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Haddam for several years. He removed to the Northwest territory and settled in Saginaw, Mich., where he died, Sept. 9, 1839.

MOSELEY, William Abbott, representative, was born in Whitesboro, Oneida county, N.Y., in 1799 ; son of Dr. Elizur Moseley, who was born in Massachusetts, graduated from Yale, 1786, and was a pioneer settler and practitioner in Whites- boro. He was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1816, A.M., 1819; was admitted to the bar in 1820 ; began practice- in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1822, and served in the state assembly, 1834 and 1835. He was a state senator, 1837-41. As senator hebecame a member of the court of appeals under the state constitution, but was a Whig representative from Buffalo, N.Y., in the 28th and 29th Con- gresses, 1843-47. He was not actively interested in law or politics after 1847. He was twice mar- ried. He died in New York city, Nov. 19, 1873. MOSELEY, William Dunn, governor of Florida, was born in Lenoir county, N.C., Feb. 1, 1795 ; son of Sampson Moseley, a Revolutionary leader in North Carolina, and grandson of Col. Edwar d Mo seley, a lawyer and statesman. He was graduated at the Univer- sity of North Carolina, A.B., 1818, A.M., 1821, and was a tutor there, 1817. He wasad- mitted to the bar in 1820, served in the state senate, 1829-38, was speaker, 1832- 36, and the Democratic candidate for governor of North Carolina in 1834. In 1839 he settled on a plantation at Monticello, Fla. He was a re- presentative in the Territorial legislature of Florida in 1840 ; a member of the Florida senate in 1844, and was first governor of Florida after its admission as a state, 1845-49. He retired to private life, in 1849, and removed in 1855, to Palatka, Fla.. where he died Jan. 4, 1863.

MOSES, Bernard, educator, was born in Burl- ington, Conn., Aug. 28, 1846 ; son of Richard and Rachel (Norton) Moses, and a descendant of John Moses, who came from Wales to Massachusetts about 1640. He was prepared for college at Wilbraham academy, Mass., and w^as graduated at the University of Michigan, Ph.B., 1870. He studied in the universities of Leipzig, Berlin and Heidelberg, 1870-73, receiving the degree Ph. D. from Heidelberg in 1873. Between 1870 and 1873 he also made extensive studies at Upsala and Stockholm in the history and literature of Scandinavia and returned to the United States in 1873. He was professor of history and Englisli literature at Albion college, Mich. , Sept. to Dec. , 1875, and of history and political economy in the University of California from 1876. He was married, June 15, 1880, to Mary Edith, daughter of O. W. Briggs of San Franciso, Cal. In March, 1900,

he was appointed a member of the U. S. Philip- pine commission, and took up his residence in Manila, P.I., June 3, 1900. He is the author of: Politics : an Introduction to the Study of Com- parative Constitutional Law with W. W. Crane (1884); The Establishment of Municipal Govern- ment in San Francisco 1889) ; Tlie Federal Government of Switzerland (1889) ; Democracy and Social Growth in America (1898) ; and Establishment of Spanish Rule in America (1898), and contributions to leading magazines.

MOSES, Charles Leavetl, representative, was born in Coweta county, Ga., May 2, 1856 ; son of Ansley and Mary (Leavell) Moses. He was graduated at Mercer university in 1876, and en- gaged in farming and teaching. He was principal of the academy for boys at Newnan, Ga., and after 1886 engaged in farming and cotton grow- ing. He was a member of the Farmers' alliance, and was a Democratic representative from the fourth Georgia district in the 52d, 53d and 54th congresses, 1891-97. He was made a life member of the Georgia State Agricultural society. He was married in 1881, to Blanche, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Hall of Newnan, Ga.

MOSES, Thomas Freeman, educator and phy- sician, was born in Bath, Maine, June 8, 1836 ; son of William and Sarah (Freeman) Moses, and grandson of Nathaniel Moses of Scarborough, Maine. He was graduated at Bowdoin college in 1857 ; studied medicine in Bath, Maine, and in New York city, and was graduated at the Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1861. He attended clinical schools and hospitals in London and Paris, 1861, and in 1862 entered the hospital department at Washington, D.C., as acting as- sistant surgeon. He had charge of several gov- ernment transports and hospitals, and during the summer of 1864 was engaged in transporting wounded men from the battle fields of eastern Virginia. He also served as executive officer of the hospital steamer Connecticut and during a period of six weeks removed 14,000 men to the hospitals at Washington and Alexandria. He re- tired from the service in 1864, owing to ill health, and in 1866 settled in practice in Hamilton county, Ohio. He was married in 1867 to Han- nah Appleton, daughter of John and Charlotte (Appleton) Cranch, and granddaughter of Judge William Cranch of Washington, D.C. He was made professor of natural sciences inUrbana univ- ersity, Ohio, and director of the schools for girls in 1870 ; acting president of the university, 1886 ; was president, 1888-94; a trustee, 1886-99, and served as treasurer of the board and chairman of the executive committee. With the Rev. Theo- dore N. Glover he founded the Central Ohio Scien- tific association in 1874 and edited its Proceedings in 1878. He is the author of : Spiritual Nature of