Marshall Frank Moore (12 February 1829 – 26 February 1870) was an American Civil War veteran, attorney, and the seventh Governor of Washington Territory.
Biography
Moore was born in Binghamton, New York, Broome County, on 12 February 1829. He attended Yale University. He married Francis Fanny Van Trump on 7 June 1859. The couple had three children; Mary Louise, Frances, and Thomas.[1]
Career
Moore served as a state judge in the Common Pleas Court and as a prosecuting attorney in Sioux City, Iowa.[2]
Moore joined the Union Army during the civil war and served under George McClellan in Virginia and under Sherman. The colonel commanded the 69th Ohio Infantry Regiment and led various brigades for much of the war. He was at Rich Mountain, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Jonesboro and Missionary Ridge. He resigned in 1864 and was brevetted major general on 13 March 1865.
Moore was Governor of Washington Territory from 1867 to 1869. He was accompanied to Olympia, Washington, by his brother-in-law, Philemon Beecher Van Trump, who served as Moore's private secretary. Moore was a delegate to the United States Congress from Washington Territory in 1868.[3] He also was an attorney in New Orleans.
Death
Moore died in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, on 26 February 1870. He is interred at Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington.
References
- ^ "Marshall Frank Moore: Territorial Governor". Government of Washington. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Meany, Edmond Stephen (1915). Governors of Washington, territorial and state. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 34–36. LCCN 16015657. OCLC 13072753. OL 6588833M. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Marshall F. Moore". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
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