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 MOORE

MOORE

Washington associate justice of the U.S. supreme court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Iredell, Oct. 20, 1799. He resigned in 1804 on account of failing health. He was mar- ried to Susan Eagles, and of his children, Alfred, (1783-1837) became a well-known lawyer in Wil- mington, and was a representative in the state legislature and for several sessions speaker of the house. Justice Moore died in Bladen county, N.C., Oct. 15. 1810.

MOORE, Andrew, senator, was born in Can- niscelle, Augusta county, Va., in 1752. He was admitted to tlie bar in 1774. He served under Gen. Andrew Lewis in the battle of Point Pleasant, Va., Oct. 10, 1774, and at the outbreak of the Revolutionary war he enlisted in the patriot army, was commissioned lieutenant, joined General Gates's army in the north, and took part in the battle of Saratoga, being present at the surrender of Burgoyne. He resigned in 1779 with the rank of captain, and was commis- sioned brigadier-general of state militia and major-general in 1808. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1781-89, and as a member of the state convention that ratified the constitu- tion of the United States in 1788 he was conspic- uous in declining to change his course as first marked out by his constituents and in persistently refusing to join the popular revolt against the adoption of the instrument. He was a represen- tative from Virginia in the lst-4th congresses, 1789-97 ; was again a representative in the state legislature, 1797-1800, and a representative in the 8th congress, serving from March 5, 1804, till Nov. 6. 1804. when he was appointed to succeed W. C. Nicholas, resigned, as U.S. senator. When the legislature met he was elected to complete the term of A. B. Venable, resigned, which term ex- pired, March 3, 1809. He was U.S. marshal for Virginia, 1810-21. He was a trustee of the Augusta academy, founded iu the year 1749 by Robert Alexander, under its first charter, 1782, and his name heads the list of trustees upon the organization of the college under the name of the College of Washington in Virginia, in 1796, which act was repudiated by the board of trustees, Jan. 31, 1797. He served as trustee of the college under its various names, 1782-1821. He died in Lexington, Va., April 14, 1821.

MOORE, Andrew Barry, governor of Ala- bama, was born in Spartanburg district, S.C, March 7. 1806. He removed to Alabama in 1826, taught school for two years in Perry county, and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He was a rep- resentative in the state legislature several terms, being speaker three terms. In 1848 he was nom- inated as a presidential elector on the Whig ticket; was circuit judge of Alabama, 1852-57 ; was elected as a Democrat, governor of the state in

1857, and was twice re-elected, serving 1857-61. At the outbreak of the civil war he directed the seizure of the U.S. forts and arsenals in Alabama, before the secession of the state, and at the close of his term of office in 1861 he was appointed special aide-de camp to Gov. John Gill Shorter, his successor. He was arrested for treason and imprisoned in Fort Pulaski in 1865. and upon his release he resumed his law practice in Marion, Ala., where he died, April 5. 1873.

MOORE, Aubertine Woodward, author and musician, was born in Montgomery county, Pa., Sept. 27, 1841 ; daughter of Joseph Janvier and Elizabeth Graham (Cox) Woodward ; sister of Joseph Janvier Woodward (q.v.) ; granddaughter of William Wallis and Susan (Janvier) Wood- ward, and of Justice and Betsey (Paschall) Cox» and a descendant of Col. Moses Woodward of Portsmouth, N.H., an officer in the Continental army, and on the maternal side, of Philadelphia Quakers, and of Swedes who settled on the Dela- ware during the reign of Queen Christina. Her father and paternal grandfather were well-known publishers in Philadelphia. She studied music with Carl Gaertner and became an efficient pianist. Her earliest writings, under the pen-name "Auber Forestier," consisted chiefly of translations from the German and musical criticisms. During a year's visit to California, 1869-70, she contributed descriptive articles to newspapers. In 1879 she removed from Philadelphia to Madison, Wis., where she became prominent in musical circles. She lectured first in Concord, Mass., in 1880. on the music of Norway, illustrating iier lecture on the piano, and was thus the pioneer in America in the field of illustrated talks on music. She continued her lectures in the leading cities of the United States. Among her specialties were the musical dramas of Wagner, above all " The Ring of the Niblungs." She was married in 1887 to Samuel H. Moore, a native of Pennsylvania. Her published translations include : Robert Byr's Sphinx (1871) and The Struggle for Existence (1873); Sophie Verena's ^6ove Tempest and Tide (1873); Victor Cherbuliez's Samuel Brohl & Co. (1877); Kristofer Janson's The Spellbound Fiddler (1880) ; Theo. Hauptner's Voice Culture (1886). and a vast amount of song-words for music, stories and sketches from the German, French and Scandinavian tongues. She also assisted in the translation of several books ; was one of the editors and translators of the Nonvay Music Album (1881), and wrote its introduction, which gives a sketch of Norwegian music. She wrote the Eng- lish words to Songs from the North (1895), a vol- ume of songs from Norway, Sweden and Den- mark. She is the author of : Echoes from Mist- Land, or the Nibelungen Lay Revealed to Lovers of Romance and Chivalry (1877), the first at-