The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-01
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tion. His daily walk was an influence that should be initiated by the young and the matured. He has been an example of all that Is virtuous, honorable and up- right. But his labors have ceased-Ais work will now be taken up by another. The lawyer above all others loves an up- right Judge, and is it too much to say that In all this broad district we can hardly select his equal, and let us pray God that the man who shall take up the ermine that has fallen from his should CTS may be as wise, honorable and just as he who lies before us
 Dr. Bomar's remarks were exceedingly pathetic He said Judge Moore was the very embodiment of all that was noblest above all things else. He would not ae- cept a favor that would compromise in the least his position on the bench. Tak-
 g him all and In all we shall never
 ~pon his like again He was xotal-
 and even when the stroke
 ended his life he tola the
 his bedside to go and take a
 had his own duties to perform.
 nan once. said the pastor have
 d together in prayer to God--not
 suggestion but his. Honor, right Istice were ever uppermost in his
 and this same position he held to- Wa s his Maker. Ills trust was with God and Christ. The last sentence of the last letter I received from him read, God bless you and keep ever near you in your work"
 Judge John Moore was born in Wake county, N. C., March 13. 1929. His fa- ther, Wooten Moore, a native of Chat ham, N. C., came to Alabama in 1888, and in 1884 settled in Perry county, nine miles west of Marion. He was an extensive cotton planter, and died in 1855, at the age of 60 years. He rear ed three sons, Judge Moore being sec- ond in order of birth.
 John Moore was educated primarily at Howard College, and In 1S49 was graduated from the State University with the degree of A. B., the same in- stitution conferring upon him subse- quently the degree of A. M. He began reading law in 1850, at Marion, in the office of J. W. Garratt (afterward Gen. eral Garratt), and was admitted to the bar in 1857. Associated with his pre- ceptor, he at once entered upon the practice, but was soon afterward call ed from 1t to enter the army. Early in 1861 he raised a short-term company in Marion, and went out as its cap tain. At the expiration of the term for which his company was enlisted, Judge Moore entered the regular ser vice, and was made a lieutenant in the 10th Alabama Infantry. He was cap tured at Noon Day Creek. Ga.. Kune 15, 1864. taken to Johnson's Island, Wud was there detained until the following winter. Having been exchanged, he re- joined his command, but illness, con- tracted while or. Johnson's Island. dis qualified him from further service, and he soon afterward returned to Marion.
 In 1s65-66 Judge Moore represented Perry county in the Legislature, and in May of the latter year, was elected judge of what was then the First ju- dicial circuit. composed of the coun- ties of Autauga. Bibb. Perry and Dal- las. He was occupying this position in 1868, when he was removed by the Reconstructionists, and from that time to 1880 he devoted himself to the prac- tice of law. In the year last named he was elected judge of the Fourth cir cult, which office he has held contin- ually since that time and was renomi- mated at the primary the 11th ot this month. without opposition which meant his election for six years longer in No vember next.
 Judge Moore was at one time con- nected with what was known as the Selma. Marion and Memphis Railroad. now the Selma and Akron branch of the Southern. He was many years member of the Board of Trustees of Howard College. and at one time presi- dent of the board of trustees of the Judson Institute. He was married at Marion, February IS, 1851, to Miss Emily Billingslie, daughter of the late pr. c. c. Billingslie, who before com ing to this county represented Mont gomery county twice in the Lcgisla- ture. To this marriage were born two sons, Wooten and John Trotwood Moore, of Columbia. Tenn, the former a prominent business man and the lat ter a Southern writer and poet Of ln- ternational reputation. and one daugh- ter, Miss Lucy The family are mem bers of the Baptist Church. Judge Moore was a member of the Masonic fraternity, but on account of his age has not taken much interest in the work in many years.