John Wheeler Moore
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| Born | October 23, 1833 |
| Died | December 6, 1906 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | American |
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John Wheeler Moore Sr. (October 23, 1833– December 6, 1906) was a lawyer, politician, historian, and author in North Carolina. His history of North Carolina was used as a school textbook. It was partisan and criticized Republicans. The state legislature voted to stop using it in the 1890s when Republicans and their Fusionist allies held a majority.[1] He was a Democrat.[2]
He was born on his father Godwin Cotton Moore's plantation known as Mulberry Grove. John Wheeler Moore attended Buckhorn Academy and the University of North Carolina. He married Ann James Ward and they had 12 children.[2]
Writings
- School History of North Carolina (1879)
- "Sketches of Hertford County", a newspaper serial
- The History of North Carolina, from the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time (1880)
- The Heirs of St. Kilda; A Story of the Southern Past,[3] a novel
- History of the Baptist Church in North Carolina, unpublished manuscript[2]
- Roster of North Carolina Soldiers in the Civil War[2]
References
- ↑ Trelease, Allen W. (1980). "The Fusion Legislatures of 1895 and 1897: A Roll-Call Analysis of the North Carolina House of Representatives". The North Carolina Historical Review. 57 (3): 280–309 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Moore, John Wheeler | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
- ↑ "John W. Moore (Moore, John W. (John Wheeler), 1833-1906) | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
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