Charles Page Thomas Moore
Charles Page Thomas Moore | |
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West Virginia Court of Appeals | |
In office Jan. 1, 1871 – June 1, 1881 | |
Preceded by | James H. Brown |
Succeeded by | James French Patton |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Lewisburg, Virginia | February 8, 1831
Died | July 7, 1904 Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia | (aged 73)
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Jefferson College Union College University of Virginia |
Profession | Politician, lawyer, judge |
Known for | Founded Phi Kappa Psi with William Henry Letterman |
Charles Page Thomas Moore (February 8, 1831 – July 7, 1904) was a lawyer and
Early and family life
He was born in
He married Urilla Katherine Kline (1835-1897) of Hagerstown, Maryland, and they had four daughters: Ida Ogden Moore (1867–1948), Rebecca Francis Moore Bland (1870–1967), Mai L Moore (1873–1965) and Elizabeth Van Meter Moore (1874–1948).
Career
Admitted to the Virginia bar, Moore established his legal practice at Point Pleasant along the Ohio River near his foster father's farm. In 1860 he won election as the Commonwealth's attorney for Mason County. At various times he had legal partnerships with Nicholas Fitzhugh, James H. Couch and William Tomlinson.[3]
After former Confederates were again allowed to hold office, Moore defeated Republican James F. Brown in 1870. He sat as a judge in the first session of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in 1870. Two years later, West Virginia adopted a new state Constitution, thereby cutting short all the terms of the three-judge court. Moore was a nominee of both parties in 1872 and among the five judges elected to the new Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. He wrote and delivered 107 opinions before resigning in May 1881.[4] His successor, Richmond-born James French Patton, a fellow Democrat, had been a former Confederate officer. However, in 1888, fellow Mason County lawyer John W. English would be elected to the West Virginia Supreme Court, then George Poffenbarger.
Death and legacy
Moore died at Gallipolis Ferry, Mason County, West Virginia in 1904.[5] He is buried at Bruce Chapel cemetery in Mason County.[6]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Atkinson & Gibbens 1890, pp. 300–301.
- ^ Van Cleve 1902, p. 13.
- ^ Robert H. Ferguson, History of Mason County, West Virginia (1961; Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter NSDAR Point Pleasant, West Virginia Typescript) p. 154
- ^ Ferguson p. 154
- ^ Point Pleasant (WV) Register - May Moore Mound marker sign erected Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Charles Page Thomas Moore (1831-1904) - Find A". Find a Grave.
References
Books
- Atkinson, Wesley George; Gibbens, Alvaro Franklin (1890). Prominent Men of West Virginia. Wheeling: W.L. Callin. p. 300. OCLC 3886825.
- OCLC 25278937.
- Van Cleve, Charles L. (1902). Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity From Its Foundation In 1852 To Its Fiftieth Anniversary. Philadelphia: Franklin Printing Company. OCLC 2140880.
- Campbell, J. Duncan (1952). The Centennial History of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, 1852–1952. Vol. I, 1852–1902. Cleveland: Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. OCLC 3519106.
- Gorgas, Harry S. (1952). The Centennial History of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, 1852–1952. Vol. II, 1902–1952. Cleveland: Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. OCLC 3519106.
Periodicals
- Vandervort, J. W. (1900). Fuller, Horace W (ed.). "The Supreme Court of West Virginia". OCLC 8832238.