Moore, John (1797-1855)
- Name:
- Moore, John (1797-1855)
- Title:
- Colonel, Militia
Trustee, Norwich University - Born:
- 02/05/1797
- Birthplace:
- Strafford, VT
- Died:
- 02/05/1855
- Death Location:
- Concord, NH
- Residence:
- Strafford, VT 1797-27, 1849-50
Lebanon, NH and Hanover, NH, 1827-1833, 1835-1839
Danvers, MA 1833-1835
Hartford, CT 1839-1845
Troy, NY 1845-1846
Lowell, MA 1846-1847
Lynn, MA 1847-1849
Concord NH 1850-1855 - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Farmer
Storekeeper
School Teacher
Universalist Clergyman 1826-1855
Newspaper Editor and Publisher - Father:
- Moore, Joshua
- Mother:
- Moody, Dorothy
- Spouse:
- Mary Alger (1795-1889), February 12, 1818, Strafford, VT
- Children:
- John Harvey
Jedediah Harris - Notes:
- He served on school boards in several towns, was a trustee of Norwich University, 1835-38; active in temperance movement and an abolitionist; American Party wanted to nominate him for governor of NH in 1855, but had not lived in state for 7 years. He died in Concord, NH, Feb 5, 1855.
John G. Adams, Memoir of Rev. John Moore; With Selections From His correspondence, And Other Writings. Boston, Massachusetts: A. Tompkins, 1856.
William. A. Ellis, Editor. History of Norwich University. Volume II. (Montpelier, Vermont: The Capital City Press, 1911), 10.
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