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various yards and on various stations, 1886-94. He was retired May 24, 1894, with the rank of commodore after forty-one years' service. He was recalled to active service in 1898, during the war with Spain, and was on special duty at the New York navy yard until the close of the war. He was married, Nov. 19. 1863, to Emily, daughter of Capt. Horace B. Sawyer, U.S.N., aud Roxalana (Wadsworth) Sawyer, and had one son, Clarence Sawyer Moore, and four daughters : Louisa Sawyer, who married, June 2y, 1899, John Nichols Moore ; Minnie Sawyer, who married, Oct. 14, 1890, Commodore William E. Sewell, U.S.N. ; Elsie Sawyer, who married, Nov. 11, 1899, the Hon. Robert Mazet of New York, and Emily Sawyer, who married, June 28, 1900, Lieut. Claude Bailey, XJ.S.N. Commodore Moore made his home at " The Moorings," Bolton Landing, Lake George, N.Y.

MOORE, Joseph, educator, was born in Wash- ington county, Ind., Feb. 29, 1832; son of John Parker and Martha (Cadwalader) Moore ; grand son of Joseph and Peninah (Parker) Moore and of Joseph and Christina (Hall) Cadwalader. He acquired his preparatory education at a Friends seminary and the public school ; was a teacher of science in the Friends Indiana Boarding School, Riclimond, Ind., 1853-59; was graduated at Har- vard, B.S., 1861 ; was professor of geology, botany and zoology at Earlham college, Ind., 1861-65; organized and superintended 26 schools in North Carolina for the education of white children, 1865-68, was president of Earlham college, 1868- 83 ; principal of Friends High school, Guilford, N.C., 1884-88, and in 1888 became professor of geology in Earlham college where he founded and built the Earlham College Museum and was its curator. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Haverford college, Pa., in 1867, and that of LL.D. from the Indiana university in 1882.

MOORE, Lewis Baxter, A fro- American edu- cator, was born near Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 1, 1866 ; son of Henry and Rebecca (Beasley) Moore, natives of Virginia, who removed to Alabama about 1855. He attended the public schools and the American Missionary Association school at Florence, Ala., and was graduated from Fisk university, A.B., 1889, A.M., 1893. He was licensed to preach by the Central South associa- tion of Congregational churches at Nashville, in 1888. and supplied churches at Nashville and Goodlettsville, Tenn., Fayettesville. Ark., and Florence, Ala. He was called to Philadelphia, Pa., by the Young Men's Christian Association; organized the south ejust branch of the Y.M.C.A., and continued as general secretary, 1889-95. He was assistant to F. P. Woodbury, secretary of the American Missionary association of New York. in 1895 ; was called to Howard university, Wash-

ington, D.C., as instructor in the preparatory department in September, 1895 ; was elected as- sistant professor in 1836 ; professor of Latin and pedagogy in the college department in 1898. and dean of the department of pedagogy in 1899. The degree of Ph.D. was conferred on him by the University of Pennsylvania in 1896, after four years of resident study. He was married, Dec. 19, 1895, to Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Bishop B. T. Tanner of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of : Short Outlines of Linguistic Method (1897) and Syllabus of Pedagogy (1898 and 1899).

MOORE, Littleton Wilde, representative, was born in Alabama in 1835. He removed with his parents to Mississippi and was graduated with honors from the University of Mississippi in 1855 ; studied law, and removed to Bastrop, Texas, in 1857, and practised his profession there. He served throughout the civil war in the Confed- erate army ; was a member of the state constitu- tional convention of 1875 ; was district judge, 1876-85, and was a Democratic representative from the eighth district of Texas in the 50th, 51st and 52d congresses, 1887-93.

MOORE, Maurice, jurist, was born in Bruns- wick county, N.C., in 1735 ; son of Maurice 'Moore (1670-1740), one of the first settlers of the Cape Fear region, who, with his brother James, (q.v.) quelled the Indian troubles in 1713; and grandson of James Moore, governor of South Carolina, 1700. He was an able lawyer, and in 1758 was appointed a colonial judge, with Richard Henderson and Martin Howard, as associates. At the outbreak of the Revolution he published a series of letters signed " Atticus," in which he denounced the action of Governor Tryon. He was consequently recommended for removal, but remained on the bench until the courts were closed. His popularity was so great tliat during the riots that occurred in Hillsborough in 1770 he was unmolested. He was a member of the liouse of burgesses, 1775-76, and was a member of the committee organized to draw up an ad- dress to the people of Great Britain setting forth the wrongs to tlie colonies in North America. He died in Wilmington, N.C., Jan. 15, 1777.

MOORE, Nathaniel F., educator, was born in Newtown, L.I., N.f., Dec. 25, 1782; son of Dr. William Moore (1754-1824), president of the New York County Medical society and a trustee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. The Rt. Rev. Benjamin Moore (q.v.) was his uncle. He removed with his parents to New York city in 1783, and was graduated from Columbia col- lege, A.B., 1802, A.M., 1805. He studied law with Beverly Robinson, and was admitted to the bar in 1805. He was adjunct professor of Greek and Latin languages at Columbia college, 1817-20; and professor, 1820-35. Columbia college pur-