the chief advocate of the filling of the Back Bay district of the city of Boston. The magnificent collection of buildings, both public and private, now standing upon that territory, at an assessed valuation of over one hundred million dollars, attests the wis- dom and far-sighted public spirit of those to whom the city of Boston is indebted for one of the choicest portions of her domains. In 1868 Dr. Moore gave up the practice of his profession and embarked in speculation in real estate, and for twenty years he has been one of a few of the largest operators in vacant land in the city of Boston. January 1, 1873, Dr. Moore married Charlotte Maria, daughter of the late Daniel and Maria Marble (Martin) Chamberlin, and the issue of the marriage were two children : Charlotte Lillian and Daniel Loriston Moore, the latter dying at the age of two years. Mrs. Moore died September 9, 1887. At the death of her father, which took place in 1879, Dr. Moore was appointed, under the will, chairman of the executors and trustees of the Chamberlin estate, and with the other trustees soon decided to demolish the old Adams House, and to erect the present magnificent hotel now standing on the old site. Dr. Moore has been an active member of the Odd Fellows for nearly thirty years, and during that time has filled all of the highest offices, both in the lodge and in the encampment. In 1888 he was elected a member of the Boston common council. He has retired from active business, ex- cept to look after his own, and the trust estates of which he has charge. He has ever been a man positive in the expression of his opinion, and has displayed great