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 MOELLER

MOFFAT

.arch-diocese of Cincinnati and secretary to Arch- bishop Elder, 1880-1900. He was consecrated bishop of the diocese of Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1900, succeeding the Rt. Rev. John Ambrose Watterson, who died, April 17, 1899. The honor- .^rj degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the propaganda at Rome in 1876.

MOELLER, Louis Frederick Charles, artist, was born in New York city, Aug. 5, 1855 ; son of Charles and Helene (Weyhe) Moeller, grandson •of Louis and Eva Weyhe, and a descendant of Karl Moeller of Kiel (Holstein), Germany. His father was a decorative painter, and Louis studied the art under his instruction. He studied draw- ing in New York under Professor Willmarth at the National Academy of Design, 1869, and at Munich, Germany, under Frank Duveneck and Theodor Dietz, 1874. He returned to the United States in 1880 and not having the means to estab- lish himself as an artist, devoted himself to de- corative painting for several years. His first ^painting exhibited at the National Academy was " A Girl in a Snow-Storm " (1882) ; his second, He opened a studio in New York city in 1883, and •devoted himself to genre painting. He was elected •an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1884 and an academician in 1894. He was married, Jan. 14, 1891, to Mrs. Marianne Hennins, daughter of Dr. Borasfeldt, of Hanover. His paintings include : Morning News (1885) ; Stub- ihorn (1886) ; A Siesta (1888) ; A Doubtful Invest- ment (1889) ; Bluffing (1890).
 * ' Puzzled" (1884), took the Hallgarten prize.

MOERDYKE, Peter, educator and clergyman, "was born in Biervliet, Province of Zeeland, Netherlands, Jan, 29, 1845 ; son of James and Maria (Faas) Moerdyke. His ancestry is both Huguenot and Dutch. His parents came to America in 1849 and settled in Michigan. He at- "tenlel tlie district schools of Kalamazoo, 1851- 57 ; Holland academy at Holland, Mich., 1859-62 ; and was graduated from Hope college, Holland, Mich., A.B., 1866, A.M., 1869. He studied at the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America at Holland, Mich., 1866-69 ; was ordained and installed as pastor of the Reformed churches of Macon and South Macon, Mich., in June, 1869 ; was assistant professor of Greek and Latin in Hope college, 1871-73 ; pastor of the First Re- formed church at Grand Rapids, Mich., 1873-91 ; .and was appointed pastor of Trinity Reformed church at Chicago, III., in 1891. During his pastorate at Grand Rapids he was appointed by the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America lector in Biblical Greek and exegesis, and served as such, 1884-86. He was elected •stated clerk of the board of superintendents of the Seminary at Holland, Mich., in 1883 ; stated •clerk of the particular synod of Chicago in 1885 :

stated clerk of the classis of Illinois in 1895, and served as a member of the council of Hope college for many years. He was vice-president of ihe General Synod of the Reformed church in 1888. He was twice married, first on Sept. 1, 1869, to Fannie J. Guy, of Holland, Mich., who died in July, 1880, and secondly on June 4, 1883, to Maria Perry of Troupsburg. N.Y. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Heidelberg university. Tiffin, Ohio, in 1889. He frequently delivered addresses and sermons in the Dutch language. He is the author of : History of the Churches and Benevolent Associations and Insti- tutions of Grand Rapids, Mich. (1890), and numerous contributions in the Dutch and Eng- lish languages to the leading periodicals.

MOFFAT, Edward Stewart, engineer, was born in Oxford; Ohio, Jan. 5, 1844 ; son of James Clement and Ellen (Stewart) Moffat. He was matriculated at the College of New Jersey in the class of 1863, but left college in September, 1861, to enlist in the 9th New Jersey volunteers and was promoted 2d lieutenant. May 16, 1862, and on March 3, 1863, was appointed to the signal corps. He was bre vetted first lieutenant and captain, and was mustered out Aug. 11, 1865. He received his degrees, A.B., 1863, A.M., 1866, with his class, and was graduated at the Columbia School of Mines, New York city, E.M., 1868, first in his class and gold medalist. He was adjunct professor of mining and metallurgy at Lafayette college, Easton, Pa., 1868-70. Through tlie friendship of Alexander Pardee he was put into railroad work, and served as superintendent of the Port Oram iron works at Dover, N.J., 1870-76 ; of the Secaucus iron works, at Secaucus, N.J., 1876-78, and of the Muskenetcong iron works at Stanhope, N.J., 1878-82. He was superintendent of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal company at Scranton, Pa., 1882-87 ; general manager of the company, 1887-92, and president and general manager, 1892-93. He was a member of, and held offices in, the American Institute of Mining Engineers, to whose transactions he contributed scientific papers. He was married, Oct. 16, 1872, to Anna Robeson, daughter of Prof. W. McCartney, of Easton, Pa., and had sons, Edward Stuart Moffat and Douglas Maxwell Moffat. He died at Scran- ton, Pa., Aug. 4, 1893.

MOFFAT, James Clement, educator, was born in Glencree, Galloway shire, Scotland, May 80, 1811 ; son of David Douglas and Margaret (Clement) Moffat, persons of humble station. He was a shepherd boy until 1827, and worked at the printer's trade, 1828-33, meantime preparing himself for college. He immigrated to the United States in 1833 : entered the College of New Jersey at the expense of a Mr. Douglas, and was graduated valedictorian, A.B., 1835, A.M.,