History of Washington County Indiana United States of America

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A Short Biography of Joseph Moore

Joseph Moore, educator, was born in Washington county, Ind., Feb. 29, 1832; son of John Parker and Martha (Cadwalader) Moore; grand son of Joseph and Peninah (Parker) Moore and of Joseph and Christina (Hall) Cadwalader. He acquired his preparatory education at a Friends seminary and the public school; was a teacher of science in the Friends Indiana Boarding School, Richmond, Ind., 1853-59; was graduated at Harvard, B.S., 1861; was professor of geology, botany and z?ology at Earlham college, Ind., 1861-65; organized and superintended 26 schools in North Carolina for the education of white children, 1865-68, was president of Earlham college, 1868-83; principal of Friends High school, Guilford, N.C., 1884-88, and in 1888 became professor of geology in Earlham college where he founded and built the Earlham College Museum and was its curator. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Haverford college, Pa., in 1867, and that of LL.D. from the Indiana university in 1882.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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